Technical Writer/508 Specialist

CMT Services Inc•Washington, DC, DC

2d•Remote

About The Position

CMT Services Inc. is seeking a Technical Writer/508 Specialist to support the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FS Yates) in Washington, DC. This role involves developing, editing, formatting, remediating, validating, and maintaining various Federal technical documents, SOPs, reports, briefings, and web content. A key aspect of this position is ensuring all written products comply with Section 508 accessibility requirements before submission or release. The work is primarily remote with occasional travel required.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

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.