We are looking for a Technical Writer for a contract with a client of ours in San Antonio, TX. This position is 100% onsite and
Experience/ Skills required:
- 2+ years of instructional design, training and development, or equivalent job experience.
- 2+ years of Financial writing/industry experience
- Supporting Financial degree or accreditation
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Instructional Design, or related area.
- Experience in the refining industry.
- Proficient in using primary Microsoft Office programs (i.e. Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
- Basic skills in additional Microsoft Office programs (i.e. Outlook, Visio, and Access)
- Demonstrated proficiency in curriculum and training strategy development and implementation.
- Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
- Financial and technical writing acumen
- Ability to read and interpret company policies, regulatory guidelines, and other work-related documentation.
- Ability to abide by confidentiality requirements when working with sensitive information, results, and communications.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods.
- Ability to accomplish work within required timelines, including short, long, and emergency timeframes.
- Ability to work with others to accomplish challenging assignments.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple assignments to ensure completion of tasks within stated time requirements.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of design and development technology, such as Photoshop, InDesign, Captivate, Storyline, etc., which supports creative program design.
- Project management skills.
- Instructional and learning design skills specific to eLearning.
- Instructional and learning design skills specific to user experience design.
- Instructional design skills specific to curriculum development.
location: San Antonio, Texas
job type: Contract
salary: $40 - 50 per hour
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Design and development of documentation and supporting resources for proprietary financial and refinery systems and related activity.
- Create content related to accounting, budgeting, systems, and proprietary financial tools.
- Create instruction/learning documentation that provides support for users of internal systems.
- Conduct on-going needs analysis and confer with IS and Talent Development professionals to determine learner needs.
- Compile data and analyzs past and current training requirement.
- Conduct task analysis/research to identify the specific knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to achieve desired performance levels.
- Conduct learner analysis; identifying target audiences, current skills, performance gaps, special needs, prior knowledge, and attitudes.
- Coordinate with other departments, subject matter experts (SMEs), and support groups (such as graphics design and print shop) to ensure timely delivery of projects.
- Develop training plans and supporting strategies for implementation of created training plans.
- Identify measurement strategies to evaluate success of learning programs and develop tools for the evaluation/measurement of post-training learning effectiveness.
- Communicates with internal clients to assess project requirements and modify content based on intended audience.
- Offers consulting guidance and expertise to customers to ensure their needs are met or exceeded.
- Remains current on key training methodology to maximize effectiveness of contributions to team projects.
- Identify and describe target population characteristics.
- Formulates learning objectives/topics, and determines instructional methods for desired training courses.
- Conducts instructional research and analysis of learners; identifying the learner profile, and the gap between needed performance and actual level.
- Design print and computer-based materials using multiple formats, including written, script/storyboard, presentation, and other media.
- Design, and/or develops teaching aids such as participant and facilitator guides, experiential learning activities, demonstration models, visual aids, and reference works.
- Evaluate established training programs and update existing training materials and tools as needed to maintain relevant content.
qualifications:
- Experience level: Experienced
- Minimum 3 years of experience
- Education: Bachelors
skills:
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).
Applications accepted on ongoing basis until filled.
