Senior DoD Staff Writing SME

• Develop and provide well-structured prompts, input artifacts, and golden responses for diverse Department of Defense (DoD) staff writing tasks such as WARs, SITREPs, executive summaries, and performance reports.

• Create grading guidelines to evaluate and score AI-generated outputs, ensuring alignment with DoD standards and expectations for accuracy, tone, and compliance.

• Produce authentic report artifacts reflecting the style, structure, and language used in real-world DoD documentation across a range of operational and administrative scenarios.

• Contribute to the design and review of test materials that evaluate AI capabilities in summarizing and reporting tasks typically performed by federal personnel.

• Engage in feedback cycles to refine prompts, responses, and grading rubrics based on project needs and model performance.

• Leverage back-office and communication experience to simulate weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting formats familiar to federal organizations.

• Former federal contributor for the U.S. Department of War (Department of Defense), with at least 3 years of relevant experience.

• Experience producing key reporting artifacts such as Weekly Activity Reports (WARs), Situation Reports (SITREPs), executive summaries, and similar standard formats.

• Background in one of the six branches of the U.S. military, with diversity of experience across different roles and units preferred.

• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication, with clear attention to detail and audience-appropriate language.

• Familiarity with back-office tools and processes, including the production and formatting of PowerPoint briefings, memos, Excel summaries, and related documentation.

• Strong analytical skills for evaluating and providing constructive feedback on AI-generated staff writing outputs.

• US-based with an understanding of federal compliance, reporting requirements, and DoD-specific terminology and workflows.

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