Public Health Technical Writer & Editor

PCI Professional Services; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

PCI Professional Services seeks a skilled Technical Writer / Editor to develop, edit, and quality-review scientific, technical, evaluation, policy, training, and public-facing products across the DNPAO portfolio and CDC clearance process.

The role emphasizes plain language, accessibility, and editorial consistency while coordinating CDC review and clearance and ensuring alignment with templates and references. Strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 5 years of experience writing and editing scientific, technical, public health, policy, evaluation, or Government content.
• Experience supporting complex review and clearance cycles, references and citations, plain language, accessibility, manuscripts, reports, briefs, training resources, presentations, and web content is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to produce accurate, timely, and high-quality work in a multidisciplinary, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication, collaboration, organization, judgment, and client-service skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft and edit reports, manuscripts, briefs, guidance, toolkits, training materials, presentations, and web language.
• Perform substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, fact checking, and reference review.
• Translate technical and scientific information without compromising accuracy.
• Coordinate review and CDC clearance, reconcile comments, and maintain version control.
• Apply plain language, editorial standards, accessibility requirements, and approved templates.
• Prepare publication-ready, leadership-ready, and recipient-facing final products.

Skills

Strong written communication

Editing & proofreading

Plain language & accessibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

PCI Professional Services seeks a skilled Technical Writer / Editor to develop, edit, and quality-review scientific, technical, evaluation, policy, training, and public-facing products across the DNPAO portfolio and CDC clearance process.

The role emphasizes plain language, accessibility, and editorial consistency while coordinating CDC review and clearance and ensuring alignment with templates and references. Strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams is essential.