NHQ:FD - DSS - Salesforce Technical Writer
ORGANIZATION: American Red Cross - National Headquarters
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This position supports the National Headquarters (NHQ) Fundraising Development Operations team. This is a 100% remote (volunteer-from-home opportunity). The Fundraising Development Operations and other NHQ teams provide customer support to our generous financial donors and regional staff members. We track these requests through a Case Management system. We are currently in the process of developing a new Case Management system within the Salesforce Console. This role would support with documenting technical details of systems and processes for case management.
Responsibilities:
- Write technical system documentation, including, but not limited to user manuals, standard operating procedures, and job aids.
- Possibly creating diagrams, charts, maps, videos, and other visual aids to assist readers in understanding functionality or a process.
- Meet with developers, admins, and power users to learn about specific system functionality and processes and gather content for documentation.
- Gathers feedback from readers to improve documentation.
- Leverage technical understanding of system to suggest edits and additions to existing training materials and user guides.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Must be 18+ years of age
- At least 2 years' experience with technical writing (most important is experience writing User Manuals)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent writing and grammatical skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- In-depth technical understanding of the Salesforce platform
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
- Proficient with Lucid or similar diagramming application
- Ability to present complex data in clear, concise text
- Ability to distill complex technical concepts into accessible visuals such as entity relationship diagrams, process flow diagrams, and data flow diagrams.
- Ability to understand and work directly with clients and customers
- Ability to work independently
- Resume Required
- Willingness to comply with current public health and Red Cross policies
- Must reside in the United States
- Salesforce administrator or developer certification
- 1 years' experience creating Salesforce technical documentation
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About American Red Cross - National Headquarters
Location:
431 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, US
Mission Statement
The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
Description
Every single day, the American Red Cross helps people in emergencies. Whether it's one displaced family, thousands of disaster victims, or providing care and comfort to an ill or injured service member or veteran or support to a military family member, our vital work is made possible by people like you. It is through the time and care of ordinary people that we can do extraordinary things.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
June 2, 2024
SKILLS
- Basic Computer Skills
- Database Administration
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Analytics
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 8-10 hours per week (Flexible, with at least a couple of hours' overlap with east coast work hours)/6-12 months - Need to start as soon as possible and with the expectation to have a published first version of the document by the end of June.
- Then continue to build out the document over the next 3-4 months. Additionally, the initial work will need to be within normal business hours (Eastern Timezone)