Technical Writer and Editor

About the role

The Opportunity: Are you interested in using your technical expertise and people skills to assist a public health client in their mission to establish a modernized data presence? Our team is looking for a technical editor who can support our project team in developing clear and helpful technical documentation that both our team and customers can use in their efforts to support programmatic goals.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with various workstreams to review, refine, and publish programmatic documentation.
• Work on a range of documentation, including training content, operational processes and policies, and stakeholder communications.
• Help our team develop deliverables that are client-ready, following established style guides, formats, and rules for standardization, while ensuring all deliverables are Section 508 compliant.
• Deliver across different workstreams and varying types of documentation, providing cross-cutting support for multiple task areas.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with technical editing.
• Experience editing and producing clear, accurate, and well-organized documentation for various audiences using appropriate tone, voice, and terminology.
• Experience developing, editing, and using templates, including creating, editing, and applying styles.
• Experience collaborating with subject matter experts (SMEs), project teams, and stakeholders to gather, validate, and organize information.
• Experience applying Section 508 compliance standards to various document formats.
• Experience with major style guides such as the Chicago Manual of Style or GPO Style Manual.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, Adobe, and common collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.
• Knowledge of grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and formatting skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communication, Journalism, or Instructional Design.
• Nice If You Have:
• Experience working in the public health field.
• Experience with emergency response.
• Experience working with government clients.
• Experience developing and delivering training.
• Experience developing technical documentation or job aids.
• Experience using industry standard authoring tools for training development.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies or DevOps.

Skills

• Comfortable delivering across different workstreams and varying types of documentation.
• Providing cross-cutting support for multiple task areas.

Benefits

Join us. The world can’t wait.

Pay

$55,200.00 to $126,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

Not specified.