On-boarding Technical Writer - Brad Poulos

Statement of work

Working on the Transport Canada Security Information System (TSIS 2.0), the Technical Writer Level 3 responsibilities will include create and maintain key documents such as  procedures, forms, standard operating procedures and technical information in English and French. Working in conjunction with the stakeholders (e.g., product owners, end users), the technical writer, will strong organizational skills and ability to quickly learn new subject matter to create and maintain manuals and technical documents. This role requires someone who can be adaptable without sacrificing value. You will be required to quickly acclimate and learn new subject matter to accurately communicate information into policies, procedures and manuals with a strong focus on document that are easy to users to understand

Responsibilities of the Technical Writer may include but are not limited to:

  • Create and maintain all documents including procedures, forms, standard operating procedures and technical information in English and French for the TSIS 2.0 project

  • Assist other member of the team with creating and maintaining user documents e.g., manuals, standard operating procedures and technical information, .

  • Maintain and manage the technical library, including, updates and revisions

  • Review and edit business documents, memos and other communications for consistency and quality

  • Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical documents, including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, and user documentation

  • In collaboration with the subject matter experts (SMEs) e.g., product owners, inspectors, work with to produce high-quality documentation that is clear, concise, accurate and consistent

  • Keeping Product Owners apprised of status and getting their feedback to incorporate into current and future documents.

  • Other activities needed by the project

  • Collaborate, mentor and coach the Product Owner team in developing quality standard documentations.

The Technical Writer deliverables may include …. but are not limited to:

  • Produce high quality Regulatory Oversight Management (ROM) user manuals/user guides in both English and French

  • Develop documents including procedures, forms, standard operating procedures (SOPs), communications and technical information

  • Maintain and manage the technical library, including, updates and revisions.

  • Regularly contribute to team meeting such as scrum event, committees to gather information, understand environment so better create documents

  • Other documentations required by the project

Before Start Date

Team Lead

Scrum Master

Team Lead

Scrum Master

Request User Account
Request IT Equipment
1. Standard equipment is a tablet.
2. Mouse, keyboard, bag, lock and docking station can be requested without additional cost.
3. Employees can request 2 external monitors.
Request/Add DevOps Access

 

Invite to Scrum events (as applicable)
Daily Standup
Requirements gathering/discovery and alignment
Refinement
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
Planning

Add to Microsoft Teams
1. TSIS 2.0 Channel
2. TSIS Project Team Chat Group

 

After Start Date

Team Lead

Product Owner

New Employee/Contractor

Team Lead

Product Owner

New Employee/Contractor

Request myKEY and VPN GCSRA access (Note from service desk (McDonough, Samuel): If you are a contactor or are trying to get a key prior to getting your first paycheck you must contact a Local Registration Authority to set it up manually) NCR LRAs (updated on 2022-11-09)Louise Graham, Blaise Mwenze, Boris Dakoure.
Provide M365 Training Materials link https://wiki.gccollab.ca/M365/Home
Share the Project Team members and key contactshttps://tcmarin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TSIS/pages/2507243678
Provide an overview of the MS Teams channel and how the team uses it for collaboration
Provide ROM environments URL and test accounts
Provided access to tools
Lucidchart
SnagIT (transfer in process)
Balsamic
Provide introduction to RDIMS

Scrum Master

Items in bold are to be actioned soonest

Confirm access to the following:

to be updated:

 

 

 

 

Documents

RDIMS

Documents

RDIMS

Aviation Security - Passenger Protect Program (PPP) - User Guide

16855856

Aviation Security International - User Guide

18012203

ISSO

 

RDIMS User Guide

5740317

Key contacts

Role

Key contacts

Role

Michael Dunning

AvSec Product Owner

Jeremie Venne

ISSO Product Owner