Remote | Senior DoD Staff Writing SME — $40–$80/hour

24-Mag•New York, NY

12d•Remote

About The Position

We are sharing a specialised consulting opportunity for experienced Senior DoD Staff Writing SMEs with strong expertise in military writing, federal documentation standards, report development, grading-rubric design, and Department of Defense procedures to contribute to an advanced AI training and staff-writing evaluation project. Selected professionals will develop realistic DoD writing tasks, reference materials, and model responses; evaluate AI-generated staff writing; and establish clear assessment standards for accuracy, tone, structure, and compliance. No prior experience in AI is required.

Requirements

3+ years of relevant experience supporting the U.S. Department of Defense or comparable federal military environments
Experience producing WARs, SITREPs, executive summaries, performance reports, or similar documentation
Strong understanding of DoD terminology, procedures, and reporting workflows
Demonstrated military or federal staff-writing expertise
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail and audience-appropriate language
Experience developing or applying grading rubrics and evaluation criteria
Strong analytical judgement when reviewing written outputs
Familiarity with PowerPoint briefings, memos, Excel summaries, and related back-office documentation
Understanding of federal compliance and documentation requirements
Work must be completed without using classified, controlled, confidential, or proprietary information belonging to any employer, government agency, client, institution, or other third party

Nice To Haves

Background in one of the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces is highly valuable
Experience across multiple roles, units, or operational environments is advantageous
No prior AI-training or model-evaluation experience is required

Responsibilities

Develop authentic DoD staff-writing materials across operational and administrative scenarios
Produce Weekly Activity Reports (WARs), Situation Reports (SITREPs), executive summaries, and performance reports
Apply appropriate military terminology, structure, tone, and reporting conventions
Create materials reflecting realistic federal communication requirements
Maintain strong standards for clarity, accuracy, and audience suitability
Develop structured prompts and input artifacts for staff-writing evaluation tasks
Create high-quality golden responses demonstrating expected output standards
Design scenarios covering summarisation, reporting, and administrative communication
Ensure tasks accurately reflect work performed by federal and military personnel
Adapt materials across weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting formats
Create grading guidelines for evaluating AI-generated staff-writing outputs
Define criteria covering accuracy, tone, structure, completeness, and compliance
Translate DoD writing expectations into clear and repeatable assessment standards
Develop scoring approaches suitable for varied report and briefing formats
Refine rubrics as project requirements and evaluation needs evolve
Review AI-generated reports, summaries, and other staff-writing outputs
Identify factual, structural, stylistic, or compliance-related weaknesses
Assess whether outputs follow DoD terminology and documentation conventions
Provide clear written feedback explaining evaluation decisions
Apply consistent professional judgement across repeated review tasks
Contribute expertise from federal back-office and communication workflows
Support evaluation of PowerPoint briefings, memos, Excel summaries, and related materials
Collaborate remotely with project leads and reviewers
Participate in feedback cycles to improve prompts, responses, and evaluation standards
Communicate operational and documentation requirements clearly to multidisciplinary teams