Senior Scientific & Technical Editor (Remote)

FWI (FedWriters, Inc.); Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 56,095 - 59,048; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Plan

Holiday Pay

Paid Time Off

Job summary

FedWriters, Inc. provides scientific and technical editing support for NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, serving as the quality and clarity backbone for external communications.

The role reviews, copies edits, and improves technical products for plain language, scientific accuracy, and consistent tone across headquarters, labs, and programs. The editor helps revise guidelines, trains staff on best practices, and refreshes aging web content to meet updated style standards while ensuring

Qualifications

• BA/BS in English, Journalism, a scientific or environmental discipline, or a closely related technical field.
• 8+ years of professional and/or academic experience in technical writing, editing, or science communications.

Responsibilities

• Review, copy edit, and improve existing and draft technical products, external reports, outreach products, and internal memos for plain language, technical accuracy, and consistent tone, voice, and style
• Work with the OAR Communications Director to revise and maintain guidelines on best practices for writing and editing within OAR
• Distribute resources and train OAR staff across headquarters, labs, and programs on best practices for writing, editing, and plain language communication
• Research and write content for pamphlets, summary reports, and other products intended for hardcopy publication
• Revisit and update older website content, applying newly revised style guidelines with emphasis on technical accuracy, consistency, and tone
• Make edits and updates to websites, including changes to images and content formatting

Skills

Technical editing

Editing

Science communication

Plain language

CMS editing

Education

BA/BS in English, journalism, science/environmental field

Job description

FedWriters, Inc. provides scientific and technical editing support for NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, serving as the quality and clarity backbone for external communications.

The role reviews, copies edits, and improves technical products for plain language, scientific accuracy, and consistent tone across headquarters, labs, and programs. The editor helps revise guidelines, trains staff on best practices, and refreshes aging web content to meet updated style standards while ensuring