Technical Writer
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use only sections with real content. No job title heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the job posting. Content: - Description: MELE Associates, Inc. (MELE) maintains a contract with NNSA ... requires an exceptional candidate to fill a Technical Writer role to support the NEST Program with the following duties: Essential Functions (list): - Create and revise interactive and engaging technical education curriculum including course design documents and curriculum documents in support of the NEST objectives. - Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts from the National Labs to aid in the production of quality content for courses. - Use both creative and technical writing skills to make rigorous and engaging learning content. - Support development of NEST training guidelines, program management plan, organization structures, and review and implementation processes. - Participate in training experts working group involving federal staff and laboratory training experts. - Review all training courses and provide recommendations to ensure consistency with training guidelines. - Support the development of interactive training tools. Minimum Qualifications (list): - Must be able to obtain a DOE Q clearance - Bachelor’s Degree in English, Communications or Technical Writing and work experience in training design, education or related discipline combined - At least 4 years prior experience developing, planning, and editing technical training programs in the areas of national security, homeland security, nuclear/radiological security, or related field - Knowledge of U.S. government and industry training guidelines and best practices - Energetic self-starter who can work independently and coordinate with a variety of government officials, industry personnel, and other stakeholders - Proficiency with Microsoft Office software applications including Excel and PowerPoint - Proficiency in Adobe Suite - Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines - Excellent analytical, writing, organizational and communication skills Preferred Qualifications (list): - Active TS/Q Clearance - Prior experience working on international implementation programs that involve the security of nuclear or radiological materials - Prior experience working NNSA implementation programs - Knowledge of U.S. Department of Energy training guidelines and best practices Location: This is a full-time onsite position in Albuquerque, NM. Salary: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position. Benefits: - Employer-paid employee Medical, Dental and Vision Care. - Low-Cost Family Health Care offered. - Federal Holidays and three (3) weeks’ vacation - 401(k) with Employer Match - Cross-training opportunities About MELE (description): - With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. - MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. - The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. - MELE’s services include national security, intelligence, IT/cybersecurity, facility management and engineering, CBRNE defense and nuclear security, emergency response training/management, and mission and program support. - MELE Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer. We need to remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should remove the lines about equal opportunity employer and E-Verify? Those are EEO boilerplate. So we should drop those sentences. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to decide sections: We have Essential Functions (duties) -> could be Responsibilities. Minimum Qualifications -> Requirements or Qualifications. Preferred Qualifications -> maybe Qualifications as well (but we can combine). Skills: maybe list of proficiencies etc. Benefits: we have benefits. Pay: we have salary statement but it's vague: "Salaries are determined based on several factors..." Not a specific number or range. According to rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The posting does state salary determination but not a specific figure. Is that considered stating them? It says "Salaries are determined based on several factors..." That's still stating something about pay, albeit not a number. The rule: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state something about salary, albeit generic. I'd include a Pay section with that sentence. However, the rule also says: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Could combine Pay into Benefits? But they are separate headings. Might be okay to include Pay. Schedule: Not mentioned besides full-time onsite. Could we infer schedule? Not given. So we should not create Schedule section. Location: Not a heading per rules; we can fold into a short
or drop it. Probably include a short paragraph about location. About MELE: Could be "About the role" or "About MELE"? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have "About the role" for description of role? Or "About MELE" maybe not in list but we could use "About the role" to include description of role and maybe company? But they gave examples; we can use those headings. We need to include sections only when posting has real, specific content.
We have:
- Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
- Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)
- Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications) maybe combine with Requirements? Could have Requirements and Qualifications separate.
- Skills (Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, etc.) Could be separate.
- Benefits (list)
- Pay (salary determination)
- About the role (maybe the introductory paragraph about MELE contract and role)
- Possibly "About MELE" not in list but we could incorporate into About the role.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
Let's craft:
About the role
MELE Associates, Inc. (MELE) maintains a contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation (NA-80) Nuclear Emergency Response Team (NEST). MELE requires an exceptional candidate to fill a Technical Writer role to support the NEST Program.
Responsibilities
- Create and revise interactive and engaging technical education curriculum including course design documents and curriculum documents in support of the NEST objectives.
- Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts from the National Labs to aid in the production of quality content for courses.
- Use both creative and technical writing skills to make rigorous and engaging learning content.
- Support development of NEST training guidelines, program management plan, organization structures, and review and implementation processes.
- Participate in training experts working group involving federal staff and laboratory training experts.
- Review all training courses and provide recommendations to ensure consistency with training guidelines.
- Support the development of interactive training tools.
Requirements
- Must be able to obtain a DOE Q clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree in English, Communications or Technical Writing and work experience in training design, education or related discipline combined
- At least 4 years prior experience developing, planning, and editing technical training programs in the areas of national security, homeland security, nuclear/radiological security, or related field
- Knowledge of U.S. government and industry training guidelines and best practices
- Energetic self-starter who can work independently and coordinate with a variety of government officials, industry personnel, and other stakeholders
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software applications including Excel and PowerPoint
- Proficiency in Adobe Suite
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
- Excellent analytical, writing, organizational and communication skills
Qualifications
- Active TS/Q Clearance
- Prior experience working on international implementation programs that involve the security of nuclear or radiological materials
- Prior experience working NNSA implementation programs
- Knowledge of U.S. Department of Energy training guidelines and best practices
Skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Suite; strong analytical, writing, organizational, and communication abilities; ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
But note we already listed proficiency in Requirements; maybe we should not duplicate. Better to keep Skills separate only if there are distinct skills not already captured. The proficiency items are already in Requirements. Could combine them into Skills section and remove from Requirements? But Requirements already includes them; we could keep them there and not have Skills. However we need to decide. Given we have many sections, maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one "Qualifications" section, and have "Responsibilities" and "Benefits" and "Pay". The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have: - About the role - Responsibilities - Qualifications (combining minimum and preferred) - Benefits - Pay That's 5 sections. Let's do that. We need to include all substantive info: location, full-time onsite, etc. Could add a short paragraph after About the role. Let's craft:About the role
MELE Associates, Inc. (MELE) maintains a contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation (NA-80) Nuclear Emergency Response Team (NEST). MELE requires an exceptional candidate to fill a Technical Writer role to support the NEST Program. This is a full-time onsite position in Albuquerque, NM.
Responsibilities
- Create and revise interactive and engaging technical education curriculum including course design documents and curriculum documents in support of the NEST objectives.
- Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts from the National Labs to aid in the production of quality content for courses.
- Use both creative and technical writing skills to make rigorous and engaging learning content.
- Support development of NEST training guidelines, program management plan, organization structures, and review and implementation processes.
- Participate in training experts working group involving federal staff and laboratory training experts.
- Review all training courses and provide recommendations to ensure consistency with training guidelines.
- Support the development of interactive training tools.
Qualifications
- Must be able to obtain a DOE Q clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree in English, Communications or Technical Writing and work experience in training design, education or related discipline combined
- At least 4 years prior experience developing, planning, and editing technical training programs in the areas of national security, homeland security, nuclear/radiological security, or related field
- Knowledge of U.S. government and industry training guidelines and best practices
- Energetic self-starter who can work independently and coordinate with a variety of government officials, industry personnel, and other stakeholders
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software applications including Excel and PowerPoint