Senior Editorial Specialist for DoD Joint Staff

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

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.