Senior Technical Editor

Description

Technical Editor – Senior

Location: Charlottesville, VA

Valorous is seeking an experienced Technical Editor to work with intelligence analysts to r eviews intelligence products for proper grammar, punctuation, and syntax, as well as for logic, clarity, and consistency. Ensures that style and format conform to agency publication standards and that language presentation is consistent with prescribed style guides and specialized vocabulary of subject matter fields. Amends draft tables, tone boxes, and graphics to ensure the content supports and is consistent with the accompanying text. Ensures proper classification markings in accordance with IC guidance. Works with authors to revise products for narrative organization, and negotiates further revisions as needed.

Requirements:

• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.

• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced. Structures analytic questions based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.

• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.

• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.

• Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.

• Demonstrates ability to guide teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.

• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.

• Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal oversight.

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum 12 years’ relevant intelligence analysis technical editing experience; with a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Minimum 2 years’ experience using Desktop Publishing, basic graphics techniques, Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop, HTML, XML, and MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Master’s Degree in English, Journalism, Communications, or related subject from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or;

Bachelor’s Degree with 17 years’ total relevant experience. 

US government clearance: Current Top Secret/SCI

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