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Job Location drjobs

Alexandria - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

We are looking for a Technical Editor to join our team and support our Federal Government Customer. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to manage the lifecycle of technical policy documentation ensuring that it is clear concise and consistent with complex technical standards and legal/regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities: 

  • Determine the needs of users of technical documentation
  • Develop and refine processes to manage technical documentation throughout its lifecycle
  • Track and manage updates revisions and approvals from multiple sources
  • Collect user feedback to update and improve content
  • Review and edit documents based on government standards
  • Write or revise supporting content for products
  • Develop and incorporate graphs illustrations or photographs to increase users understanding of the material
  • Standardize content across platforms and media
  • Analyze documents to maintain continuity
  • Ready to take initiative to tackle tasks that need doing whether directly assigned or not

Qualifications :

  • Masters degree in a relevant field (Policy English Journalism etc.) with 2-3 years of experience; or equivalent technical or publishing background with 5-6 years of experience
  • Familiar with one or more of the following technical competencies: government privacy and cybersecurity topics policy writing/editing and research methods documentation
  • Analytical thinker with good quantitative skills
  • Great communicator (written and oral) who thrives in a team-oriented environment
  • Proficiency in managing technical documentation in SharePoint including version management of shared files
  • Obsessive eye for consistency and technical accuracy
  • Grammar nerd
  • Appreciates a well-organized list
  • Experienced working with subject matter experts in-person and remote
  • Able to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to summarize content for presentations and proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint


Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time

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