Technical Writer

To be successful in this position you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Technical Writing, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field, or a combination of education and experience performing responsibilities similar to those listed above.
• Minimum five years of experience in policy writing, technical writing, technical editing, communications, process documentation, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to write, edit, and organize policies, procedures, standards, guidance documents, forms, templates, and technical documentation.
• Ability to translate complex requirements, processes, technical information, and operational decisions into clear, concise, and actionable content for diverse audiences.
• Strong technical editing skills, including plain-language editing, content organization, terminology consistency, formatting consistency, proofreading, and quality review.
• Ability to create and improve forms, templates, style guidance, and reusable content structures that support consistent policy development.
• Ability to review and understand end-to-end work processes and recommend improvements to documentation, workflows, and content governance.
• Strong collaboration and customer service skills, including the ability to work effectively with policy owners, subject matter experts, requirements experts, management, and stakeholders across technical, operational, and administrative functions.
• Ability to communicate the purpose and value of standards, templates, consistent documentation practices, and policy processes to stakeholders across the organization.
• Strong project coordination skills, including the ability to manage multiple assignments, contributors, deadlines, review cycles, approvals, and document updates simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to identify interdependencies across organizational functions, processes, and documentation sets.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in both in-person and remote environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and document development tools.

In addition, preferred requirements include:

• Experience writing and editing institutional policies, procedures, standards, guidance, compliance-related documents, or technical documentation.
• Experience developing forms, templates, style guides, editorial standards, and reusable documentation frameworks.
• Experience applying plain-language principles and user-centered content practices to make policy and technical information easier to find, understand, and use.
• Experience with SharePoint, content management systems, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, or similar tools used to develop, publish, and maintain documentation.
• Experience supporting policy process improvement, publishing workflows, documentation governance, or organizational content standards.
• Experience coordinating document review, approval, publication, revision, and maintenance processes.
• Experience working in research, higher education, government, scientific, technical, operational, or highly regulated environments.
• Experience producing documentation that supports quality, compliance, accessibility, consistency, and employee usability.

Physical requirements and working conditions:

• Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.