Technical Editor - Mid

Cherokee Nation - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Washington, DC

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

Cherokee Analytics is seeking a Technical Editor to provide advanced analytic capabilities and tradecraft to all-source intelligence analysts across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability and willingness to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph to be considered. The Technical Editor will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and clarity of intelligence products, which are vital for informed decision-making within the intelligence community. The Technical Editor will be responsible for reviewing intelligence products for proper grammar, punctuation, and syntax, as well as for logic, clarity, and consistency. This includes ensuring 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. The role also involves amending draft tables, tone boxes, and graphics to ensure the content supports and is consistent with the accompanying text, as well as ensuring proper classification markings in accordance with IC guidance. In addition to these responsibilities, the Technical Editor will work closely with authors to revise products for narrative organization and negotiate further revisions as needed. The position may also involve performing other job-related duties as assigned, contributing to the overall mission of the organization and supporting the intelligence community's objectives.

Responsibilities

• Reviews 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.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with the ability and willingness to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of related experience is desired with at least a portion of the experience within the last two (2) years.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply IC and DoD classification guidelines and procedures.
• Demonstrates ability to use logic and systematic approaches to gather, evaluate, and synthesize multiple sources of information.
• Demonstrates ability interpreting analysis to include, but is not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications.
• Demonstrates ability to defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments.
• Ability to produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic / soft copy matrices and / or web-enabled formats.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally; with strong grammar skills.
• Demonstrates proficiency using Microsoft Office tools.
• Demonstrates ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols.
• Demonstrates ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K
• Other possible benefits as provided.