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Vacancies
Welcome to the Neil Williams Associates vacancy page. Below is a sample of our live vacancies. If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, please call us on +44(0)20 8605 0507 or email your CV to us at info@nwarecruitment.com quoting the reference and one of our consultants will contact you.
Technical author - new challenging role Central London Ref: NWA749W
c£40 - 45K
Our client is a dynamic product and services firm, with a secure IP-based Real Time communication offer. It is a leading provider of secure voice communications and has a track record in creating innovative products and solutions.
Role Summary You will join a small and highly focussed product delivery team and take a key role in delivering the company's mobile clients and Server Side products. Working closely with the software engineering, support and training teams, you will be responsible for providing quality product documentation, designing, preparing and maintaining product manuals and specifications for both end-user and system administrators. Working to industry best practices, you will ensure that documentation achieves technical accuracy, completeness and suitability of content for its audiences.
Essential Skills and Experience
More than 3 years experience producing and editing technical product documentation for software systems.
Fluent with industry standard documentation tools, including MS Office, Visio, Framemaker.
Ability to solicit and consolidate technical inputs and analysis for complex technologies, and produce a logical, understandable documentation fit for the audience.
Desired skills
Documenting applications for Smartphones (eg. Nokia S60 (Symbian OS), BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iPhone or Android).
Documenting server software products and systems, including VoIP, data networking protocols including TCP/IP and UDP/IP, security architectures.
Creating materials for end-user and partner training on technical software products.
Our client is seeking an experienced technical author to produce instruction manuals, software installation documentation, user guides and training materials for an international audience.
You will be working with technical and engineering staff in a networking/telecommunications research environment and delivering the documentation for a variety of media.
You should have strong academic qualifications and have an interest in and experience of :
networking/telecommunications/software development life cycle
knowledge of areas such as Internet, encryption, identity management, PKI
proof-reading and editing experience and MS Office skills.
Sharepoint (ideally) as an Intranet/Extranet platform
International outlook (a second language desirable)
Some international travel may be required for this role.
User Interface Designer - Berlin Ref: NWA744W
€ excellent + profit share
This is a brand new position working for a Berlin based innovative technology company providing ERP solutions to buinesses. The company is seeking a User Interaction Designer to help promote complex ERP software in simple and user friendly terms.
You will:
Be responsible for the look & feel of the user experience, reinventing new UI-concepts and style-guides for enterprise software.
Create concepts and solutions for simple and user friendly interfaces in the daily business life, based on user scenarios, business processes, customer requirements, etc.
Be part of a dynamic engineering team and its agile development processes.
Create wireframes, interactive prototypes, mock-ups, etc. to realize the product design and product functionality.
Requirements:
Knowledge of interaction design, interface design, information architecture or equivalent experience.
Should be passionate about the end user experience.
2 years of experience in interaction design for web or mobile apps.
Strong proficiency in graphic tools, data visualization, prototyping.
Skills with JavaScript, XML, HTML, CSS, Browser and Web Technologies are a plus.
Strong English communication skills.
Ability to quickly learn and apply new ideas.
Technical author - Software Documentation - Berlin Ref: NWA743W
€ Excellent + profit share
Our client is an innovative business services company with an exciting expansion plan.
They are seeking a technical author to join a team which develops complex applications for internal and external customers. You will be producing (SDK) software documentation for systems and technologies and building information management tools. You will be writing reference and user guides, technical overviews, architecture overviews,and procedures.
You must have experience of the following:
Ability to write clear, well organised software documentation
Strong understanding of technologies
Background in a complex software environment
Excellent English communication skills
The position offers the successful candidate enormous opportunity for career progression.
Technical authors - software/hardware - West London and/or Norway Ref: NWA740W
Salary c£50K (localised) + benefits
Our global client is a leader in communications software and products. The company is a first class employer offering candidates excellent opportunities for career growth.
They are seeking accomplished technical authors to join an expanding international documentation team, which works closely with developers and test engineers to produce a wide range of online help, training materials and product support documentation.
You will have an excellent track record as a technical author/editor with the following skills and attributes:
Very good degree
Software/hardware documentation experience
Knowledge/familiarisation of the majority of HTML, FrameMaker, RoboHelp, InDesign, Acrobat
Ability to work independently and in a team
Strong analytical/communication skills
A quick learner, professional, commercially minded
International documentation experience
Technical Author - Surrey Ref: NWA738W
to £37K + generous bonus + benefits
Our client is a well established producer of financial services and pensions software. The documentation team develops a range of business and technical documentation using RoboHelp and XML and other documentation and design tools. They are seeking an additional technical author to produce a range of documentation tasks that include printed output, multimedia applications, technical, marketing and sales material.
The ideal candidate will have a strong academic background and will have some of the following experience:
Educated to degree level
Excellent writing skills
Knowledge of Financial Services/Pensions software
MS Word and Adobe Creative suite (Indesign etc)
Familiarity with XML, RoboHelp, Visio, Powerpoint and Flash
Bid Writer - Central London POSITION TEMPORARILY ON HOLDRef: NWA730W
This is a new opportunity to join a highly successful IT management consultancy specialising in high quality services to all areas within the MOD and government organisations. Their services include management consultancy, change management, programme and project management, IS strategy, technical consulting, system design and integration, web-based solution implementation and Managed Service delivery.
Due to continued expansion in their security/information assurance practice, the company is now seeking bid writers to join their successful team.
The responsibilites will include the following:
Taking full responsibility for producing small bids in conjunction with Business Managers and Practice Heads
Working in conjunction with the Head of Security Practice on opportunities within this sector, including liaison with partner companies
Providing bid writing and support to the bid and marketing team on larger framework bids
Working with colleagues and partners to co-ordinate Security Projects
Updating and providing management reports as required
Providing general bid support, & other company related support activities.
Ideally, you will have the following experience:
Degree educated
Proven experience in writing bids or proposals
Excellent writing skills and an enthusiasm for writing
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
A team player who is flexible and committed to providing consistent, excellent quality bid writing and support.
Due to the nature of some of the bid work, you must be eligible for obtaining security clearance.
Salary is commensurate with your experience.
Technical author - West London Ref: NWA727W
POSITION UNDER OFFER
From £27.5K to £40K + bonus/proft share + share options + benefits
Our client is at the forefront of developing innovative software technologies for the high growth mobile wireless industry. The company has a small, friendly but expanding documentation team that develops a range of technical manuals, user guides and reference material, working closely with a highly technical team of software developers.
You will be a technical author with ideally the following skills and knowledge:
first class writing and researching skills
an aptitude for writing complex (API level) software documentation
web applications, HTTP protocols, OO programming advantageous
HTML and CSS advantageous
a real passion for understanding and learning new technologies
You will be joining a bright and inspirational company that has experienced considerable growth over the past few years. The package is generous with a negotiable basic salary plus profit share and share options.
