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

401(k) retirement savings

Paid time off

Holiday leave

Alternate work schedules

Flexible spending account options

Job summary

STI-TEC, a Washington, DC–based firm, seeks an Editor to support the Joint Staff’s senior leadership by editing and preparing official correspondence and directives. The role requires expert writing, editing, and formatting to strict DoD/DoJ standards and collaboration with subject-matter experts to produce compliant documents.

You will handle issuances, memoranda, and executive-level materials, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and secure handling in a fast-paced government environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English/Communications or related field plus 7+ years of comms support for high-profile programs or 11+ years overall.
• Ability to write, edit, and revise documents for U.S. Government senior leaders.
• Excellent spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency across product.
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word; familiarity with tasking tools ETMS2/TMT.

Responsibilities

• Provide editorial support for Joint Staff senior leadership including CJCS/VCJCS and SEAC.
• Develop Joint Staff correspondence: issuances, letters, and memoranda.
• Edit executive documents to meet formatting, grammar, punctuation and style rules.
• Analyze document packages and revise with SMEs as needed.
• Prepare complete document packages meeting Joint Staff requirements for style and distribution.
• Review JS issuances and move edited documents to AD leadership for review.

Skills

Editorial support

Technical writing

Fast-paced environment

Familiarity with Federal Government

Attention to detail

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

Equal Opportunity

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.