About the job Editor
Authored Works Review Editor
Hospital Communications and Executive Secretariat Support Services
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda Maryland
This Position Is Contingent Upon Contract Award
Position Details
• Customer: Defense Health Agency (DHA).
• Work Location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889.
• Number of Positions: One full-time position (1.0 FTE; 1,912 productive hours per contract year).
• Type of Employment: Full-time.
• Estimated Total Compensation: $43.02 per hour.
• Working Hours: Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays and Government-directed facility closures. The exact daily shift is not specified. Occasional support may be required outside normal duty hours for contingency activations or exercises.
• Work Arrangement: On-site at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Remote or telework authorization is not specified.
• Period of Performance: Base period from December 1, 2026 through November 30, 2027, followed by two potential one-year option periods through November 30, 2029.
• Security and Access: All work is unclassified. Employment is contingent upon a favorable Tier II non-critical sensitive background investigation, completion of the applicable SF-85 or SF-86 process, Common Access Card eligibility, identity verification, a nondisclosure agreement, security and HIPAA training, network-access approval, and all DHA and facility onboarding requirements.
• Travel: No routine travel requirement or separate travel line item is specified.
Summary of Services
The Authored Works Review Editor will protect the accuracy, credibility, and consistency of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's public-facing written communications. The position manages the editorial lifecycle for articles, reports, websites, leadership messaging, and other authored works while coordinating fact-checking, stakeholder review, clearance, and final approval.
Mandatory Qualifications
• Must have a bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, English, or a related field.
• Must have at least five years of professional editing, copyediting, or technical-writing experience, preferably involving medical research, public policy, or military doctrine.
• Must demonstrate exceptional command of English grammar, punctuation, and Associated Press style.
• Must have experience in healthcare communications, military public affairs, or a similar regulated, high-visibility environment.
• Must understand and rigorously apply HIPAA and Protected Health Information requirements.
• Must have experience managing editorial calendars, multi-author publications, document reviews, and approval workflows.
• Must demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, sound editorial judgment, and a strong commitment to accuracy and source verification.
• Must satisfy all Tier II background, CAC, training, NDA, network-access, onboarding, and facility-access requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Manage the end-to-end editorial lifecycle for public-facing articles, reports, web content, publications, and leadership messaging.
• Develop and maintain an editorial calendar and track documents through drafting, review, revision, clearance, and final release.
• Edit and proofread content for clarity, accuracy, organization, grammar, punctuation, tone, and compliance with Associated Press style.
• Apply command style guides, DHA and military requirements, and approved editorial standards consistently across written products.
• Conduct rigorous fact-checking and verify sources, claims, statistics, medical information, names, titles, and organizational details.
• Coordinate with authors, clinical and administrative subject matter experts, legal counsel, public affairs staff, and leadership to resolve comments and obtain approvals.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce an organizational style guide that supports a consistent and professional command voice.
• Identify unclear, unsupported, conflicting, sensitive, or noncompliant content and return it with specific corrective guidance.
• Protect HIPAA-regulated information, PHI, PII, and other sensitive information throughout the editorial and release process.
• Package finalized materials and manage the clearance process before presenting products to the senior Public Affairs Officer for approval.
• Complete required orientation, annual training, security awareness, HIPAA training, and other Government-directed training and comply with all WRNMMC and DHA policies and procedures.
• Duties and responsibilities are subject to change if work schedules, locations, and/or priorities change based on Government or program needs.
Required Candidate Submission Documents
• Current resume documenting at least five years of qualifying editing, copyediting, or technical-writing experience.
• Representative editing or writing samples demonstrating professional editorial judgment and command of AP style.
• Copy of the required bachelor's degree or supporting education documentation.
• Any background, identification, security, HIPAA, training, NDA, CAC, network-access, or onboarding documents requested by Fidelity Partners or the Government/client.
About Us
Fidelity Partners is an Inc. 5000 USA company that provides medical, technical, logistical, and administrative services to the federal government and commercial clients across the country. Fidelity offers competitive salaries and benefits packages.
Qualified applicants are encouraged to learn more about us at www.fidelitypartners.org, call us at (210) 822-4005, or visit our careers page to join our team.
Fidelity Partners provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws (EOE).