CI Technical Editor - Level 3

Amentum • Springfield, VA

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About The Position

Amentum is seeking a PART-TIME CI Technical Editor - Level 3 to support our customer in Springfield, VA. The role involves providing editorial support to counterintelligence products and correspondence, reviewing products, recommending revisions, and ensuring compliance with corporate standards for publications. The editor will consult with team leads and subject matter experts to maintain a common understanding of the products and related materials, archive records, and select appropriate layouts and graphics to enhance product objectives. The position also requires auditing products for necessary updates, meeting with SMEs for content concurrence, and staying current on developments in technical writing and publishing. The editor will assist in preparing materials for technical seminars and conferences, and in technical or business presentations as needed.

Requirements

• ACTIVE TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Must be eligible and willing to take CI Polygraph.
• Shall possess a minimum of 7 years of established and verifiable experience editing intelligence products according to Intelligence Community Directives (ICD).
• Shall possess a Bachelor's Degree in English, Communications, publications or related discipline.
• Shall have a strong proficiency with MS Office programs.
• Capable of editing 10 - 20 products per week on a recurring basis.

Nice To Haves

• Editorial certification from an accredited university.
• Post-graduate degree in English, Communications, publications or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provide editorial support to counterintelligence products and correspondence.
• Review products and recommend revisions or changes in approaches, scope, format, methods of production and dissemination.
• Edit intelligence products, reports, briefings, proposals, procedures, and related intelligence materials/correspondence.
• Maintain corporate standards for publications.
• Consult with team leads and subject matter experts (SME) to ensure common understanding of products and related materials to be produced.
• Maintain and archive records, files, electronic media, in accordance with established agency standards.
• Select or recommend use of layouts, graphics, drawings, tables, exhibits, illustrations, charts, or storyboards to amplify or clarify product objectives.
• Periodically audit and review products to determine whether format or content changes/updates are required.
• Meet with subject matter experts for concurrence on content changes.
• Remain current on new developments in technical writing, editing and publishing, including technology enhancements that may affect the office.
• Assist in preparing material for technical seminars and conferences.
• Assist in technical or business presentations in such meetings as business or customer needs require.
• Comprehensively edit all products for both content and form using software such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe.
• Copy/edit to ensure the document is mechanically correct and stylistically consistent.
• Proofread to compare the final version of the document with the marked-up version to ensure all corrections have been made.
• Ensure the document's structure reflects the hierarchy of the content.
• Verify navigational aids, such as cross-references and links, are accurate and functional.
• Proofread the final draft checking that templates have been implemented.
• Ensure that print projects are marked with instructions for typeface and layout.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree