Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CMT Services Inc. is a dynamic and small business supporting Federal, State, and Local government agencies. The Technical Writer/508 Specialist develops and maintains Federal technical documentation while ensuring compliance with Section 508 accessibility requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop, edit, format, and maintain technical, administrative, and executive documentation for a Federal correspondence and content management program
• Prepare SOPs for controlled correspondence, correspondence policy, data quality, directives and regulations, forms and reports, FOIA/Privacy Act, FACA, information collections, and records management
• Prepare and edit monthly report inputs, annual summary inputs, special status report inputs, executive briefings, meeting materials, presentation materials, Business Cases, Analyses of Alternatives, and technical documentation
• Review documents for grammar, consistency, formatting, technical accuracy, readability, and compliance with Government style or template requirements
• Perform Section 508 accessibility review and remediation for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and web/content products
• Use accessibility tools and manual review methods to validate headings, reading order, alt text, tables, links, color contrast, tags, bookmarks, and keyboard/screen-reader usability
• Maintain document templates, style standards, version history, revision logs, and document repositories
• Coordinate document reviews with subject-matter experts, project staff, and Government stakeholders
• Correct document defects and support rework before Government submission or release
• Support knowledge transfer and transition by preparing clean, accessible, final documentation in Government-approved formats

Skills

• Minimum 2 years of experience with Federal correspondence management systems or comparable Federal tasker, case-tracking, records, or content-management systems
• Experience preparing technical documentation, SOPs, reports, briefings, or executive communications for Federal programs
• Demonstrated experience performing Section 508 document remediation and accessibility validation
• Experience remediating Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and web/content products for accessibility
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, PDF accessibility tools, and Microsoft accessibility checkers
• Knowledge of Section 508 requirements applicable to electronic documents and digital content
• Strong editing, proofreading, formatting, technical writing, and plain-language communication skills
• Ability to produce accurate, high-quality deliverables under deadlines
• Experience coordinating document reviews with multiple stakeholders and incorporating revisions under version control
• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Technical Writing, Information Technology, Journalism, or a related field
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred

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