Technical Writer

Overview:

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Job Details:

Job ID: 13028

Title: Technical Writer

Client: SC Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS)

Duration: 12+ Months (with high possibility of extension)

Location: Columbia, SC (Hybrid- 4 days in office, 1 days remote)

Scope Of The Project:

*) South Carolina seeks an expert in Technical Writer for writing RFPs for complex projects to be procured.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

*) The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a BA Technical Writer who will write RFPs using the SCDHHS template for at least 5 different projects that the agency needs to procure.

General Duties:

*) Attend and facilitate various meetings to get missing language and details to draft the RFP.

*) Development of RFPs that include scope of work, technical requirements, staff, deliverables, etc. for each project.

*) Review and write the business needs in the RFP.

*) Identify mandatory requirements, page limits, formatting rules, and scoring criteria.

*) Gather information from Subject Matter Experts, past proposals, and leadership to ensure completeness in each RFP.

*) Assist management in getting the responses needed for compliance requirements.

*) Works with Medicaid Systems leadership to create and update the RFPs.

*) Other duties as assigned.

Desired Skills and Experience:

*) 2+ years of technical writing experience in positions requiring the development of structured written materials and visual aids.

*) Must possess advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) to include working with templates and style guidelines for branding consistency.

*) Ability to interact with project team members, management, and agency departments and to build out required sections in the RFP.

*) Attention to detail to avoid missing requirements that can disqualify a bid.

*) Experience with procurements for state agency.

*) Experience working with SharePoint and other typical project management tools, including Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project, Word, Access and Excel.

*) Ability to create and document key project management requirements.

*) Superb communications skills (written and oral).

*) Effective listener

*) Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations; ability to get people with competing, diverse interests to work together.

*) Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects preferred, but not mandatory.

*) Must be able to manage multiple high profile, high priority projects at one time.

Required Skills (Rank In Order Of Importance):

*) 2 years of technical writing experience

*) Must possess advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) to include working with templates and style guidelines for branding consistency

Preferred Skills (Rank In Order Of Importance):

*) Ability to interact with project team members, management, and departments

*) Previous public sector work experience

*) Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects preferred

Required Education:

*) Bachelor's degree

Additional Skills/Duties:

*) People skills

*) Superb written and oral communications skills

*) Strong proficiency in English is required.

*) Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.

Skills:

Required Skills (Rank In Order Of Importance): *) 2 years of technical writing experience *) Must possess advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) to include working with templates and style guidelines for branding consistency Preferred Skills (Rank In Order Of Importance): *) Ability to interact with project team members, management, and departments *) Previous public sector work experience *) Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects preferred Required Education: *) Bachelor's degree Additional Skills/Duties: *) People skills *) Superb written and oral communications skills *) Strong proficiency in English is required. *) Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.