Technical Writer

Description:
POSITION OVERVIEW

• The Candidate shall participate in conceptualizing and developing materials such as news articles, podcasts, and illustrations or tabular content.
• The Candidate shall prepare material for printing and publication.
• Provide a full range of editorial support.
• The Candidate shall oversee contractor performance and/or coordinates logistical matters with clients and contractor(s).
• The Candidate shall manage with their day-to-day writing on project management activities
• The Candidate shall provide assistance in writing and editing of newsletters.
• The Candidate shall partners with support partners, business leads and incident management teams to develop a consistent message related to GEH.
• The Candidate shall create Management and Executive level reports related to GEH.
• The Candidate shall create responsive and timely Management and Executive level communications related to technology incidents
• The Candidate shall create, reviews/proofreads content and format incident communications messages and reports in accordance with GEH writing style.
• The Candidate shall prepare and manages of technical documentation, to include training materials and end user materials, such as help guides, tip sheets, and technical documentation pertaining to in-house applications
• The Candidate shall write and edits products that articulate, interpret, and explain a variety of subjects, tailored to specific media and audiences.
• The Candidate shall gather, develops and checks the accuracy of information by research and by interviews with subject-matter specialists, program officials, and others.
• The Candidate shall work with manuscripts prepared by others who usually are experts in their fields, advising and assisting authors during the writing stage.
• The Candidate shall edit text for clarity and accuracy as well as consulting on the design and graphics.
• The Candidate shall analyze existing and potential content, focusing on reuse and single-sourcing opportunities Create and maintain the information architecture
• The Candidate shall develop customer presentations and reports
• The Candidate shall create tutorials to help end-users use a variety of applications
• The Candidate shall write easy-to-understand user interface text, online help and developer guides.
• The Candidate shall create, edits, and adheres to content and style templates, educating document owners on the importance of this adherence as necessary.

Requirements:
CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT: US Citizenship

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate’s degree. Vocational degrees considered. Bachelor’s degree preferred.

MINIMUM REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• The Candidate should have minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in writing and editing articles, journals and contents, minimum 2-3 years’ experience in writing and editing government or high profile
• The Candidate should have Intermediate or higher proficiency using the following Microsoft Office software applications; Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, One Drive, and SharePoint.
• The Candidate should have Intermediate or higher proficiency using Endnote and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• The Candidate should have Intermediate or higher proficiency using Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator.
• Graphics design experience preferred.

Travel may be required for this position