Technical Writer

** Job Description*
* SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory seeks a Policy and Technical Writer/Editor to support the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of laboratory-level policies, procedures, forms, templates, guidance documents, and related technical content. Working closely with policy owners, subject matter experts, operational teams, and management across the laboratory, this position will help create clear, accurate, accessible, and user-centered documentation that supports compliance, consistency, and effective operations.

Reporting to the designated manager and collaborating with stakeholders throughout SLAC, the part-time, on-call Policy and Technical Writer/Editor will draft, edit, organize, and coordinate the development of policies and related documentation while helping establish consistent standards and practices for institutional content. Work will be performed on an on-call basis as assigned.

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** This is a non-benefits eligible casual nonexempt position (work less than 50% full-time equivalent), not to exceed 980 hours in a calendar year.

SLAC is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratory operated by Stanford University and based in Menlo Park.

** Your specific responsibilities include:*
* + Draft, edit, and maintain laboratory-level policies, procedures, guidance documents, forms, templates, standards, and related technical content.

+ Partner with policy owners, subject matter experts, requirements experts, and management to develop clear, accurate, and actionable documentation.

+ Coordinate document development, review, approval, revision, and publication of activities with stakeholders across the laboratory.

+ Create and maintain templates, forms, style guidance, editorial standards, and supporting tools that promote consistency, clarity, accessibility, and ease of use.

+ Apply plain-language principles, technical editing expertise, and content organization with best practices to improve the readability, usability, and effectiveness of policy and technical documentation.

+ Develop and maintain a consistent institutional voice, structure, and user experience across policies, procedures, forms, templates, and related documentation.

+ Review content for consistency, accuracy, compliance, terminology, formatting, and alignment with established documentation standards.

+ Analyze business and operational processes to understand requirements, identify documentation needs, and recommend improvements to documentation, workflows, and content governance practices.

+ Support continuous improvement of SLAC's policy processes, content standards, document governance practices, and publishing workflows.

+ Communicate and reinforce the value of standards, templates, editorial practices, and consistent policy-development processes to stakeholders across the organization.

+ Manage multiple writing, editing, and policy-development projects simultaneously, coordinating contributors, reviews, approvals, and publication schedules.

+ Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure documentation is accurate, useful, accessible, and appropriate for intended audiences.

+ Coordinate document submission, publication, maintenance, version control, and archival activities consistent with documentation and records-management standards.

+ Keep controlled documents up to date as requirements, processes, regulations, and organizational needs evolve.

** To be successful in this position you will bring:*
* + Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Technical Writing, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field, or a combination of education and experience performing responsibilities similar to those listed above.

+ Minimum five years of experience in policy writing, technical writing, technical editing, communications, process documentation, or related discipline.

+ Demonstrated ability to write, edit, and organize policies, procedures, standards, guidance documents, forms, templates, and technical documentation.

+ Ability to translate complex requirements, processes, technical information, and operational decisions into clear, concise, and actionable content for diverse audiences.

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