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

• Master’s 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.