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Scientific Documentation Writing Consultancy Support
2016-09-22 13:05:43| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
POSITION IDOT2896 ROLEFUNCTION Scientific Documentation Writing Consultancy Support in DarmstadtGermany GENERAL CONDITIONS START 1st January 2017 LOCATION Darmstadt TYPE OF BUSINESS Aerospace CONTRACT fulltime employment WORKING LANGUAGE English, French is considered an advantage DEADLINE 18. November 2016 MUSTHAVE SKILLSMANDATORY In addition to having a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, the Consultant shall have a minimum of 3 years experience in scientific documentation editing and maintenance. Specifically, the Consultant shall have demonstrated experience in Writing documents of a technical or scientific nature Compiling documents from multiple contributors Processing of large text documents with Microsoft Word Processing of complex documents including images, equations, etc. Web publishing of documents Controlling documents within a Document management system NICETOHAVE SKILLSCONSIDERED AS AN ADVANTAGE The following areas of expertise would be an advantage Webbased information services Processing andor applications of Earth Observation satellite data Knowledge of LaTeX Knowledge of Framemaker Tasks The Consultant shall manage information in a variety of forms, life cycles, type of input, purpose and readership. The inputs to scientific documents are provided by clients remote sensing and products scientists and experts, product operation experts, trainers, etc. The purpose of the documents includes describing and explaining products and processing for a large community of users, providing quality information e.g. the results of validation tests, sharing and promoting new knowledge and applications. An important corpus of legacy and current scientific information is updated continuously, and new information is added regularly. Scientific information plays a key role in the use and uptake of clients products and services, and it is important that the Consultant manages it in a consistent and complete manner. The tasks of the Consultant will include Collect input to documents from scientists and engineers Ensure consistency of style across documents Prepare draft documents for review and document issues for publication Coordinate document releases with the User Services Division responsible for Web site contents Definition of scientific documentation maintenance procedures, including templates and guidelines for contributors Manage information e.g. metadata extracted from documents Prepare and manage Web site contents The Consultant shall apply the documentation control processes in place at clients location.
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