Senior Writer/Editor, Child Welfare & Policy

JBS International; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JBS International is seeking a Writer/Editor II-Child Welfare to join a collaborative team. The role emphasizes substantive editing, copyediting, and quality assurance for engaging communications that support child welfare priorities.

You will edit, refine, and develop evidence-based content for audiences including policy makers and professionals, working in an agile, deadline-driven environment, with CMS postings and updates to reflect new guidance and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in English, Communications, Comparative Literature, Journalism, or a child welfare- or public health-related field
• Minimum 5+ years professional writing and editing, including substantial hands-on experience in substantive editing, copyediting, and proofreading
• Experience in editing and writing for child welfare, public health, social science, or behavioral health content.
• Experience in digital-first communications and adapting writing style for digital channels; working knowledge of the Styles function in Word
• Experience with responsible incorporation of artificial intelligence into editorial workflows

Responsibilities

• Performing substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, and quality control reviews for new and existing content to strengthen clarity, organization, accuracy, consistency, and adherence to project style guides, with minimal oversight from supervisor and/or subject matter experts
• Writing and revising content about priority child welfare topics in multiple formats for specified audiences, tailoring approaches to meet audience needs
• Collaborating with clients, reviewers, subject matter experts, and other contributors to obtain feedback, incorporate it into revised drafts, and verify the accuracy of final documents
• Tracking a range of editorial processes; helping to identify and project timelines for content development milestones related to drafting, reviewing, and revising content; editing; formatting; quality control; and final content production
• Preparing content for various stages of internal and external review
• Posting approved resources to the content management system
• Updating published content to reflect research advances, new guidance, evolving best practices and industry standards, legislative and regulatory changes, etc.
• Assisting with developing, updating, and expanding project style guides
• Ensuring that the needs of the client are reflected in all products and that consistent voice and language are applied to all materials
• Actively contributing to discussions around process and quality improvement, workflow efficiencies, and editorial and content development best practices
• Engaging in ongoing professional development activities to stay abreast of industry trends and innovations in content development
• Collaborating to conduct research to support ongoing content development, including creation of substantive, well-cited outlines to support product proposals
• Assisting with 508 compliance review

Skills

Substantive editing

Copyediting

Proofreading

Editing for child welfare content

Audience tailoring

Project management

Team collaboration

Written communication

Attention to detail

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in English, Communications, Comparative Literature, Journalism, or a child welfare- or public health-related field

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Monday.com

MS Project

Smartsheet

508 compliance tools

Plagiarism detection platforms

Job description

JBS International is seeking a Writer/Editor II-Child Welfare to join a collaborative team. The role emphasizes substantive editing, copyediting, and quality assurance for engaging communications that support child welfare priorities.

You will edit, refine, and develop evidence-based content for audiences including policy makers and professionals, working in an agile, deadline-driven environment, with CMS postings and updates to reflect new guidance and best practices.