Technical Editor - Senior

Washington DC, DC

Osi Vision is seeking a Senior Technical Editor ensure written materials are of the highest standard across the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Infrastructure Security Division (ISD), Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP). This work is in the National Capital Region (Washington D.C)/Maryland). This is contingent upon award of this Contract.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support and work with the Contact Project Manager (CPM).

• Review written material and revise it for clarity, grammar, style, and content.

• Provide copy editing OBP materials by reviewing style and formatting to ensure documents meets CISA and OBP guidelines.

• Proofread document and written products for correct grammar and spelling, and making suggestions to writers, and completing the final review before submittal or publication.

• Create style guides to help and train writers on CISA and OBP preferred style and writing voice.

• Produce templates to help writers produce documents.

• Verify information to ensure information is correct.

o Involves checking facts, reviewing resources, or conducting additional research.

o Generating latest content ideas using a creative process to suggest new content or brainstorm ideas with OBP personnel.

o Collaborating with other writers and subject experts to create quality content, revise materials, and ensure accuracy; and revising for a target audience.

• Communicate and work with different teams to ensure that content is published in a timely manner.

• Ensure correct tone, voice, clarity, flow and structure of content.

• Interface and collaborate with CISA and ISD personnel, as necessary, to accomplish assigned tasks.

• Stay abreast of the latest media trends and content best practices.

• Manage multiple projects and consistently meet deadlines.

• Fact-check content like dates and statistics to ensure all published content is accurate.

Special Projects

• Provide support for special projects when directed by the Government (e.g., review strategic documents, assist in the development of OBP documents, periods of increased activity levels, emerging terrorist threats, natural disasters, special events, or significant incidents).

• Use highly capable experienced professionals to provide personnel with the maturity, experience, and the operational acumen required.

Required Qualifications:

• Requires no less than 10 years of Technical Editing/Copywriting experience.

• Requires previous experience with writing to the DHS Writing Style Guide (Approximately 2 years is desired) or comparable experience.

• Requires previous experience/use of the CISA House Style Guide and CISA Writing Style Guide or comparable experience.

• Requires previous experience in writing policy content using various materials, including NIST standards.

• Requires previous experience in drafting content for multiple mediums, such as: social media posts, internal emails, talking points, briefings, memos, website content, presentations, reports, etc.

• Requires Drupal experience.

• Requires experience in working with an Executive Secretariat Team.

Desired Qualifications:

• BA/BA degree preferred.


JOB CODE: P