Technical Writer

Senior Technical Writer/Communications Specialist Auditors Handbook Development

KeenLogicis seeking a Senior Technical Writer / Communications Specialist to support the U.S. Senate Office of the Secretary Senate Disbursing Office (DO) in developing the Senates Auditors Handbook. The Disbursing Office oversees the Senates financial operations including accounts payable payroll accounting budgeting employee benefits and financial systems management.

Working closely with Government stakeholders and subject matter experts this position will research analyze organize and transform complex financial regulatory audit and policy information into clear accurate and user-friendly guidance for Senate auditors. The resulting handbook will become the authoritative reference used by Accounts Payable auditors to ensure expenditures are reviewed consistently accurately and in accordance with Senate rules policies and applicable regulations.

This role combines technical writing information architecture content strategy editing and publication support to produce a professional publication-ready handbook. The successful candidate will collaborate with financial professionals policy experts and auditors to create standardized procedures decision frameworks reference materials visual aids and practical job aids that improve usability and support long-term maintenance of the publication.

Position Details

• Contract Length: Six-month base period with one six-month option
• Schedule: Full-time (40 hours/week)
• Location: Washington DC
• Schedule:3 days onsite 2 days remote (subject to change based on stakeholder engagement)
• Customer: U.S. Senate Office of the Secretary Disbursing Office

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree
• 5years producing technical financial audit compliance regulatory or policy documentation
• Experience with the production of professional publications or user-focused guides.
• Demonstrated ability to convert complex subject matter into clear concise and user-friendly written guidance
• Experience working with financial accounting auditing budget compliance regulatory or internal control subject matter experts and translating technical requirements into operational guidance.
• Experience researching analyzing and synthesizing information from multiple authoritative sources including policies regulations procedures and precedent based guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Research Senate policies statutes regulations and audit guidance
• Interviewstakeholders and subject matter experts
• Draft handbook chapters procedures checklists job aids and decision frameworks
• Translate complex technical and policy information into clear guidance
• Maintain consistent formatting terminology citations and document structure
• Edit drafts through multiple review cycles and incorporate stakeholder feedback
• Develop tables diagrams process flows and publication-ready documents

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal financial management or auditing organizations
• Experience with publication layout style guides and document governance