Content Editor - Senior

Cherokee Nation - Fort Meade, MD

Full-time - Senior

Fort Meade, MD

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

Cherokee Analytics is seeking a Senior Content Editor to provide advanced analytic capabilities and tradecraft to all-source intelligence analysts across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. This role is critical in ensuring the accuracy and clarity of analytic content, which is essential for effective communication within the intelligence community. The Senior Content Editor will be responsible for a substantive review of analytic content, verifying factual information, and ensuring that the material is suitable for publication. This position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph clearance, reflecting the sensitive nature of the work involved.

Responsibilities

• Provides substantive review of analytic content, verifying factual information and ensuring suitability for publication.
• Determines product suitability for intended media and audience, edits for clear and cogent presentation of the subject matter.
• Identifies errors of fact, factual inconsistencies, and contradictions; verifies accuracy of statements, figures, illustrations, and subject matter terms.
• Compares illustrations, photographs, tables, and charts to ensure continuity and consistency with text; checks citations against original sources to verify their use.
• Edits for adherence to analytic tradecraft standards of ICD 200-series.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph.
• Minimum of 12 years of related experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Master's Degree in a related field preferred.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal oversight.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and/or technically advanced.
• 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.
• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K
• Other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.