Technical Writer - Washington, United States - JCD STAFFING LLC

JCD STAFFING LLC

Verified Company

Washington, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description:

Responsibilities:

Ensures technical documentation is accurate, complete, meets editorial and government specifications and adheres to standards for quality, graphics, coverage, format, and style. Assists in establishing style guidelines and standards for texts and illustrations.
Researches, writes, edits, and proofreads technical data for use in documents or sections of documents such as manuals, procedures, specifications, special reports, and any other customer deliverables and documents.
Must work with a team of business analysts, and technical teams to obtain an indepth understanding of documentation requirements and the products to be produced.

Skills:

Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office and 5 years of relevant experience preparing MS Office, Word, Visio, Adobe XD, and PowerPoint documentation.
Must have the ability to write requirements for testing, writing for project management plans and write policy and procedure documents.
Ability to identify which documentation options are appropriate for each project type. Must have experience with maintaining large document repositories.
Ability to coordinate and prioritize concurrent activities within deadlinedriven climate.
Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts and make them easily understandable in text and illustrations.
Produce highquality documentation and meeting minutes appropriate for its intended audience.
Ability to analyze existing content for reuse and leveraging of content to include in documentation of like deliverables.

- written skills in English, strong communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with User and IT community.

Excellent document management skills, able to manage input from a variety of team members while standardizing the language and format while maintaining positive version control. Maintain comments tracking matrices on all documents.
Excellent analytical skills including the ability to think through all aspects of document production and generate schedules and assignments for writers. Ability to create and update content based on templates and existing documents.
Expert with Microsoft Office; especially Word, Outlook and PowerPoint. Highly proficient in using MS Teams and MS SharePoint.

Education and Experience:

or BS in:
English, Journalism, History, Political Science Communications, or Other relevant degree.

7 years of experience producing management briefings, project status reports and meeting minutes

Requirements:

U.S Citizenship is required.
This position is currently remote but will change to hybrid (remote/onsite) in the near future due to government requirement.

Flexible work from home options available.