Job ID: SC-13028 (99590806)
Hybrid/Local (relocation ok) Technical Writer/Procurement BA with RFPs, MS Project/Access/Visio/SharePoint, Medicaid/claims system experience
Location: Columbia, SC (DHHS)
Duration: 12 months
Work Location: Hybrid (4 days in office, 1 days remote)
Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.
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 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 communications 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 (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
- 2 YEARS OF TECHNICAL WRITING EXPERIENCE
- Must possess advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) to include working with templates and style guidelines for branding consistency
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
- Ability to interact with project team members, management, and departments
- Previous public sector work experience
- Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects preferred
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/DUITIES:
-PEOPLE SKILLS
-Superb written and oral communications skills
-Strong proficiency in English is required.
-Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a BA Technical Writer who will write RFPs using the SCDHHS 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.
• Works with Medicaid Systems leadership to create and update the RFPs.
• Other duties as assigned.
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