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Professional Services
Reports To: The Project Manager
Benefits: Competitive Pay, Generous PTO and Holiday Schedule, Outstanding Health Plan, 401(k), Collaborative Team Atmosphere.
Summary: Assurety Consulting, a leader in the postal/parcel ecosystem, seeks highly qualified applicants for a senior technical Writer position. This is a full-time position in Washington, D.C., with a hybrid working opportunity 2-3 days a week remotely. The position requires a US Postal Service (USPS) security clearance, and the applicant must be either a US Citizen or a Green Card holder.
The Senior Technical Writer analyzes business needs, performs document updates, and helps with technical writing activities. The individual will organize material and complete writing assignments according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology. May confer with customer representatives, vendors, executives, end customers,
IT organization employees or publishers to establish technical specifications and to
determine subject material to be developed for publication.
Conditions of Employment (REQUIRED):
- US Citizenship or Green Card.
- The position requires security clearance.
- Bachelor’s Degree in English or Communications or related fields. Master’s degree in Excellent communication skills to create, update, and do QA on document-based deliverables.
- 5+ years of professional experience analyzing business needs, performing document updates, and helping with technical writing activities.
- Understands technical documentation and how the technical documentation is to be laid out.
Experience Needed:
- Creating and maintaining comprehensive technical documentation
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather and validate technical information
- Implementing and improving documentation standards and procedures on a regular basis
- Peer reviewing and editing content created by other team members
- Participating in product development cycles to ensure timely documentation updates
- Conducting user research to improve documentation usability and effectiveness
- Contributing to strategic documentation initiatives to support overall application team
- Maintain records and files of work and revisions.
- Review published materials and recommended revisions or changes in scope, format, content, and methods of reproduction and binding
- Study drawings, specifications, mockups, and product samples to integrate and delineate technology, operating procedure, production sequence, and detail
- Interview production and engineering personnel and read journals and other materials to familiarize yourself with product technologies and production methods
- Observe production, developmental, and experimental activities to determine operating procedure and detail
- Analyze developments in specific fields to determine the need for revisions in previously published materials and development of new material
- Review manufacturers and trade catalogs, drawings, and other data relative to operation, maintenance, and service of equipment
Why you should join our team:
Collaborative & Inclusive Culture: Our colleagues work in small, self-organized and cross-functional teams that determine the best tactics to support the vision and strategy set by leadership. We encourage and welcome all ideas, taking an agile approach to creating an amazing product
Design Thinking for Innovation: With focus on our colleague’s growth within Assurety we have developed a Learning Management System (LMS) that trains all colleagues on Design Thinking for Innovation, Security, BI & Analytics, and the business they are about to support. More trainings are added every year.
Recognition & Awards: Our Colleagues are recognized for their innovative problem solving, goodwill, candor with respect and excellence. We also give out spot bonuses besides the yearly performance bonus.
Workplace: While our headquarters is in Sterling, Virginia, and our largest client in Washington DC (on-site), our team lives across the globe. We partner with our team to help them achieve personal and professional alignment, helping our colleagues to define their own blend of work-life balance.
Office Perks: Colleagues that work out of one of our main offices enjoy beverages, snacks, lunches, and happy hour benefits.
Vacation & Holiday Schedule: We believe this is a partnership and we trust our colleagues to build their own time-off schedule and encourage our teams to take time for their well-being while minimizing impacts to Client’s deliverables.
Growth Opportunity: Through hands-on learning and development, the opportunities are endless.
Focus on Well-Being: We pride ourselves on offering numerous benefit options to best fit the needs of our colleagues and their families, including domestic partners. Benefits include medical (PPO & HDHP-HSA), dental, vision, flexible spending account, commuter benefit, discount programs, life & disability insurance, and accident insurance. We also offer a 401k program with company match and paid parental leave.
Live your Passion: Assurety encourages and promotes monetary and personnel involvement in the causes around the globe. We believe in our Value of Goodwill, and work to find new ways to give back to our communities and make a positive impact. We focus on initiatives in the following areas – technology, charity, volunteerism and honorary contributions.
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Who is Assurety Consulting & Solutions:Assurety is a leader and innovator in multiple governmental and commercial sectors, including postal/parcel, marketing, financial, retail and higher education. We harness the power of our 16+ years of experience and the expertise of our professional staff to leverage technology and data to solve the toughest problems facing our clients. Data plays a critical role in almost all workstreams we serve. We encourage colleagues at all levels to participate in problem-solving discussions, and encourage design thinking for innovation in each interaction and deliverable. We have developed a culture that promotes participation and ownership in the process of creating effective solutions to complex problems. As a result, our organization delivers some of the most innovative advanced business and technical solutions in the industry. Our colleagues help our clients save lives, cut costs, improve revenue, directly impact the US economy, and improve their customers’ experience.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy:Assurety is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Assurety are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Assurety Consulting will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Assurety encourages applicants of all ages.
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Who is Assurety Consulting & Solutions:
Assurety is a leader and innovator in multiple governmental and commercial sectors, including postal/parcel, marketing, financial, retail and higher education. We harness the power of our 16+ years of experience and the expertise of our professional staff to leverage technology and data to solve the toughest problems facing our clients. Data plays a critical role in almost all workstreams we serve. We encourage colleagues at all levels to participate in problem-solving discussions, and encourage design thinking for innovation in each interaction and deliverable. We have developed a culture that promotes participation and ownership in the process of creating effective solutions to complex problems. As a result, our organization delivers some of the most innovative advanced business and technical solutions in the industry. Our colleagues help our clients save lives, cut costs, improve revenue, directly impact the US economy, and improve their customers’ experience.
Assurety is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Assurety are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Dell will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Assurety encourages applicants of all ages.
