Technical Writer

Job title:

Technical Writer

Company

Leidos

Job description

Description

The Leidos Civil Team has an opening for a junior Technical Writer to support the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, DC.

This position does require an individual to work on-site in our Washington DC office up to 50% of the time and has the potential for telework up to 50%.

Primary Responsibilities

In this role, the Technical Writer will be responsible for providing editing expertise to assist the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Trainings Needs Assessment Tool (TNAT) program in the publication of developed (and partially developed) policy and guidance documents. Specifically, the Editor/Writer will:

Support the revision of documents as the need arises e.g., changes to TNAT functional requirements documents, changes to system design documents, Test Scripts, Standard Operation Procedures etc.

Uploading, testing and validating the training data revisions into the TNAT test site and the TNAT production site.

Supporting meetings (or telecons) and prepare meeting minutes or notes and action items as necessary. Draft and distribute notes/agendas as necessary.

Updating TNAT application guides, User Guide and Admin Guide

Initiate process improvements in documentation in accordance with the client.

Standardize organizational documentation.

Documenting activities in Monthly Task Order Status Report and Monthly Achievement Reports

Preparing and Planning TNAT demonstrations for TechOps and/or Air Traffic Organization (ATO)

Support the development and creation of documents and procedures by providing technical writing skills commensurate with current business practices (plain language) and continuous process improvement methodologies.

Support groups in the participation of meetings and providing technical writing input for documentation needs.

Support the group by documenting meeting and teleconference minutes.

Provide input and suggestions for writing style guides and internal standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for supported documents.

Support the publication preparation process support that includes those steps to finalize an approved document for release to the workforce and the public. This work includes the conversion or encoding of approved documents for release to the FSIMS/DRS Librarian

Support for the maintenance and retention of backup files in an electronic format for archival and update purpose

Work as part of a team, supporting the Team Leads and other writer/editors in completing priority projects as designated by the client.

Support the production of deliverables as electronic copies of files, reports and products by assigned dates. Acceptable electronic formats are the current versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, and Microsoft Project, and Adobe Acrobat

Basic Qualifications

Must have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of prior relevant experience or a Masters’ with at least 1 year of experience. However, additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Must be proficient with Microsoft Office applications and publishing tools such as Adobe Acrobat.

Must be highly proficient in research and electronic organization skills, and in conducting professional communication with clients.

Pay Range: Pay Range $49,400.00 – $89,300.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Original Posting Date: 01/12/2024

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Expected salary

$49400 – 89300 per year

Location

Upper Marlboro, MD

Job date

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:13:51 GMT

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