Job Description
Job Description
At Saltwater Inc. we believe that high-quality data is vital to the health of our fisheries and oceans: our mission is to provide that data. We are a Women-Owned Small Business and are constantly seeking new team members who share our passion for innovation and environmental wellness. We are currently recruiting for a Technical Editor of Marine Sciences to assist the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) with professional technical editing services. The editor manages and executes the process by which staff members publish and document scientific research. This includes publishing in the formal scientific literature as well as in informal series maintained by the agency.
This will be a full-time position. Work will be performed at the NEFSC Facility or via remote offsite location as pre-approved by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and Project Lead The contract has a one-year base period and will have up to four (4) 12-month option periods.
Duties:
- Work effectively with authors to develop manuscripts and deal with publishing issues.
- Make periodic required reports to NOAA Fisheries.
- Assist authors with interpreting journal submission and copyright policies.
- Copyedit scientific manuscripts.
- Maintain and circulate a current style sheet and author guidelines for agency-published serials and papers.
- Ensure that final agency-published serials and papers conform to Council for Science Editors style and other agency standards, and meet Section 508 standards prior to electronic distribution.
- Complete required publication distribution.
- Maintain the in-house publication database.
- Administer RPTS for NEFSC users
- Serve on the NOAA and NOAA Fisheries RPTS User Groups
- Full or part time telework eligible position, contingent on having appropriate, secure computer equipment at the remote location and appropriate, secure access to government computer systems from the remote location.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree or equivalent, full-performance level knowledge of the theories, principles, and methods of technical editing and writing.
- At least 5 years of experience executing these skills working with manuscripts in a natural science field.
- Technical editing knowledge and skills to execute full editorial control of a publication series, to instruct others in technical writing, and to manage in-house standards for publication production including style, usage, distribution, documentation, and 508 compliance.
Salary range is $75,000 - $85,000 annually, dependent upon experience.
Saltwater Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or disability status. We strive to create an inclusive workplace culture to attract the best talent and allow each member of our team to achieve their full potential and maximum productivity. Furthermore, Saltwater Inc. highly encourages qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to apply for positions for which they are qualified and to notify us if there are any needs for accommodation throughout the application process and/or upon hire.
Only qualified applicants with the requisite experience need to apply.
We will honor all requests for application confidentiality.