Technical Writer/Editor

Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA

Full-time - Mid Level

Baton Rouge, LA

Educational Services

About the position

The Technical Writer/Editor at Louisiana State University plays a crucial role in providing substantive editing support for competitive grant proposals. This position is responsible for enhancing the development of proposals and research-related activities, ensuring compliance with sponsor requirements, and delivering high-quality documents for submission. The role involves collaboration with university faculty and includes training and outreach components to improve proposal development skills across the institution.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a principal editor for selected, high-priority, complex, multi-disciplinary research proposals and related documents.
• Provide technical writing and editing assistance to University faculty in the development of grant proposals, ensuring all sponsor requirements and competitive criteria are met.
• Provide ad hoc editing for various other ORED initiatives.
• Develop, collect, and maintain ancillary materials to aid the university and ORED.
• Develop and execute workshops and presentations on various aspects of proposal development.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience in technical writing or editing.
• Proven ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines and handle multiple projects.
• Ability to learn new software/programs quickly (e.g., InfoReady, Overleaf, Moodle).

Nice-to-haves

• Ph.D and five (5) years of experience in a related field.
• Strong familiarity with scientific language/concepts.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Paid holidays
• Vision insurance