Technical Writer

Location: Ottawa
Security Requirement: Reliability Status
1 year contract

• Document help text, user manuals, technical documentation, web page content, etc
• Review documentation standards and the existing project documentation
• Determine documentation requirements and makes plans for meeting them
• Gather information concerning the features and functions provided by the developers
• Assess the audience for the documents/manuals which are required and prepare a 
statement of purpose and scope for each
• Develop a table of content for each document/manual and write or edit the required 
content
• Investigate the accuracy of the information collected by making direct use of the material 
being documented
• Prepare or coordinate the preparation of any required illustrations and diagrams
• Design the layout of the documents/manuals
• Use word-processing, desk-top publishing and graphics software packages to produce 
final camera-ready copy