Senior Technical Writer
Employment Type: Onsite
Annexa is currently working with D.C. Government’s Office of Contracting and Procurement, and we are seeking a Senior Technical Writer. The Senior Technical Writer will be responsible for developing and implementing procurement templates, processes, documentation, training job aids, and presentation materials for a new cloud-based procurement system.
Responsibilities:
- 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.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the PASS Modernization Project PMO, legal, procurement staff, and other subject matter experts to gather necessary information to support document content development.
- Facilitate workshops or meetings to obtain information needed to complete documentation or to determine documentation requirements.
- Coordinate and collaborate with legal and other departments to ensure all documents meet legal requirements and regulatory standards.
- Ensure all documentation adheres to OCP established style guides and templates.
- Conduct ongoing reviews of existing documentation to identify areas for improvement.
- Produce quality documentation that is clear, consistent, appropriate, accurate, and meets procurement industry standards.
- Organize and maintain documents in designated Microsoft Teams folders, ensuring all documentation is up-to-date and easily accessible by procurement staff.
- Develop simple, understandable step-by-step job-aids to support the implementation of new or revised templates or other documents.
Required Skills
- 11+ years of experience with proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- 11+ years of experience with technical writing or documentation management with demonstrated writing and editing skills required.
- 11+ years of experience with demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
- 11+ years of experience with demonstrated ability to collaborate with others, work independently, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- 11+ years of experience or familiarity with contract law or procurement processes is desired.
- Willing to work onsite 4 days a week.
- Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
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