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Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference.\nICF is seeking a Solicitation Specialist to support federal research solicitation and peer-review activities. This role supports project managers and task leads with daily workflow coordination, schedule and deliverable tracking, solicitation and proposal administration, panel preparation, status reporting, and meeting-planning systems. The position is contingent upon contract award.\nYou will help keep proposal-review activities organized, accurate, and on schedule so that reviewers, scientific and technical experts, and federal program staff have the information and support needed to complete fair and timely reviews.\nThe Work\nIn this role, you will provide day-to-day administrative and process support across the solicitation and peer-review lifecycle, from solicitation planning and proposal intake through panel execution and closeout. You will maintain schedules and trackers, prepare materials, monitor task progress, generate status information, support reviewer and panel communications, and use meeting-planning and peer-review tools. You will work under the direction of project managers and task leads while supporting multiple review activities and firm deadlines.\nJob Location and Client Requirements\nWork may be performed at an ICF or other contractor facility, a rented facility, or a client site in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, depending on program needs. The position may require domestic travel and on-site support for peer-review panels, workshops, and program meetings. No classified security clearance is required.\nKey Responsibilities:\nSupport daily activities and service delivery across federal research solicitations, proposal receipt, scientific or technical peer review, selection communications, and review closeout. \nMaintain project schedules, milestone charts, task trackers, checklists, reviewer records, panel rosters, action items, and other workflow documentation. \nMonitor assigned activities against deliverables and deadlines and promptly identify missing information, delays, or other issues to the task lead. \nPrepare routine status reports, summaries, correspondence, templates, and meeting materials using established formats and procedures. \nSupport project managers and task leads with panel preparation and execution, including reviewer assignments, evaluation forms and instructions, reminders, participant communications, and distribution of approved materials. \nEnter, validate, organize, and track solicitation, Notice of Intent, proposal, reviewer, and panel information in peer-review and grants-management systems. \nSupport approved solicitation postings, notifications, and related updates through Grants.gov, and other designated channels. \nUse meeting-planning and peer-review tools to support secure proposal access and in-person, virtual, and hybrid review activities. \nCoordinate with logistics staff on reviewer travel, meeting access, schedules, and other participant needs as assigned. \nProvide responsive customer service to reviewers, panelists, applicants, program staff, and project team members within the scope of assigned responsibilities. \nMaintain the confidentiality and integrity of proposal, reviewer, financial, personally identifiable, and pre-decisional information, including assigned conflict-of-interest and nondisclosure records. \nBasic Qualifications:\nHigh school diploma or GED \n5 years of professional experience providing business-process support; or a college degree and at least 1 year of professional experience providing business-process support. \nWillingness and ability to travel domestically and provide on-site support for peer-review panels, workshops, and program meetings when required. \nMust successfully complete a federal background investigation and obtain and maintain a Personal Identity Verification credential for required facility and system access. \nProfessional Skills\nStrong organizational skills and attention to detail when managing schedules, records, participant information, and recurring deadlines. \nAbility to follow established procedures, use templates, document work accurately, and escalate questions or exceptions promptly. \nClear and professional written and verbal communication with reviewers, program staff, applicants, and delivery teams. \nWorking knowledge of Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 applications used for correspondence, spreadsheets, presentations, schedules, and status reporting. \nCustomer-service orientation and the ability to respond professionally to participant questions and changing priorities. \nDiscretion when handling confidential, proprietary, personally identifiable, financial, or pre-decisional information. \nPreferred Skills and Experience:\nExperience supporting federal grants, research solicitations, Notice of Intent or proposal intake, merit review, or peer-review panels. \nExperience working with researchers, scientific or technical reviewers, grant applicants, or federal program staff. \nExperience using grants-management, peer-review, workflow, event-management, or virtual meeting systems; familiarity with Grants.gov is a plus. \nExperience supporting multiple projects, panels, or meetings with overlapping schedules and deadlines. \nFamiliarity with records management, accessibility, confidentiality, nondisclosure, or conflict-of-interest procedures in a regulated environment.\n***Please note this role is contingent\nBot and Third-Party Applications\nPlease note that this application must be submitted directly by the applicant for consideration. Failure to do so may result in the application being excluded for consideration. Applicants needing an accommodation for disability or religious purposes in connection with the application process should contact  for assistance.\nWorking at ICF\nICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer.Together, our employees are empowered to share theirexpertiseand collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO policy.\nWe will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\nReasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals withsincerely heldreligious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To requestan accommodation,please email  and we will be happy toassist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extentrequiredto provide needed reasonable accommodations.\nRead more about workplace discrimination rights or our benefit offerings which are included in the Transparency in (Benefits) CoverageAct.\nCandidate AI Usage Policy\nAt ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. 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