Policy & Procedure Technical Writer (Temporary)

University of Wisconsin La Crosse; Town of Bangor (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation (12 months)

Flexible health insurance

Paid holidays and sick days

Retirement after 5 years vesting

Competitive benefits

Job summary

University Marketing and Communications at UW–La Crosse is seeking a Technical Writer for a one-year, project-based temporary position. The role focuses on developing, revising, and maintaining policy and procedure documentation to ensure clarity, accuracy, and compliance with university standards.

You will collaborate with SMEs and leaders to audit content, implement improvements, and maintain documentation templates and version control.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or year-for-year equiv. experience in technical writing or related field.
• Experience editing policies, procedures, templates and technical docs.
• Strong grammar, clarity, and document design skills.
• Experience working with SMEs and translating complex content.

Responsibilities

• Develop, revise, and maintain policy and procedure documentation.
• Audit content for accuracy, compliance, and alignment with standards.
• Collaborate with SMEs, leadership, and stakeholders to improve content.
• Create templates and standardize documents; ensure version control.

Skills

Technical writing

Editing policies

SME collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Associate degree in Technical Writing or related field

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft 365

Content management system

Word

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

University Marketing and Communications at UW–La Crosse is seeking a Technical Writer for a one-year, project-based temporary position. The role focuses on developing, revising, and maintaining policy and procedure documentation to ensure clarity, accuracy, and compliance with university standards.

You will collaborate with SMEs and leaders to audit content, implement improvements, and maintain documentation templates and version control.