Editor - Joint Staff Support with Security Clearance

STI-TEC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life insurance

Short/long-term disability coverage

Retirement savings - 401(k)

Paid time off (PTO)

Holiday leave

Alternate work schedules

Flexible spending account options

Job summary

STI-TEC seeks an Editor to provide professional editorial support to the Joint Staff, Actions Division, assisting senior leadership including CJCS, VCJCS, DJS, and SEAC. You will develop, edit, and standardize Joint Staff issuances, memos, and directives with strict adherence to government formatting and language rules.

Required are a Bachelor’s in English/Communications (or related field) with extensive editable experience, top-notch grammar, and familiarity with tools like Adobe Acrobat and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, or related field; 7 years of comms support for high-profile programs or 11 years total experience
• Expert editing skills for senior government leaders and executives
• Strong spelling, grammar, and punctuation; consistent across products
• Proficient in Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word; familiarity with tasking tools such as ETMS2/TMT

Responsibilities

• Provide editorial support for Joint Staff senior leadership
• Develop Joint Staff correspondence, issuances, letters, and memorandums
• Edit executive level Joint Staff documents to meet DoD/Joint Staff formatting and writing standards
• Analyze document packages with SMEs to revise or rewrite as needed
• Prepare complete document packages meeting Joint Staff style and distribution requirements
• Review JS issuances and publications and edit before AD leadership review

Skills

Editorial support

Editing

Executive level writing

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Word

ETMS2/TMT familiarity

Attention to detail

Security clearance (Top-Secret)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English/Communications or related field

Tools

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Word

ETMS2/TMT

Job description

Solutions Through Innovative Technologies, Inc. (STI-TEC) specializes in the delivery of professional business and information management services. STI-TEC offers government and commercial clients a comprehensive portfolio of services that identify, manage, distribute and improve business processes related to entities' most valued resource, information. As a fast-growing solutions provider, established in 2000, total customer satisfaction has remained the cornerstone of our business. Our business model focuses on integrity, loyalty, and trust. Position Overview The Editor will provide professional support services to the Joint Staff, Actions Division by supporting the Customer Service Branch. The Editor will provide editorial support for the Joint Staff's senior leadership, to include, but not limited to, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (VCJCS), Director, Joint Staff (DJS), Vice Director, Joint Staff (VDJS), Joint Directorates, Secretariat, Joint Staff (SJS), and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC).

Essential Job Function

• Provide editorial support for the Joint Staff's senior leadership, to include, but not limited to, the CJCS, VCJCS, DJS, VDJS, Joint Directorates, SJS, and SEAC.
• Assist with the development of Joint Staff correspondence, to include issuances (e.g., directives, manuals, and guides), letters, and memorandums.
• Edit executive level Joint Staff documents to ensure strict conformance to U.S. Government, DoD, and Joint Staff rules for formatting, grammatical construction, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
• Analyze document packages and work independently and with subject matter experts to revise or rewrite as necessary to ensure they accomplish their intended purposes.
• Prepare complete document packages to meet Joint Staff requirements for style, manner of presentation, organization, and proposed implementation and distribution.
• Receive and review JS issuances and publications from action officers/MILSECs and edit the document(s) and move to AD leadership for review and processing. Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelors degree in English, Communications, or a related field with 7 years of experience providing communications support to sensitive and high-profile programs and topics OR 11 years of experience
• Providing communications support to sensitive and high-profile program and topics
• Expert knowledge, skill, and ability to write, edit, and revise documents that are prepared for U.S. Government senior leaders, to include the President, Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, National Security Council, Homeland Security Council, and Congress
• Excellent command of spelling, grammar, and punctuation, attention to detail, and ability to ensure consistency across product
• Extensive experience using a variety of software used to prepare correspondence, including in particular mastery of Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word, as well as familiarity with/exposure to tasking tools such as ETMS2/TMT
• Demonstrated success working in fast-paced and challenging environments
• Familiarity with Federal Government
• Top-Secret clearance. COMPENSATION / SALARY RANGE: STI-TEC adheres to federal, state, and local regulations. This is a Full-Time, Salary, Exempt position. The following salary range is what we reasonably expect to pay but is contingent and subject to a variety of factors, including but not limited to years of experience, education, certification(s), training, specialized skills, responsibilities, etc. Salary Range $120,000 - $132,500 Annual Salary STI-TEC offers a competitive benefits package including:
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Short term/long term disability coverage
• Retirement savings - 401(k)
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holiday leave
• Alternate work schedules (depending on work site)
• Flexible spending account options Whether you're an experienced professional, a veteran, a former military or civilian federal employee, or a recent graduate, STI-TEC has a career opportunity for you. Applicants selected may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. STI-TEC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, gender identity and sexual orientation. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at or you may call us at 1+918.583.9900.