Counterintelligence Office Manager

MANTECH; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH in Springfield, VA seeks a motivated Counterintelligence Technical Editor to provide comprehensive editorial support for SIC products, ensuring adherence to IC standards.

The role requires editing a high volume of intelligence products, ensuring content accuracy, language, and usability across materials using Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe. TS/SCI with polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism or related discipline.
• 7+ years editing intelligence products according to ICD standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide editorial support for SIC products and correspondence per IC standards.
• Review and edit ~100 intelligence products monthly; suggest revisions for quality and clarity.
• Edit intelligence materials including reports, briefings, proposals, and procedures for accuracy and usability using Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe.
• Conduct copyediting and proofreading for spelling, punctuation, grammar, and style consistency.
• Collaborate with team leads and SMEs to agree on proposed changes and audit products for updates.
• Optimize product presentation with layouts, graphics, tables, and exhibits to clarify objectives.

Skills

Editorial excellence

Attention to detail

Content quality review

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Adobe

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism

Editorial certification

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Adobe

Job description

MANTECH

Springfield, VA 22150

MANTECHseeks a motivated, career and customer-orientedCounterintelligence Technical Editor to join our team inSpringfield, VA.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide comprehensive editorial support for all SIC products and correspondence, ensuring adherence to corporate, Agency, and IC standards for publications.
• Review and edit a high volume of intelligence products (approximately 100 monthly), recommending revisions in content, scope, format, and dissemination approaches to enhance quality and clarity.
• Thoroughly edit intelligence materials including reports, briefings, proposals, and procedures for content accuracy, completeness, appropriate language, organization, visual design, and usability using software like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe.
• Conduct meticulous copyediting and proofreading to ensure mechanical correctness (spelling, punctuation, grammar), stylistic consistency, and that all corrections from marked-up versions have been implemented.
• Collaborate with team leads and Subject Matter Experts to gain mutual understanding of product content and secure concurrence on proposed changes, periodically auditing products for necessary updates.
• Optimize product presentation by selecting and recommending effective layouts, graphics, drawings, tables, exhibits, illustrations, charts, or storyboards to amplify and clarify objectives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience editing intelligence products according to Intelligence Community Directives (ICD). Examples of intelligence products include intelligence information reports, intelligence assessments, threat assessments, briefings, and other intelligence related correspondence.

Desired Qualifications:

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

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have a TS/SCI with the ability to obtain/maintain a polygraph.

Physical Requirements:

• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual communication, which may involve delivering presentations.

Application Questions

Please select the highest level of security clearance you possess.