IT Technical Writer(Onsite)

Job Title: IT Technical Writer (Onsite) Location: Chesterfield, VA Duration: 6+ Months Job Type: Corp-Corp / 1099 / Contract W2 Pay Rate: $30/hr on C2C Client: State of Virginia Interview Type: In Person Note: Local Candidates ONLY Job Description: The successful candidate will produce high-quality business, policy, technical documentation, and training materials. This will include assisting in producing system documentation, system/user manuals, system release documents, user interface content, and online help content for the virtual learning system related to state government policies and procedures. Duties will include the following: Writes and edits technical documents including reference manuals and product manuals. Writes and edits procedural documentation such as user guides and manuals. Determines the type of publication that will best serve the project requirements. Meets with engineers, programmers, project managers, and subject matter experts to learn about specific products or processes. Researches industry standards and products to better understand system. Assesses the audience needs for whom the technical and procedural documentation is intended; adjusts tone and technical terms used to meet those needs and to ensure understanding. Plans writing processes and sets timelines and deadlines. Creates diagrams, charts, and other visual aids to assist readers in understanding a product or process. Gathers feedback from customers, designers, and manufacturers to improve technical documents. Work with Team to prepare, review, revise, and maintain current and future policy and standard operating procedures. Structures procedures in a logical sequence. Ensure messages and terminology is consistent across all written materials associated with implementation of new system. Identifies, creates, revises, and maintains documentation and templates needed by the agency, technical teams, and user groups. Provide professional technical writing and editing services on materials such as informational products, presentations, press releases, reports, etc., while complying with agency style guides and quality control measures. Coordinate stakeholder input, fact-checking, and integration of written text and graphic design. Prepare, design and publish documents and media that are distributed to a diverse government user base. Performs other related duties as assigned Basic Qualifications: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent writing and grammatical skills. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to present complex data in clear, concise text. Ability to meet deadlines and to work independently. Ability to edit and proofread work of colleagues. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software. Must submit to and pass VSP background check. 8+ years of experience in technical writing. Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field. Experience writing documents and publications for government organizations. Display a high degree of initiative and ability to work independently under minimum supervision in a fast-paced environment. Skill Matrix Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience Excellent verbal and written communication skills Required 8 Years Excellent writing and grammatical skills. Required 8 Years Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Required 8 Years Ability to present complex data in clear, concise text. Required 8 Years Ability to meet deadlines and to work independently. Required 8 Years Ability to edit and proofread work of colleagues. Required 8 Years Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software. Required 8 Years 8+ years of experience in technical writing. Required 8 Years Experience writing documents and publications for government organizations. Required 8 Years Display a high degree of initiative and ability to work independently under minimum supervision in a fast-paced environment. Required 8 Years Must submit to and pass VSP background check. Required 0 Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field. Required 0 Recruiter Details: Recruiter Name: Venkat Contact Number: 832-219-3883 About GSK Solutions Inc: GSK Solutions Inc is a leading information technology (IT) Services Company that specializes in providing complete consulting solutions and staff augmentation to its clients. We provide on-time, on-budget, and quality service to our clients and consistently meet their expectations. We are known for our superior execution on a sustained basis. GSK has been in the business of providing both commercial and custom product development services, including, Information Security, Software Development, Consulting and IT Audit. GSK implements highly critical and time-sensitive projects for their Fortune 500 clients located across the country.