Technical Writer
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide.
With that guiding insight, Bridge International developed a strategy that would
enable it to launch a large-scale network of high-quality, ultra low-cost,
for-profit primary schools. Location: Nairobi, Kenya
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide.
Operating a network of schools supported by a strong central headquarters gives Bridge International the scale, experience, and capacity to invest in systems of management, support, training, and innovation that allows individual schools to dramatically increase their effectiveness.
Using this model, Bridge International is able to profitably deliver high-quality education for $4 per child per month. This ensures that its academies will continue to successfully serve its communities as long as parents value the educational service provided.
The first Bridge International Academy launched successfully in Kenya in 2009 and 60 academies will be operating in Kenya in January 2012. Through rapid and strategic expansion, Bridge International will provide a quality education to over a million students in the coming years.
About this position
We have and are continuing to develop one of the most sophisticated operational approaches to providing affordable education to MILLIONS of children in one of the most challenging environments in the world!
We’re looking for an experienced full-time Technical Writer to join our team to produce documentation for software systems.
Job Responsibilities
- Writing
clear, accurate, and concise end user documentation for software systems,
business processes, and tools
- Working
independently as well as with product design and software engineering to
understand complex systems and processes requiring documentation
- Writing
design and architecture documents for internal use by the software
development team
- Managing
repository of documentation and making it easily accessible to users
throughout the company
Specialist knowledge required:
- Ability
to write professional technical documentation in clear, easy to understand
language
- Ability
to quickly and easily understand complex software systems and business
processes
- Ability
to develop examples that demonstrate understanding of software
applications and business domains
- Strong
computer skills and a basic understanding of software development
including relational databases such as SQL Server and programming
languages such as C#, PHP and Java
- Expert
user in Microsoft Office Products
About You
- Must be
detail oriented
- Possess
good writing and problem solving skills
- Have
good analytical skills
- Ability
to work with a team
- Ability
to be adaptable and flexible
- Good
communication skills
- Bachelor’s
degree in writing, communications with strong computer skills or
Bachelor’s degree in computer science with excellent writing skills