As a technical author, you'll assess the nature of the product or service and the target audience and gather the information required.
You will:
Actively participate in planning and briefing meetings
Gather and analyse the information needs of the user from the researcher
Gather and analyse the information needs of the core content from the researcher
Collaborate with technical staff, project technical authority, lead technical reviewer and project manage-ment staff to clarify any technical /content issues
Work within the current existing review process / chain effectively
in terms of presenting the information
Organise information according to the target audience’s needs
Write and edit text
Commission, coordinate or prepare illustrations
Use a variety of software applications to present the information
Index and catalogue material in accordance with the authority’s knowledge
management processes.
Related responsibilities may involve:
Working on and servicing multiple projects simultaneously
Creating own work schedules, to ensure the successful candidate interacting with, and advise, research projects, Leads and managers about feasibility, amount of effort, output size, timescales and pro-posed deadlines associated with outputs.
Experienced technical authors can be involved in work at a strategic level (involvement in decisions about what output is best suited for particular deliverables and documents and shaping the sets of out-puts) and with the planning needed to manage content throughout its entire lifecycle.
Sharing best practice, guidance materials with researchers to mentor and improve their authorship skills