Senior Technical Editor/Writer

About Us

BLN24 is an award-winning Management Consulting Firm that supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solutions delivery start with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance strategic and technical operations and deployments.

About the Role

The Senior Technical Editor/Writer serves as the senior editorial lead for executive, scientific, policy, programmatic, and public-facing communications supporting a federal public health program. The role provides advanced writing, substantive editing, copyediting, quality assurance, and editorial oversight for executive correspondence, memoranda, briefings, reports, policy documents, presentations, talking points, websites, blogs, campaigns, and multimedia content. This position ensures communications are scientifically accurate, concise, accessible, strategically aligned, and appropriate for their intended audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead writing, substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, and final quality review of high-visibility communications.
• Develop executive correspondence, memoranda, briefing papers, executive summaries, reports, talking points, Q&A documents, and presentations.
• Translate complex scientific, medical, technical, policy, and program information for executive and public audiences.
• Review products for accuracy, structure, tone, readability, accessibility, consistency, and strategic alignment.
• Provide editorial oversight for websites, blogs, reports, campaign products, webinar materials, and multimedia scripts.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts to verify terminology, data, citations, recommendations, and policy statements.
• Develop and maintain style guides, templates, editorial procedures, quality-control checklists, and writing standards.
• Advise project staff on voice, tone, messaging, audience considerations, and editorial risk.
• Mentor writers and editors and provide constructive feedback and editorial direction.
• Manage multi-level review, comment reconciliation, version control, and Government clearance processes.
• Support strategic communication plans, literature reviews, academic manuscripts, and evidence-based policy documents.
• Provide rapid-response editorial support for outbreaks, policy changes, breaking news, and executive priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, technical writing, public health, life sciences, public policy, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible professional writing and editing experience.
• At least five years supporting executive, scientific, technical, public health, policy, or Government communications.
• Experience serving as a senior editor, lead writer, managing editor, or comparable editorial authority.
• Extensive experience producing executive briefings, memoranda, reports, summaries, correspondence, presentations, or talking points.
• Demonstrated ability to edit complex scientific, medical, technical, or policy information for diverse audiences.
• Advanced knowledge of grammar, structure, tone, voice, readability, and editorial quality assurance.
• Strong command of plain-language principles and Section 508 accessibility requirements.
• Experience developing or applying style guides, templates, editorial procedures, and quality-control standards.
• Ability to manage complex review cycles, conflicting feedback, and rapid-turnaround assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, communications, journalism, English, technical writing, public policy, or a related field.
• Experience supporting executive leadership within a federal health, scientific, or civilian Government organization.
• Knowledge of infectious diseases, HIV, vaccines, immunization, viral hepatitis, or related public health topics.
• Experience with emerging health threats, outbreak response, health equity, or community-engagement communications.
• Experience editing academic manuscripts, literature reviews, scientific reports, or evidence-based policy documents.
• Familiarity with federal plain-writing guidance, AP Style, Chicago style, or Government editorial standards.
• Experience with Drupal, WordPress, Adobe Experience Manager, or another content-management system.
• Experience mentoring writers and leading editorial workflows or document-quality reviews.

Skills

• Exercises exceptional editorial judgment.
• Produces high-quality communications by ensuring accuracy, consistency, clarity, and strategic alignment across all deliverables.
• Thinks strategically and analytically.
• Evaluates complex scientific, technical, and policy information to identify key messages and develop compelling communications for diverse audiences.
• Leads and mentors effectively by providing editorial leadership, constructive feedback, and guidance that promotes collaboration, professional growth, and consistent quality across the team.
• Builds consensus with stakeholders by communicating diplomatically and working effectively with multiple reviewers to reconcile feedback while maintaining positive working relationships.
• Performs effectively under pressure by maintaining professionalism, accuracy, and sound judgment while managing competing priorities and responding to urgent or rapidly evolving requirements.
• Demonstrates meticulous attention to detail by thoroughly reviewing all communication products to ensure compliance.

Benefits

• Generous medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Opportunities to work in different sectors for variety while maintaining stability.
• Flexibility to balance quality work and personal life, including remote working opportunities depending on projects.