What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Writer - 20 Hours per Week position at pfizer?
Technical Writer - 20 Hours per Week
Summary:
We are looking for a talented Technical Writer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating high-quality documentation that contributes to the overall success of our products. You will work collaboratively with developers, quality engineers, product managers, and usability experts to make our products easier to use.
Responsibilities:
- Produce high-quality documentation that meets applicable standards and is appropriate for its intended audience
- Work with internal teams to obtain an in-depth understanding of the product and the documentation requirements
- Write easy-to-understand user interface text, online help, and developer guides
- Create tutorials to help end-users use a variety of applications
- Analyze existing and potential content, focusing on reuse and single-sourcing opportunities
- Create and maintain the information architecture in various systems
- Consolidate documentation and reduce wording to be user-friendly
- Research, outline, write, and edit content, working closely with various departments to understand project requirements
- Gather information from subject-matter experts and develop, organize, and write procedure manuals, technical specifications, and process documentation
- Work with development and support leads to identify documentation repositories, revise and edit, and determine best solutions for data compilation and centralized storage
- Research, create, and maintain information architecture templates that adhere to organizational and legal standards and allow for easy data migration
- Develop content in alternative media forms for maximum usability, with consistent voice across all documentation
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associate's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent preferred
- A minimum of 0-3 years of experience in a related role
- Work examples will be required (Process flow-map, documentation simplification, web design or technical writing examples)
- Proven working experience in technical writing of software documentation
- Experience with documentation simplification
- Ability to deliver high-quality documentation paying attention to detail
- Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts and make them easily understandable in text and pictures
- Excellent written skills in English
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office. (Power Point, Word)
- Basic familiarity with the SDLC and software development
- Continuous improvement mindset
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in front-end web development feature documentation
- Experience with collecting and applying documentation user metrics and analytics
- Experience supporting multiple agile development teams simultaneously
- Experience running service-level scalable/reusable documentation systems
Location/Hours:
- This will be a fully onsite role in Sanford, NC
- Part-time; 20 hours per week
Please note contractors are engaged to provide services to Pfizer on a temporary basis in connection with a specific assignment. Contractors are hired and employed through Atrium, our third-party payrolling partner.
This job posting is for a temporary role as an employee of Atrium on assignment at Pfizer. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of Atrium; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by Atrium upon offer. The pay rate range provided is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated compensation range for this job at the time of posting. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, location and/or being pursued and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition, this role will be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements.
