Copy Editor and Technical Writer

**Location***
- Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
- **Category***
- Sales & Marketing
- **Salary**
- $ AUD - $ AUD Hourly
- **Posted**
- 16-Apr-2024
- **Work type**
- Casual/Temp
- **Contact**
- Claudia Leiva
- **Reference**
- BH-159725-2
- **Applications close 15.00 PM AEST, 25th April 2024**
**Mandatory: Australian Citizenship required to work within Federal Government.**

**About the company**:
This leading Federal government agency supports Australian’s in achieving their goals and helps them to live a better life. Their work has an impact on a significant area in the social sector, and you can contribute to the difference that they make in this role. This agency is known for having a great culture across different teams and have excellent office locations. A great opportunity for an experienced Copy Editor and Technical Writer to join this busy team for a long term 12-month temporary assignment.
**About the role**:

- Copy editing and proofreading corporate documents in line with the Australian Government Style Manual and internal style guides and standards, ensuring content accuracy and writing style consistency.
- Overseeing quality assurance of corporate documents ensuring they follow the Agency standards for accuracy, clarity and consistency.
- Conducting internal research to articulate business objectives through corporate reporting document narratives.
- Identifying opportunities to drive the adoption of new processes focused on continuous improvement of consistency and accuracy in corporate writing.
- Creating and updating technical guidance documents, procedural guides, project plans and governance frameworks.
- Regularly conducting reviews and evaluation of published content to ensure relevancy.
- Creating communication materials focusing on user experience, ensuring that complex Agency information is presented and meets plain English and accessibility guidelines for diverse audiences.
- Assisting in the management of reports processes and communications outputs.

**About you**:

- You will have exceptional editing, proofreading and writing skills.
- You will demonstrate experience editing, proofreading and writing for corporate documents.
- You will have highly developed editorial, grammatical and comprehension skills.
- You will have understanding of and ability to draft accessible and inclusive content.
- You will have exceptional attention to detail.
- You will have strong organisational and planning skills.
- You will have ability to build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- You will demonstrate initiative, reliability and ability to work unsupervised.
- You will have intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office suite.
- You will have ability to work cohesively with a small team.

**Benefits**:

- ASAP start (pending Federal Police Clearance)
- 12-month temporary assignment with the possibility of extension
- Full time hours Monday to Friday
- Geelong, Melbourne, and Deakin ACT locations + hybrid working from home options.
- $60.26 per hour + Super

**How to apply**:

**Applications close 15.00 PM AEST, 25th April 2024