Technical Editor

Company: Mission Essential
Location: Charlottesville
Posted on: October 17, 2020

Job Description:

Clearance: TS/SCI (willingto undergo CI POLYGRAPH)

Mission Essential is currently seeking Technical Editorsto review intelligence products for proper grammar, punctuation, and syntax, aswell as for logic, clarity, and consistency. Ensures that style and formatconform to agency publication standards and that language presentation isconsistent with prescribed style guides and specialized vocabulary of subjectmatter fields. Amends draft tables, tone boxes, and graphics to ensure thecontent supports and is consistent with the accompanying text. Ensures properclassification markings in accordance with IC guidance. Works with authors torevise products for narrative organization, and negotiates further revisions asneeded.

Senior:

Meets all the qualifications of a mid-level, plus:

• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor categoryactivities required to meet mission requirements.

• Demonstrates mastery of qualitative and quantitative analyticmethodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fields that affecttradecraft methodology. Demonstrates ability to define comprehensive, new, orunique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address andcontribute to high-level tasks.

• Demonstrates in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledgemanagement issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearlyarticulates key findings.

• Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal to nooversight.

• Demonstrated ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments,tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely testsanalytic rigor of analytic products.

Desired Experience: Minimum 12 years of experience related to thespecific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within thelast 2 years.

Desired Education: Master’s Degree in an area related to the laborcategory from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by theU.S. Department of Education: or have a Bachelor’s degree related to the laborcategory from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by theU.S. Department of Education and an additional 5 years of related Seniorexperience for a total of 17 years, as a substitute to the Master’s Degree.

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