Technical Writer

Position Description: Technical Writer (Temporary 6-12 month position)

Duties
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

Specific Skills
The successful candidate will possess the following skills and responsibilities that increased progressively over time, demonstrated through successful performance on projects of relevant size and scope:
• Excellent Writing and Communication Skills
• Experience documenting technical and user materials
• Ability to research, write, review, and maintain technical material with primary emphasis in user documentation of in-house developed software programs
• Ability to edit, standardize or make changes to material prepared by others
• Ability to observe activities to document operating procedures and details
• Communicates effectively with subject matter experts in determining best content and structure for systems documentation and user needs.
• Designs standards and templates for execution of customer requirements
• Familiarity with WIKI’s and/or on-line publishing

General Skills and Experience
• 1-3 years’ experience producing information technology based software and/or systems technical documentation and user manuals
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Strong ability to understand and interpret clients’ business requirements and communicate clearly with IT team members
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technology and assist users in applying technology to their job functions
• Ability to help others in the organization with knowledge of various software and on-line collaborative tools such as WIKI’s, SharePoint, and DocuShare at a level of understanding appropriate to their job function
• Associates degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline. Equivalent experience will be considered as well.

Job Location
Billings, Montana

Other Factors
Job is for a 6-12 month term

an Equal Opportunity Employer