Senior Historian and Research Writer

MacMore LLC.; Georgia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

MacMore LLC. seeks a Senior Historian and Research Writer for a pending contract with the Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC).

The role is based at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and focuses on producing defensible historical information for command audiences. The position requires extensive archival research, strong narrative writing, and rigorous citation practices to support leadership with decision-ready historical products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; minimum of 8 years’ experience in historian and research writing.
• Ability to conduct archival research and synthesize source material into clear historical narratives.
• Ability to validate facts, maintain citations and traceability, and perform or respond to peer and editorial review.
• Ability to produce accurate written products for command and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and quality-review command-level historical products that preserve AFRC history and provide leadership with accurate, traceable, and defensible historical information.
• Conduct archival research across distributed repositories and validate source information.
• Develop command-level history chapters and other historical content identified by the Government.
• Respond to executive research inquiries with clear, decision-ready historical information.
• Maintain source and citation traceability and apply structured editorial review before submission.
• Coordinate with archival and digital-records personnel to locate, evaluate, and use relevant holdings.
• Support historical-production planning, backlog reduction, monthly progress reporting, and continuous improvement

Skills

Archival research

Scholarly writing

Editorial review

Citations & sourcing

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

MacMore is seeking to fill a Senior Historian and Research Writer for a pending contract award with the Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command /PKA.

Location

Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

Key Responsibilities

Research, develop, and quality-review command-level historical products that preserve AFRC history and provide leadership with accurate, traceable, and defensible historical information.

• Conduct archival research across distributed repositories and validate source information.
• Develop command-level history chapters and other historical content identified by the Government.
• Respond to executive research inquiries with clear, decision-ready historical information.
• Maintain source and citation traceability and apply structured editorial review before submission.
• Coordinate with archival and digital-records personnel to locate, evaluate, and use relevant holdings.

Support historical-production planning, backlog reduction, monthly progress reporting, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; possesses a minimum of 8 years’ experience working in the historian and research writing field.
• Ability to conduct disciplined archival research and synthesize complex source material into clear historical narratives.
• Ability to validate facts, maintain citations and traceability, and perform or respond to peer and editorial review.
• Ability to produce accurate written products for command and executive audiences