Description

The Capabilities, Analysis and Development (CAD) division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for a Technical Editor with experience reviewing analytic material and revising it for clarity, format, and content. This position routinely performs copyedit reviews of intelligence products, proofreads documents for correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and ensures that intelligence products conform to appropriate analytic style guides. The Technical Editor may develop guides and/or templates to enable analysts producing wide-ranging intelligence deliverables. The position verifies the validity of information and facts in submitted content and works with analytic staffs to correct and complete the final review before publication. The Technical Editor ensures proper classification markings in accordance with IC guidance.

This position is contingent upon customer funding with an anticipated start date in January 2025.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience reviewing and editing complex, specialized intelligence products

• Demonstrate current familiarity – experience within the last two years – performing technical editor duties for an IC production element

• Working familiarity with established Intelligence Community directives, standards, and tradecraft documents

• Ability to synthesize and communicate technical information in concise, consistent, understandable language

• Experience reviewing, editing, correcting, and validating written, online, and graphical analytic content

• Ability to manage workload effectively and meet deadlines

• Must be a US Citizen

• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take and pass polygraph examination

Desired Qualifications:

• Understanding of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, DIA, and Service intelligence production centers

• Proficiency using word processing systems (Word), desktop publishing (Publisher), presentation systems (PowerPoint), Adobe Systems, and spreadsheet systems (Excel)

• Experience developing and/or working with graphic artists to create visuals (e.g., graphics, charts)

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1200 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.\

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com .

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Technical Editor position.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Required

• Thought Provoking: Capable of making others think deeply on a subject

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

• Innovative: Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking

• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject

• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Required

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility

• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better

Experience

Required

• 8-10 years: Relevant work experience

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)