INSRE Senior Content Developer

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

This position is Bozeman-based, and is contingent upon continued funding.

Position Information

Announcement Number

Announcement Number STAFF - VA - 27171

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The Senior Content Developer will work closely with INSRE staff and government customers to develop a wide range of technology-oriented written and digital content for customer-defined projects, supporting efforts across government customers and internal MSU teams. This individual will provide supervision and coordination of technical content development by Information Research and Analysis team members in support of INSRE .

Position Number

Position Number 4C0717

Department

Division

Division Office of Research and Economic Development

Appointment Type

Appointment Type Professional

Contract Term

Contract Term Fiscal Year

Semester

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FLSA

FLSA Exempt

Union Affiliation

Union Affiliation Exempt from Collective Bargaining

FTE

FTE 1.0

Benefits Eligible

Salary Salary starting at $90,000 annually, commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications

Contract Type

Contract Type LOA

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Recruitment Type

Recruitment Type Open

General Statement

The Institute for National Security Research and Education ( INSRE ) is Montana State University’s focal point for national security innovation, aligning research education, industry, and government partners to develop solutions and create opportunities for students that strengthen U.S. national security. For more information, visit INSRE .

Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Content Developer will work closely with INSRE staff and government customers to develop a wide range of technology-oriented written and digital content for customer-defined projects and efforts. Communications will primarily follow Plain Language style guidelines to align with government requirements, but other writing styles may be required for specific project needs.
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Supervise the IR&A Team’s content specialists to distribute workload, quality control deliverables, and provide training on the team’s processes.
• Manage the development and implementation of communication deliverables and technical writing quality control processes, training, and tools to improve the design, development, routing, review, and storage of communication deliverables.
• Employ MSU -developed and other allowed AI tools, following MSU and customer guidelines, to create knowledge bases, utilize prompts to analyze knowledge bases, and summarize results.
• Develop facilitation tools such as moderator guides, sample plans, and supporting documentation for primary research activities. Provide facilitation or moderation of focus groups, in-depth interviews, and innovation exercises such as ‘tabletop exercises’.
• Utilize advanced writing techniques to develop content that effectively expresses highly technical, complex information in a clear Plain Language style for target audiences, to achieve the communication objectives.
• Develop and create a wide variety of communication deliverables as required by project, such as research reports, standard operating procedures ( SOP ) documents, marketing products, technical documents, white papers, project plans, requirement documents, articles, press releases, meeting minutes, notices, instructions, communications campaign plans, case studies, guidance documents, fact sheets, web content, and training materials defining technical requirements, etc.
• Ensure that all IR&A Team communication deliverables are compliant with appropriate requirements, such as Section 508 Compliance Guidelines, DHS Communications, DHS Communications Media Policy, Federal Government Standards, and other applicable requirements for branding, styling, and layout.
• Research and coordinate content for communication deliverables from data sources, print resources, digital resources, archives, subject matter experts, organizational professionals, internal stakeholders, external stakeholders, and other data sources.
• Perform research, analysis, data entry, data extraction and data management for correspondence responses to Federal and other government agencies, internal stakeholders, external stakeholders, and other entities.
• Provide advanced Communication Support to INSRE teams and projects as directed, including, but not limited to, technical writing, marketing, graphic designing, editing, and proofreading to ensure proper grammar, syntax, context, content and quality assurance of communication deliverables.

Required Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrated ability to supervise one or more direct reports.
• Demonstrated progressive and extensive experience researching and generating print, marketing, and digital content.
• Demonstrated prior experience working with Plain Language and website 508 Compliance requirements.
• Must possess and be able to maintain an active TOP SECRET / SCI DOW National Security Clearance or other Federal Government agency equivalent security clearance.
• Master’s degree in journalism, English, or communications, or closely related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills

• Prior experience working with government communications deliverables.
• Web and graphic design experience.
• Prior experience working with ITAR , CUI , and/or other security-related data restrictions.
• Previous experience with DOW or DHS technology commercialization efforts.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Represent INSRE in a professional manner when interacting with DOW , DHS , or other government or external personnel in order to accomplish project goals.
• Successfully collaborate with remote INSRE staff and government and external personnel in all U.S. time zones as needed.
• Be a curious and quick learner who is tenacious in asking as many questions as needed to understand the information fully and explain it well.
• Be able to understand and write well in a technical voice, as well as translate from engineering-speak to explain technical information to a general audience.
• Be able to confidently receive and act on feedback, focusing on getting the end product right.
• Be actively able to adapt and create new formats and work effectively on a wide variety of projects and teams.
• Consistently exercise initiative, good judgment, flexibility, and innovation to respond to the needs of a wide variety of clients.
• Have commitment to maintain confidentiality of records and sensitive information.
• Organize and prioritize multiple work assignments, meet deadlines, and exercise adaptability to changing priorities.
• Write across a variety of styles with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Research and generate content using a wide variety of resources.

Position Special Requirements/Additional Information

This position is Bozeman-based, and is contingent upon continued funding.

Successful candidate must be able to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws, which may require proof that candidate is a U.S. person.
Per 22 CFR §120.15, U.S. person means a person who is a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).
This position requires the ability to obtain a Security Clearance, or meet other government-defined restrictions appropriate for work level and access. Other security-related requirements will include receiving favorable background checks by state and federal agencies pursuant to federal law and regulations.
This position requires ability to travel potentially up to 25% of the time as necessary to interact with DOW , DHS , and other customers including travel throughout the Continental U.S. as well as Alaska, Hawaii, U.S territories and possessions, and possibly other worldwide locations.
This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts Montana State University’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

This position has supervisory duties?

This position has supervisory duties? Yes

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 1

Desired Start Date

Desired Start Date Upon completion of a successful search

Position End Date (if temporary)

Open Date

Close Date

Special Instructions

This position is Bozeman-based, and is contingent upon continued funding.

EEO Statement

Montana State University is an equal opportunity employer. MSU does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, political ideas, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class status in violation of any applicable law.
In compliance with the Montana Veteran’s Employment Preference Act, MSU provides preference in employment to veterans, disabled veterans, and certain eligible relatives of veterans. To claim veteran’s preference, please complete the veteran’s preference information located in the Demographics section of your profile.

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter addressing each of the Required and Preferred Qualifications

Optional Documents

Supplemental Questions

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