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Senior Technical Writer – UC San Diego Health System

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:00:23 +0000

This position is in the Health Cyberinfrastructure division at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). Incumbent will serve as a senior technical writer for the Medicaid Integrity Group Data Engine(MIGDE) project. The technical writer will serve as the documentation coordinator by independently managing the division and MIGDE project documentation in both printed and web-based media. In this role, incumbent will develop, deploy, and maintain technical documentation to meet the needs of the MIGDE documentation lifecycle. As part of the team, under general direction, the incumbent will independently perform the following:

Conceptualize, write, edit, proofread and disseminate complex technical information in support of MIGDE activities.
Develop and disseminate consistent writing standards to the applications team and ensure that such standards are applied to all documentation, maintaining a consistent professional voice for all MIGDE documents.
Develop training material as needed by the various application groups in the MIGDE project.
Develop standard operating procedure documentation in support of the MIGDE user services group.
Design, implement, and maintain project system lifecycle documentation in a combined Unix and Windows environment; update and make technical documentation as effective as possible for our user community.
Work with the division PIs to develop proposal content.

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Writer/Editor – Georgia Tech

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:57:31 +0000

Prepare copy for brochures and other communications for distribution through print, web and video. Provide advice regarding communications and marketing issues. Participate in development of communications initiatives and products.

Major Responsibilities:

Write, edit and proof-read copy and brochures and other communications for distribution through print, web and video.
Advise faculty and staff regarding editorial issues in communications and marketing, including print, web, video, visual identity and the Georgia Tech brand
Research and market stories, coordinating with video, radio and prepare for web distribution.
Contribute ideas and deliverables for brand-based marketing and communications initiatives.
Participate in client meetings and project brainstorming sessions.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

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Technical Writer – new i4DM

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:56:07 +0000

Experience in explaining highly technical data and information for end users of complex IT systems and projects.

Working closely with Project Managers, developers and other SME’s to gain knowledge of technology and i4DM’s development method

Must be able to use a variety of word processing, spreadsheet, graphics and scheduling tools.

Must have experience in being able to gather and convert data into a written narrative.

Organize material and complete writing assignments according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology. Develop and maintain installation, configuration, how-to documentation, files, revisions, and online help for user groups.

Edit, standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers.

Interact with the development team & client representatives to establish technical specifications and to determine subject material to be developed for publication.

Review published materials and recommend revisions or changes in scope, format, content, and methods of reproduction and binding.

Study specifications and mockups, to integrate and delineate technology, operating procedure, and production sequence and detail.

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Technical Writer – Accretive Technology Group

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:54:41 +0000

We are looking for an intermediate level Technical Writer who can help us add to and improve our technical documentation for our existing system.

The technology we use is PHP, Perl, MySQL and some C++.
Responsibilities

Schedule and conduct interviews with Subject Matter Experts to gain knowledge of systems
Produce and maintain UML diagrams and technical documentation (API reference documentation, how to articles, etc) which identify the main components of the system and how they interact
Read source code to extract information needed to produce documentation
Implement and promote best practices for code documentation
Provide documentation support to developers in the creation of technical design documents

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Technical Writer – Conifer

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:52:09 +0000

The Technical Writer will be responsible for the research and writing of the policies, procedures and other related documents in compliance with established content standards. This position will work closely with various departments and related groups, such as Process Excellence, Compliance, Business Owners and other SMEs to review, updated the existing and create new departmental policies and procedures.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Include the following. Others may be assigned.

-Writes, edits and formats task-level documentation to include but not limited to: P&Ps, Job Aids, Work Instructions and User Manuals

-Works with a variety of departments and related business owners/approvers to document process, procedures and related reference content.

-Develops goals, milestones and manage timelines for document creation, approval and publication

-Collaborates with Process, Training and Instructional Design teams to support Operations Training.

-Maintains overall documentation records including creation, revisions, reviews and archival.

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Technical Writer – HR Remedy

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:51:02 +0000

Must have 1 year of experience in production and/or editing of technical documents to include writing for non-technical audience. The ideal candidate will also have familiarity with both reading and editing engineering drawings and specifications.

Microsoft Office experience in most recent version

Ability to consolidate technical inputs and analysis and produce a logical document

Ability to interpret, absorb and synthesize large amounts of engineering or technical info for non-technical readers

Ability to upload content onto websites using Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) web-authoring tools

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Writer/Editor – University of Maryland

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:49:22 +0000

The (Senior) Writer/Editor will write and research articles, brochures, video scripts, advertisements and e-communications that promote the university. This person will work particularly closely with the campus research community to produce science writing in a bimonthly newsletter and biannual mini-magazine, and will contribute briefs and feature stories to Terp, the university magazine published three times a year. In every assignment, the Writer/Editor will contribute creative, compelling, innovative writing and will assist the University Editor in ensuring that all materials published by the office are of the highest editorial standards, meet university identity guidelines and are aligned with university and client objectives and needs.

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Technical Writer – EML Incorporated

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:44:14 +0000

This position calls for an employee to join our documentation team to assist in organizing, creating, and providing a unified voice for our documentation deliveries. These deliverables are designed enable software developers to use our broadband processor. The raw content for these documents is being developed by STI s engineering team which requires candidates to be comfortable with microprocessor architecture. In addition, as content creation will target software developers, we are looking for a candidate that can write at a high level. Previous experience with PowerPC architecture is desirable.

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Technical Writer – Tunnell Consulting

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:42:31 +0000

Technical Writer with vast experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry to support the assessment, improvement, standardization and/or creation of manufacturing and packaging procedures and production documentation for the QSE 10 Workplan activities related to the Consent Decree.

Responsibilities:
• Review and become familiar with applicable Quality Standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), Work Instructions and functional documents/operational guidelines.
• Review relevant Consent Decree Assessment GAPs and other observations.
• Attend and participate in project team meetings
• Change, improve and create (where required) Standard Operating Procedures, Cleaning Records, Production Master Batch Records to align with the applicable Quality Standard(s). In addition, work with cross site personnel (Puerto Rico and Philadelphia Metro area sites) to ensure procedures are consistent from site to site.
• Perform the translation of language on procedures, documents and/or batch records from Spanish to English and/or English to Spanish.
• Document Notification of Events (NOE)

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Staff Writer – Novogradac & Company

poewar — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:39:44 +0000

Novogradac & Company LLP has an opportunity for a staff writer within our Marketing Department. This is a full-time job in our San Francisco headquarters and offers growth potential.

Responsibilities will include assistance in the areas of the production and marketing of the firm’s print and online publications. Duties, among others, include:

Reporting and writing articles for the firm’s monthly trade journal
Writing content for a number of media, including the firm’s websites, a weekly podcast, marketing emails, press releases and more
Proofreading editorial and marketing content for print and online publication
Drafting breaking news text and updating web content
Researching technical topics related to the firm’s areas of expertise

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