Technical Writer Remote Jobs

Job Title: Technical Writer

Reports to: Site Lead

Location: Remote

Salary Range: $35.41/hr. - $40.07/hr.

Schedule: M ? F, days

Metris Global is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) dedicated to helping government identify and solve problems. Our concierge-minded team of special operations and interagency advisors provide professional services, full spectrum pre-deployment, and full mission profile (FMP) training exercises to achieve this mission. Our work has quietly saved lives and taxpayer dollars. If you are passionate about "Training Today's Warriors for Tomorrow's Threats", we would love you to join our Team.

• Integrity ? Unquestionable level of sound morale and ethical principles.
• Accountability ? Humility, transparency, and responsibility.
• Innovation ? There is ALWAYS a ?better and more efficient way? to complete the mission.
• Work Ethic ? Passionate, motivated, proactive, attention to detail.
• Professionalism ? Conduct oneself with the appearance, demeanor, humility, and competence.
• Loyalty ? Commitment to doing what is in our best interest as a company and to our clients.
• Metris Global Values:

Summary

Reporting to the Site Lead, this position shall provide comprehensive writing and editing support in accordance with client-specific requirements and standard operating procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Document revisions by means of Curriculum Change Requests as applicable.
• Plan content and scheduling for technical publications, public relations materials, and proposals.
• Ensure schools, offices, or other government clients have print-ready PDFs of all material and maintain content management of all source material.
• Maintain document templates to facilitate document use by technical and non-technical personnel.
• Write, edit, and organize documents in terms of contractual requirements for use by technical and non-technical personnel.
• Enhance the clarity and communication of technical documents and presentations in support of assessments, experiments, and studies.
• Structural formatting of all source documentation to ensure that there is consistency. Structural formatting includes the proper use of headers/footers, configuring and generating a final table of contents, and verifying pagination in preparation for final approved versions.
• Coordinate document production to meet contractual specifications, deadlines, export control, or other publication requirements.
• Verification of reference materials listed in course artifacts. industry mandates and publications, manuals and notes, unit instructions, and other miscellaneous publications.
• Initial review and copy-editing activities
• In addition to proofreading and copy-editing of content, provides usability testing (hyperlinks connect, navigation works, interface is not distracting and takes away from the learning focus).
• Perform research, gather information, develop lists, obtain references, and write/produce technical and non-technical communications or publications.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Comprehensive editing, which reviews both content (for completeness, accuracy, and appropriate language) and form (for organization, visual design, and usability).

Measurement of Performance:

• Completed and delivered tasks and work products will be, with the exception of government-caused delay or force majeure, in conformance with USCG Training Systems SOPs, timely, complete, and documentation shall, upon final acceptance, be free from technical or typographical errors 95% of the time.

Qualifications:

• Experience in working with developers and engineers in the support of technical documentation.
• Experience in the creation of document templates and style guides.
• Possess a minimum of 7 years? technical writing experience. Including drafting written documents and briefing materials, studies, and analysis documentation, conducting document review.
• Understanding of Data Communications Technology.
• Experience in recognizing grammatical and formatting errors in client document deliverables.
• Proficiency in developing written documents and briefing materials expected.
• Understanding of Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• Proficient in using the following software applications: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, & PowerPoint.
• Experience supporting working groups, studies and analysis, document reviews as it pertains to curriculum development, and coordinates meetings as directed.
• Must possess a Bachelor's degree in English, Instructional Systems, Instructional Systems Technology, Instructional and Performance Technology, and Education or be a certified Master Training Specialist.
• Experience in following style guides and Data Item Descriptions.
• Prior experience with all or most of the following is desired:
  • Proficiency in developing written documents and briefing materials expected.
  • Experience supporting working groups, studies and analysis, document reviews as it pertains to curriculum development, and coordinates meetings as directed.
  • Experience in the creation of document templates and style guides.
  • Experience with user guides for software applications, security plans, test plans, etc.
  • Experience in following style guides and Data Item Descriptions.
  • Experience in recognizing grammatical and formatting errors in client document deliverables.
• Experience with user guides for software applications, security plans, test plans, etc.

• Must submit resume and OF-306.
• Employment is dependent upon government approval of the candidate.
• Successful SSBI background investigation (required).
• May require SECRET clearance (per task order).

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

Benefits:

• Life Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• 11 paid holidays
• STD/LTD Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Vision Insurance
• Paid sick time