Technical Writer Job at Seneca Resources in Washington

Position Title: Technical Writer

Location: Washington DC 

Clearance Requirements: Public Trust

Position Status: Contract

Pay Rate: $30 to 35/hour on W2

Position Description:

·       Research, prepare, and edit technical documents, including process manuals, user manuals, training materials, installation guides, and reports

·       With SME inputs, independently, be able to write detailed procedure and policy

·       documents based upon discussions with process owners and in compliance with

·       Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

·       Work independently to ensure effective content management and a regular business rhythm is established for reviewing and updating company documents from a shared document collaborative site

·       Maintain documentation changes within a Governance process, because of business process changes, reorganization or system enhancements

·       Maintain documents on a collaborative site where version control access is practiced

Minimum Qualifications

·       Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain client clearance. Obtaining the clearance requires a clean criminal background check based on fingerprints taken and processed at the customer site (Fairchild Building, Capitol Hill, Washington DC)

·       Candidates must be able to commute to the customer site (Washington, DC 20003) at a minimum to provide their fingerprints for the clearance process and when cleared pick up the client assets (laptop, cell phone, badge)

·       upon first day of work and upon assignment end return the client assets

·       After the initial intake, a minimum of one day on-site at the customer stie is expected of this position. In addition, candidates must also be able to commute when needed to the customer site to meet with SME's and client personnel as required to complete

·       assignments.

Minimum Qualified Degree, Certifications, Skills:

·       Bachelor’s degree or a 2-year degree with equivalent work experience in a relevant field

·       Minimum eight years’ experience in technical writing and desktop publishing

·       Knowledge & experience developing procedural IT / Technical documentation, process maps, & affiliated training materials.

·       Exceptional written communication & listening skills with strong proofreading and/or editorial skills and with proven experience at effectively understanding and addressing executive level personnel (Associate Director, Deputy CIO, CIO) feedback and their relationship to the overall update process.

·       Proactively reach out to Content / Subject experts, interview and absorb their artifacts, and be able to translate information they have provided. Where there are gaps, the Technical Writer can apply best judgement to complete the gaps.

·       Moderate to expert level in MS office products to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Visio

·       Moderate to expert level in Adobe Acrobat products. Note: Electronic signages, and Certificates are regularly used to advance .PDF files

About Seneca Resources:

Seneca Resources is a client driven provider of strategic Information Technology consulting services and Workforce Solutions to government and industry.  Seneca Resources is a leading IT services provider with offices in Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Texas that service clients throughout the United States. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value the benefits of diversity in our workplace.