Sr Enhancement Specialist Editor (DXC)

About the role

BAE Systems is seeking an Enhancement Specialist Editor to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Operations Center to provide editorial services in accordance with the most recent NGA production guidance.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and correct draft material for clarity, consistency, style, format, logic, and organization, as well as grammar, word usage, spelling, and punctuation.
• Review correspondence products and provide guidance to subject matter experts, tasking coordinators, and other editors regarding logic, clarity, comprehensiveness, relevance, and brevity.
• Work on multiple projects with simultaneous deadlines under fast-paced conditions; must be available to perform duties in a high-pressure environment, as necessary.
• Perform structural, substantive, and copy edits of analytical manuscripts for organization, completeness, logic, accuracy, and compliance with language, style, formatting.
• Produce, process, and disseminate documents in different hardcopy, softcopy, and web formats and ensure compatibility with a variety of computer systems and telecommunications networks.
• Provide quality control in accordance with customer policy and standards for correspondence.
• Attend regularly scheduled editor and tasking support meetings and stay current with ongoing action items and Front Office Support Packets (FOSPs).
• Review tasking and FOSP metadata for completeness and correctness.
• Demonstrate customer service excellence by clearly and concisely communicating work status, methods, instructions, problems, requirements, options, and concerns with team members, managers, and customers.
• Support the division in accomplishing its overall mission, including expediting crisis work, special assignments, and ad hoc tasking on variously scheduled arrangements.

Requirements

• At least three years of relevant professional-editing experience.
• Superior and demonstrable proficiency in English language mechanics and vocabulary.
• Knowledge of government-mandated plain language principles.
• Strong computer skills and demonstrated proficiency on PC platforms.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.
• Working knowledge of electronic publishing software such as Adobe InDesign and Adobe FrameMaker.
• Achieve 80 percent or higher on a diagnostic assessment, which will be administered by the customer.

Qualifications

• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Familiarity with the US Intelligence Community--specifically, imagery collection and exploitation.
• Experience in problem identification and analysis.
• Possess critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to research and gather information.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Skills

Possess critical thinking and problem-solving skills, ability to research and gather information, and excellent customer service skills.

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $101398 - $172377. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Benefits

Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave.

Schedule

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.