Remote Governance & Policy Copy Editor

Nashville Public Radio; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

KACE, in Washington, DC, is seeking a Copy Editor to support the Governance & Strategy team, ensuring clear, accurate governance documents for the Postal Inspection Service. The role emphasizes formatting, consistency, and adherence to style guides.

The ideal candidate has a degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, with strong editing, research, and Office tool proficiency. Remote eligibility and occasional after-hours support may apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and 3 years of work experience demonstrating the ability to organize information and communicate effectively.
• 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 correct errors of grammar, syntax, spelling, punctuation, and other elements of the English language sufficient to ensure written products are correct, clear, concise, and compliant with established style guides.
• 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

Editing

Grammar & punctuation

Research

Written communication

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

Track Changes

Job description

KACE, in Washington, DC, is seeking a Copy Editor to support the Governance & Strategy team, ensuring clear, accurate governance documents for the Postal Inspection Service. The role emphasizes formatting, consistency, and adherence to style guides.

The ideal candidate has a degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, with strong editing, research, and Office tool proficiency. Remote eligibility and occasional after-hours support may apply.