Technical Writer

Who Can Apply?:
**Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)**
- Salary Range:
**$66,355 - $86,260**
- Employment status:
**Term**
- Term Length:
**12 months**
- Security Level:
**Secret**
- Language Requirement:
**Bilingual Preferred**
- Closing Date:
**27/06/24**
- Country:
**Canada**

The Technical Writer performs specialized writing and presentation activities to support new construction project delivery services. This includes drafting and disseminating technical guides and instructions, preparing and delivering presentations, and organizing and delivering training and development seminars.

**KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES**
**The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive**:
**Primary**
- Organize and support the delivery of training seminars and conferences
- Provide support and direction to team members involved in document development
- Prepare various documents (e.g. slide decks) and develop diagrams for technical publications

**Other**
- Other duties as assigned

**SKILLS**
**General and Specific Knowledge**

**Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience**
- **Minimum**:university degree in communications or related field that includes technical writing with approximately two years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent

**Abilities**
- Use applicable computer software and operating systems
- Write effectively and deliver presentations
- Ensure accuracy in written documentation through attention to detail

**DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP**
- Provide functional advice and guidance to employees

**WORKING CONDITIONS**
- Typical office environment with occasional travel

**Check out the benefits**
- Working with DCC offers excellent opportunities for growth - and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages. In your role as Technical Writer, your package is valued at 25% to 30% of your salary.

Your package will include:

- Public service pension
- $400 Wellness Allowance (e.g., gym membership)
- $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage
- Telus Virtual Health Care
- Hybrid workplace options including $400 allowance every two years to support work-from-home options
- Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
- Deluxe travel benefit plans
- Comprehensive vacation and other paid leave plans

To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.
- DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process_. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.
- criminal record checks
- reference checks
- previous employment
- open source checks
- credit/financial status

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