Executive Communications Writer-Editor

The Indian Health Service; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

The Indian Health Service in Rockville, MD is seeking a skilled editor to join the Executive Secretariat Staff, Office of the Director. This role handles high-level executive communications and ensures documents meet federal standards for messaging to leadership and diverse audiences.

You will craft, review, and translate complex program language into clear, consistent messages, and provide guidance on editing practices for IHS officials and the Secretary. Fed Transition path applies.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the production of well-written, understandable documents that conform to established grammatical, stylistic, and syntactical standards/rules, as well as adhering to HHS, Public Health Service, and IHS policy requirements, and that the content of the documents thoroughly and logically addresses all issues and questions.
• Composes original correspondence for the signature of the IHS Director, the Secretary, executive staff in the immediate Office of the Director, and others by special request from diverse sources on a wide range of subjects pertaining to IHS programs, policies, and activities intended for a wide range of audiences, some of which may be indifferent or hostile.
• Writes and/or edits correspondence prepared for the signature of the IHS Director, the Secretary, executive staff in the immediate Office of the Director, and others by special request, for clarity of expression and uniformity of policy statements. Translates and interprets information from programmatic scientific/technical language to a level that would be most applicable to the various audiences addressed.
• Provides consultation, technical assistance, and training for IHS professional and support staff on the proper format and principles of editing, reviewing, and writing documents for the signatures of upper management IHS officials, the Deputy Secretary, HHS, and the Secretary, HHS.
• Resolves conflicts among originators and reviewers and contributes substantively to decisions on what information to present and how to present it.
• Has command of, and remains up-to-date on relevant Federal Government standards of executive correspondence documentation, writing guidelines, editing, and reviewing processes for an Executive Secretariat function.

Job description

The Indian Health Service in Rockville, MD is seeking a skilled editor to join the Executive Secretariat Staff, Office of the Director. This role handles high-level executive communications and ensures documents meet federal standards for messaging to leadership and diverse audiences.

You will craft, review, and translate complex program language into clear, consistent messages, and provide guidance on editing practices for IHS officials and the Secretary. Fed Transition path applies.