Business Analyst - Technical Writer at Intellectual Capitol

Hybrid Technical Writer Position in Columbia, SC

The Agency seeks an expert Technical Writer to write RFPs for complex projects to be procured.

The Agency is seeking a BA Technical Writer who will write RFPs using the Agency's template for at least 5 different projects that the Agency needs to procure.

General Duties:

• Attend and facilitate various meetings to get missing language and details to draft the RFP.
• Development of RFPs that include scope of work, technical requirements, staff, deliverables, etc. for each project.
• Review and write the business needs in the RFP.
• Identify mandatory requirements, page limits, formatting rules, and scoring criteria.
• Gather information from Subject Matter Experts, past proposals, and leadership to ensure completeness in each RFP.
• Assist management in getting the responses needed for compliance requirements.
• Work with Medicaid Systems leadership to create and update the RFPs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 2+ years of technical writing experience in positions requiring the development of structured written materials and visual aids.
• Must possess advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) to include working with templates and style guidelines for branding consistency.
• Ability to interact with project team members, management, and agency departments and to build out required sections in the RFP.
• Attention to detail to avoid missing requirements that can disqualify a bid.
• Experience with procurements for a state agency.
• Experience working with SharePoint and other typical project management tools, including Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project, Word, Access, and Excel.
• Ability to create and document key project management requirements.
• Superb communication skills (written and oral).
• Effective listener.
• Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations; ability to get people with competing, diverse interests to work together.
• Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects preferred, but not mandatory.
• Must be able to manage multiple high-profile, high-priority projects at one time.

Required Skills (Ranked in Order of Importance):

• 2+ years of technical writing experience
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio), including experience working with templates and style guidelines to ensure branding consistency

Preferred Skills (Ranked in Order of Importance):

• Ability to interact with project team members, management, and departments
• Previous public-sector work experience
• Experience with Medicaid or other healthcare claims system IT projects preferred

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree

Additional Skills/Knowledge People Skills:

• Superb written and oral communication skills
• Strong proficiency in English is required
• Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis