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Job Description

As a Federal Documentation Quality Consultant you will conduct documentation reviews for overall quality and adherence to internal best practices and federal compliance standards, including Section 508, across elements such as organization, terminology, formatting and visuals. You will provide training, feedback and suggested revisions to authors responsible for creating federal documentation to improve documentation quality and compliance You will also author technical documentation for internal projects, such as user and training manuals. You will use your expertise to collaborate with leadership to develop and document standards, processes and tools for technical documentation that meet or exceed federal documentation compliance standards. You will educate and mentor stakeholders on standards, processes and tools for federal documentation and provide expertise to resolve documentation issues and questions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Instructional Design, Communications, English or related field, or equivalent, relevant work experience
• At least 2 years of Technical documentation work experience
• Receipt of the appropriate government security clearance card applicable for your position
• Due to the client contract you will be assigned, this position requires you to be a U.S. citizen

Preferred Qualifications: Not mandatory, but gets you closer to securing the position

• At least 3 years of Technical documentation work experience using federal government standards and guidelines
• Experience with Section 508 Compliance
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Federal experience preferred
• Commonlook software experience a PLUS

Expectations

• Willing to travel up to 10%
• Must reside in or willing to relocate to the Arlington, VA area by March 2021. Will be given a relocation package of at least $5,000.
• Technical writing experience
• Individual contributor

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Skills Required

• MS Office