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Senior Technical Writer

The DNA group
locationWashington, DC, USA
PublishedPublished: 6/14/2022
Education
Full Time

Job Description

Job Description

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Location: Washington, DC

Duration: 12 month contract, with possible extension

W-2 or 1099

No C2C, visa transfers, or sponsorship


The DNA Group is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to support through the development of procurement templates, process documentation, job aids, and presentation materials for a new cloud-based system. The role works with PMO, legal, procurement, and SMEs to produce compliant, high-quality documentation for implementation.


Overview Requirements:

• Develop and revise procurement sourcing, contract, and related templates to reflect current policies, procedures, and legal requirements.

• Develop and revise procurement process and procedure documentation to ensure clarity and compliance with current organizational and legislative policies.

• Support the PASS Modernization Project for a new cloud-based procurement management system.

• Create procurement-related documentation, training materials such as job-aids, and presentation materials.

• Coordinate and collaborate with the PASS Modernization Project PMO, legal teams, procurement staff, and other subject matter experts to gather information needed for content development.

• Facilitate workshops or meetings to obtain information needed to complete documentation or determine documentation requirements.

• Ensure all documents meet legal requirements and regulatory standards through coordination with legal and other departments.

• Ensure all documentation adheres to OCP-established style guides and templates.

• Conduct ongoing reviews of existing documentation to identify opportunities for improvement.

• Produce documentation that is clear, consistent, accurate, appropriate, and aligned with procurement industry standards.

• Organize and maintain documents in Microsoft Teams folders so materials are current and accessible to procurement staff.

• Develop simple, understandable step-by-step job-aids to support new or revised templates and documents.


Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, business, or a related field or equivalent experience

• Strong technical writing or documentation management experience with demonstrated writing and editing skills

• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences

• Ability to collaborate with others, work independently, and manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Willingness to work onsite 4 days a week in a hybrid environment


Required Experience:

• English / Communications / Business degree or equivalent experience: 15 years (Required)

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint): 11 years (Required)

• Technical writing: 11 years (Required)

• Documentation management: 11 years (Required)

• Written and verbal communication: 11 years (Required)

• Collaboration, independent work, and multi-project support: 11 years (Required)

• Procurement processes or contract law: 11 years (Highly Desired)

• Onsite availability 4 days per week (Required)


This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Team oriented — cooperative and collaborative

• People-oriented — enjoys interacting with procurement staff, legal teams, and project stakeholders

• Adaptable/flexible — enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction

• Detail-oriented — would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture

• Achievement-oriented — enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail

• Autonomous/Independent — enjoys working with little direction

• Innovative — prefers working in structured yet flexible ways to improve documentation and processes

• High stress tolerance — thrives in a deadline-driven environment

The DNA Group maintains a drug free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug-testing, where applicable, in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.

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