Editor with Intel Analyst expertise

SAIC - Chantilly, VA

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Chantilly, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

SAIC is seeking an Intel Analyst who is ready to transition into an Editor role. This position is critical for providing a substantive review of written analytic all-source intelligence products, ensuring that they meet high standards of quality and clarity. The successful candidate will be responsible for offering constructive solutions for product improvement, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages open communication and mutual trust among team members. The role requires the ability to consider and adjudicate various perspectives, which is essential for enhancing the overall quality of the intelligence products. In this role, the editor will identify and rectify any missing or incorrect information in the authors' analyses or research. This includes copyediting for overall readability, flow, and organization of the product. The editor must ensure consistency across products while also being innovative enough to capture unique reporting. Attention to detail is paramount, as the editor will provide careful proofreading edits in accordance with the customer style guide, ensuring that the bottom line is presented upfront and that all subsequent information supports this conclusion. The editor will also employ mapping techniques to help readers navigate the text effectively, ensuring that paragraphs are concise and relevant to the storyline. Researching and validating content sourced in written products for accuracy and completeness using multiple platforms is a key responsibility. The editor will need to prioritize multiple competing priorities to meet delivery outcomes and complete requests for information across counterintelligence (CI) and counterterrorism (CT) subject areas by specific due dates. Additionally, the editor will recommend areas for further research to authors when the storyline appears to be lacking and provide coordination feedback to external groups regarding their products. Mastery of using MS Word track changes is essential, along with a basic understanding of technical identity threats.

Responsibilities

• Provide a substantive review of written analytic all-source intelligence products and offer solutions for product improvement.
• Communicate potential product issues in a way that fosters mutual trust and teambuilding.
• Identify and provide solutions for missing or incorrect information in an author's analysis/research.
• Copyedit for overall readability, flow, and product organization.
• Ensure product consistency while capturing unique reporting.
• Provide detailed proofreading edits in accordance with the customer style guide.
• Ensure the bottom line is up front and that all subsequent information supports it.
• Use mapping techniques to help readers know what to expect in paragraphs.
• Ensure text is concise and relevant to the storyline.
• Research and validate content for accuracy and completeness using multiple platforms.
• Prioritize multiple competing priorities to aid in desired delivery outcomes.
• Recommend areas of additional research to the author where the storyline appears to be lacking.
• Provide coordination feedback to external groups on their products.

Requirements

• Must have an active/current TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with fourteen (14) years or more experience; Master's degree with twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD with nine (9) years or more experience.
• IC experience in writing and editing.
• 5+ years of experience editing, researching, and writing intelligence reports for the IC.
• 5+ years of experience conducting all-source analysis to produce finished intelligence.
• Experience with numerous analytic tools and databases used across the IC.
• Experience with customer communications systems and supporting mission centers across multiple IC agencies.
• Experience in counterterrorism (CT) and counterintelligence (CI).
• Experience in multitasking and working under tight deadlines.
• Experience working both independently and as part of a team.