Writer/Copy Editor

Dynamis is seeking a Writer/Copy Editor to provide writing and editing support for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Individual and Community Preparedness Division (ICPD). The Writer/Copy Editor will support all task areas, including administration and management, program and administrative support, outreach support, and research, analysis, and evaluation. The Writer/Copy Editor will support development of all program documents, including reports, presentations, articles, publications, and educational, awareness, and training materials.

Responsibilities:

• Create, disseminate, maintain, and track all program documents and correspondence
• Utilize Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook to compose, prepare, store, transfer, and print documents, including letters, memoranda, forms, reports, charts, graphs, and presentations from handwritten or electronic drafts or from supplied samples and provided data
• Generate and manage correspondence, to include electronic mail and forward correspondence to appropriate personnel
• Plan, develop, and deliver the ICPD newsletter and supplemental "news blasts" to highlight special events, webinars, and/or ICPD program and product updates
• Plan, develop, and deliver themed (for example, based on hazard or demographic data) Data Digests and a National Preparedness Month (NPM) and National Household Survey Data Digest
• Draft outreach communications materials
• Support development of communications to publicize the findings from the National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness throughout FEMA and externally to emergency managers, academics, and the public
• Produce articles and webinar scripts as promotional materials for each iteration of the National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness
• Review all documents and correspondence for format, grammar, and punctuation in accordance with the FEMA Writing Style Guide and the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual
• Ensure all work products and deliverables are, at a minimum, free of errors, specifically content, spelling, grammar, formatting, and punctuation
• Ensure written documents are concise and clearly written, reviewing for accuracy, functionality, completeness, professional quality, and overall compliance with government guidelines and deliverable requirements

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor's degree (Master's degree preferred)
• Minimum of five years' relevant experience as a staff writer with a demonstrable portfolio of professional documents
• Ability to understand complex documents and translate into easily consumable articles for the public
• Ability to write in styles consistent with the Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press Stylebook, and the DHS standard style and branding
• Ability to obtain and maintain DHS FEMA suitability determination