Technical writer - Culmen International LLC

About the Role:

Culmen International is hiring a Technical Writer to support the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) in Bethesda, Maryland.   

The Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) was established in January 2008 by the  Secretary of Defense in response to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2008. The Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) was designed to lead and advocate for programs and initiatives with the following three inter-related goals: to improve vision health, optimize readiness, and enhance quality of life for Service members and Veterans. Through its efforts, VCE promotes collaboration, facilitates integration, and serves as an advocate for vision across DoD and Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systems. VCE’s collaborative efforts with other federal healthcare organizations, academia and private sector organizations serve to enhance the development of program priorities supporting research and quality care initiatives 

What You’ll Do in Your New Role:

• Researchtopics, write requested documents, and edit publications. 
• Supports production of high-quality documents such as user manuals, training materials, white papers, and technical reports

•  Interview subject matter experts, conduct research, and analyze technical information to distill into clear and concise language

• Leverage knowledge of technical writing best practices and DoD guidance to produce comprehensive and accurate documentation.  

• Create original content and short articles and/or update content and articles on topics of interest and importance to be distributed to relevant publications.

• Develop and maintain a list of topics sufficient to allow uninterrupted production of short articles. The Contractor shall obtain PAO approval for each developed product

• Review the library of research publications and identify in collaboration with the Government timelines for refreshing of materials. Refreshing of materials may be based on review of current literature; changes in operational procedures; DoD directives; clinical studies and analysis, etc.  

• Maintain a recommended refresher date for selected publications and/or topics

• Prepare technical reports in support presentations, abstracts, posters, etc. for toclinical conferences and if relevant, to peer-reviewed scholarly journals

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, communication, technical writing or related field 
• Strong technical writing/editing, including grammar skills 

• Experience with using Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

About the Company:

Culmen International is committed to enhancing international safety and security, strengthening homeland defense, improving global health and humanitarian programs, and optimizing government operations.  With experience in over 140 countries, we help our customers to accomplish critical missions in challenging environments worldwide.

 

• Exceptional Medical/Dental/Vision coverage with 100% of the premiums paid by the company for all employees and their eligible dependents (including same or opposite sex domestic partners)
• 401k – Vested immediately and 4% match
• Life insurance and disability paid by the company
• AFLAC Available
• Tuition Assistance
• 12 Paid Holidays

  

To learn more about Culmen International, please visit www.culmen.com

 

At Culmen International we are committed to creating, promoting, and sustaining a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our commitment to these values is unwavering across all our work around the world.  We include and celebrate employees of diverse races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, nationalities, socioeconomic statuses, languages, (dis)abilities, ages, and religious commitments. These differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our employees and clients. Culmen is an equal opportunity employer.