Technical Writer With With Grants Exp Of Min 6 Yrs(In Person Interview)(Hybrid)

We are looking for Technical Writer (Min 6+ yrs) (In Person Interview).

Position Description

DIRECT CLIENT Position

Number of positions: 1

Length: 3-15Months+

Work Address: Washington DC 20003 (3 DAYS A WEEK ON SITE)

Immediate interviews (In Person Interview)

Please Note This Position Is Hybrid, 3 DAYS A WEEK ON SITE

Local Candidates ONLY

The Technical Writer will prepare and/or maintain documentation pertaining to State Broadband and Digital Equity Office functions. Experience with federal grants to support DC's grant activity is a plus.

Looking for a Technical Writer to support its State Broadband and Digital Equity Office functions. A qualified candidate in this position translates business specifications into documentation. The technical writer plans, writes and maintains user manuals, grant documentation, A wide range of creativity is expected. Qualified candidates will write and edit a variety of technical articles, reports, manuals, and presentations for a wide range of uses. They will also work with senior leadership and executive team

The qualified resource will shall provide direct, supplemental grant writing capacity, to ensure that in-house capacity is never a reason or consideration for whether to pursue a grant. This will involve supporting analysis to make the best possible case for the organization and adapt to changing analysis requirements from the federal government (including Justice40, cost/benefit analyses, and more). Additionally, the resource will shall organize and/or facilitate grant writing workshops to continually build capacity and learn from past mistakes and successes and analyze successful grant applications from across the country to identify grant-writing best practices

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Serve as a writer for outlines and successive drafts of the Full Application documents, including but not limited to the Technical Volume, Community Benefits Plan, and Statement of Project Objectives. This may include the creation and/or incorporation of text, graphs, charts, and/or images as well.
• Serve as a writer for outlines and successive drafts of the concept papers, including the creation and/or incorporation of text, graphs, charts, and/or images, ensuring the concept paper meets and fulfills the review criteria of the BIL grant program focus areas.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• Assist EOM staff in program administration concerns related to the Concept Paper and Full Application, as needed.
• Participate in conversations and engage with relevant stakeholders to receive data, statistics, graphics, and edits of successive drafts relevant for the successful development of the Concept Paper and Full Application.
• Participate in the coordination of grant submissions to facilitate the evaluation of prospective DC Agency
• Research, advise, and advise EOM regarding best practices as it relates to the development of a Concept Paper and Full Application under the BIL.
• Collaborate with EOM staff on communications strategies and outreach, as needed.

Job Requirements

• Must be meticulous and detail oriented.
• 5-plus years' experience in grant management, particularly federal grant management.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Must be highly organized and able to work in an efficient manner under tight deadlines.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with diverse populations of federal, state, and local officials, industry executives, and other high-ranking officials.
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects and adapt to different projects and/or tasks.

THIS POSITION IS 3 DAYS A WEEK ONSITE.

Responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Creates process change by integrating new processes with existing ones and communicating these changes to impacted Business Systems teams.
• Recommends and facilitates quality improvement efforts.
• Analyzes process and re-engineering with an understanding of technical problems and solutions as they relate to the current and future business environment.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent

Candidates must have ALL the "Required" skills in order to be considered for the position. "Desired" or "Highly Desired" skills are a PLUS but may NOT be required.

Skill Matrix

Experience with Business workflow processes

Required / Desired

Amount

Of Experience

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience

Required

0

Master's Degree in Public Policy or Public Administration

Highly desired

0

Experience as a Grants Management oversight within Government parameters.

Required

6

Years

Experience in planning and management of mission critical tasks within a grants cycle

Required

5

Years

Experience conducting Business Impact Analysis

Required

5

Years

Experience in business process engineering / process improvement

Required

5

Years

Experience working with quality management approaches, techniques, and principles to ensure quality

Required

5

Years

Master's Degree in Public Policy or Public Administration

Required

0