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Overview

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Overview

LMI seeks a Technical Writer/Editor to support a federal program management office onsite in Washington, DC. Join our team of collaborative self-starters focused on delivering practical and efficient solutions to help our client keep U.S. borders safe and facilitate trade and travel. As part of our high-performing team, you will augment our vital work to protect our nation.

At LMI, we’re reimagining the path from insight to outcome at The New Speed of Possible. Combining a legacy of over 60 years of federal expertise with our innovation ecosystem, we minimize time to value and accelerate mission success. We energize the brightest minds with emerging technologies to inspire creative solutioning and push the boundaries of capability. LMI advances the pace of progress, enabling our customers to thrive while adapting to evolving mission needs.

Responsibilities

You will provide technical editing and writing support to a federal law enforcement organization charged with ensuring excellence in operations, partnerships, technology, and innovation. Responsibilities include:

• Copyediting executive-level documentation, briefings, speeches, and other types of internal correspondence, with the ability to mark substantive changes when necessary.
• Creating high-level technical documentation incorporating prior documentation, existing templates and stakeholder requirements and input.
• Developing and following an organizational structure for multi-volume documents to ensure consistency and completeness throughout the volumes.
• Engaging with stakeholders, including planners, operators and technical authorities, to gather and incorporate document input.
• Writing and developing executive summaries and briefings from larger, vetted documents.
• Determining and applying the appropriate level of review—i.e., knowing when to proofread, copyedit, or substantively edit content.
• Ensuring that grammar, syntax, structure, flow, readability, and presentation of documents meet client and industry standards.
• Conferring with authors and subject matter experts about the deliverable’s intended message, audience, style, and schedule of publication.
• Overseeing workflow of publications throughout the approval process, sometimes serving as the last set of eyes.
  
  

Qualifications

• Ability to pass a government background investigation, including financial, criminal, residential, educational, foreign affiliation, prohibited substance abuse, and employment verifications; active U.S. Customs and Border Protection background investigation preferred. Please note that only U.S. citizens are eligible for a suitability determination.
• 3–10 years of experience and a bachelor’s degree in English, Management, or a related discipline.
• Prior technical editing and writing experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and SharePoint), with advanced knowledge of Word’s Track Changes functionality and ability to perform basic document formatting.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written, excellent organizational skills, the ability to establish and maintain working relationships with internal and external staff members, and the ability to work independently and take a proactive role.
• Strong time management skills and ability to coordinate tasks and set priorities with little supervision. Self-directed and detail-oriented in completing assigned tasks.
• A true team player who maintains a positive attitude in a dynamic environment.
  
  

Target salary range: $82,025-120,000 .

Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Software Development

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