Technical Writer

NIKA is hiring for a Technical Writer to support the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Facilities organization in San Antonio, TX. The role will sit onsite.

Named a Top Workplace by the Washington Post, NIKA is a well-established company that is focused on growth within an entrepreneurial environment. We work with governments to operate and manage their real property. Our operations management, engineering, and project management services provide our customers with value and expertise to ensure operational readiness for complex and mission-critical facilities. NIKA benefits include PTO, holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k matching, and an understanding of work/life balance.

Job Description:

• Interpret customer requirements and work with SMEs to write clear, concise, and compelling documentation.

• Work collaboratively with subject matter experts and program leadership to capture key concepts and ideas while maintaining consistency in messaging and strategy through the use of proper tone/voice.

• Writing assignments may include white papers, RFI responses, proposal technical content and solutions, past performance, staffing plans, and resumes for on-contract growth or new business pursuits.

• Conceive, write, edit and proofread communications including, technical documents, presentations and customer-specific marketing materials.

• Develop outlines and drafts for review and approval by technical specialists and management ensuring that final documents.

• Communicate with document authors during the writing and editing process and work with technical staff to research and review documentation.

• Consult with relevant information sources, including research, technical documents, and client and project personnel, to obtain background information.

• Edit proposal material for content consistency, compliance and grammatical errors. Format proposal, integrating adjustments from team reviews.

• Provide editing and proofreading through all stages of communications.

• Advance communication processes, guidelines and standard procedures including document management, review and approval processes and quality control.

• Ensuring contract performance in accordance with the direction and policies of NIKA.

• Minimum of three (3) years of Technical Writing experience; government technical writing highly desired.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in English, Journalism, Communications, or related field required.

• Strong writing and editing skills, especially for technical documents – including commensurate expertise with advanced features of MS Word for document design, layout, and formatting; MS PowerPoint, Excel, and others (e.g., Adobe).

• Eligible for a US Security Clearance and Clearance Access Card (CAC)

NIKA provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, NIKA takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.