What Does a Documentation Specialist Do?

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A company that relies heavily on documentation needs some resources to properly create, manage, and protect its business-critical paperwork. One of those crucial resources is a documentation specialist.

Despite being a straightforward job title, people often confuse the roles and responsibilities of a documentation specialist.

To provide crystal clarity, in this article, we’ll break down the job description of a typical documentation specialist, and sketch down a career roadmap. If you’re an aspiring candidate or a recruiter confused about a hiring decision, watch this video.

A documentation specialist (or simply document specialist) is a professional who works under the administration department. They are responsible for looking after the precious documents of their company, cataloging them, and retrieving them when needed, among other things.

Document specialists can have different job titles in different companies or sectors. For instance, in the healthcare sector, where these professionals are needed the most (apart from the finance and legal industry), they’re commonly referred to as “clinical documentation specialists.”

The employment rate for this occupation is expected to go up in the years to come. While there isn’t any data specifically for the documentation specialist job title, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) does project an 8% growth in demand for medical records and health information technicians (a related role) through 2029.

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0:00 Introduction
1:12 Types of Technical Documentation
2:55 Code Documentation
3:39 What is a Documentation Specialist?
4:43 Where They Work
5:37 Job Growth Rate
6:34 Technical Skill Set
8:07 Soft Skill Set
8:44 Roles and Responsibilities
10:14 Career Path
11:24 Salary

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