Policy & Governance Copy Editor (Remote Eligible)

MVM, Inc.; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

KACE seeks a Copy Editor in Washington, DC with remote eligibility to support governance documentation and policy editing. The role emphasizes clarity, accuracy, and consistency across policies and SOPs for government operations.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience, including familiarity with legal drafting and law enforcement contexts. Strong editing, research, and MS Office skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university AND a minimum of three years of work experience.
• Experience supporting law enforcement and/or experience in legal drafting is desired.
• Significant demonstrated experience will be considered in lieu of the education requirement.

Responsibilities

• Delivers properly formatted, final versions of policies, procedures, and other governance work type products.
• Coordinates work products with applicable shareholders.
• Ensure timelines and deliverables are maintained.
• Obtains management approval of all final work products.
• Provides guidance to career and non-career staff regarding the drafting of policies and procedures.
• Assist with other communication/governance work products as needed.
• Proficiency in reviewing and editing standard operating procedures, policies, and other written instructions.
• Advanced knowledge of the rules of grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation.
• Ability to analyze written content on the paragraph, page, and chapter levels to ensure overall messaging is coherent and cohesive.
• Proficiency in conducting research on the internet, in public databases, and through email, phone, or in-person queries with subject matter experts to ensure claims of fact are true and accurate.
• Knowledge of basic page layout and typography is sufficient to identify errors and make corrections or instruct graphics personnel to do so.
• Ability to effectively work with and without direct supervision.
• Ability to support the preparation of a final product.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), including the use of the Track Changes tool; proficiency with Adobe Acrobat, including the use of the Comment tools.

Skills

Grammar & style

Editing proficiency

Content analysis

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Research skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 3 years

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

KACE seeks a Copy Editor in Washington, DC with remote eligibility to support governance documentation and policy editing. The role emphasizes clarity, accuracy, and consistency across policies and SOPs for government operations.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience, including familiarity with legal drafting and law enforcement contexts. Strong editing, research, and MS Office skills are essential.