[Hiring] Technical Trainer - Consultant - Technical Writer @Abacus

Role Description

The Technical Writer will work with various internal teams including the Project Director/Project Managers, Technical Director/Developers, and Business Analysts/SMEs in a development environment, to create business and technical project artifacts that will be utilized internally by the project team, executive management, agency staff and/or externally by vendors, CMS or other stakeholders. We are looking for candidates who are highly organized, can work independently in a fast-paced environment and produce multiple quality deliverables with varying deadlines. Candidates should be self-starters and creative problem solvers and have the flexibility to learn new products and technologies quickly.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Work alongside the Business Analyst/SMEs and technical staff to understand the goals/objectives of the project in order to assist in creating deliverables and supporting project documentation.
• Provide recommendations on deliverables to be produced as a result of analysis/design discussions.
• Work with technical staff to make deliverables easy to understand.
• Organize and write supporting documents when needed.
• Select photographs, drawings, diagrams, and charts that increase users' understanding.
• Revise documents as new issues arise.
• Aid in organizing and maintaining the project's SharePoint and other document repository.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience in IT including experience in a position requiring development of structured written materials and visual aids.
• 3+ years of technical writing experience.
• Ability to write, edit, and prepare graphic presentations of technical information for both technical and business personnel.
• 3+ years of experience with MS SharePoint application.
• Advanced in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and working with templates and style guidelines for branding consistency.

Requirements

• Completed Bachelor's degree.
• Experience in writing Advanced Planning Documents and/or Request For Proposals.
• Understanding of LEAN / Agile development style.
• Experience with BizAgi.
• Experience in a government environment.

Benefits

• Work Location: Role is 100% remote.
• Duration of the Contract: 12 months.
• Possibility for Extension: Yes.