ICF is seeking a highly skilled and dynamic Senior Technical Editor and Action Officer to support senior federal leadership by delivering high-quality written products, managing cross-team tasking workflows, and ensuring clarity and consistency in organizational communications. This role is ideal for a detail-driven professional who excels in fast-paced environments and can balance editorial rigor with operational coordination. As a trusted advisor and resource, the Senior Technical Editor and Action Officer will support decision-making, streamline workflows, and ensure the successful execution of high-priority initiatives.
This role requires on-site work in Arlington, VA.
Key Responsibilities: Technical Editing & Communications - Edit, standardize, and quality-check memos, reports, briefing materials, talking points, and executive correspondence.
- Ensure all written products comply with agency style guides, formatting requirements, and Plain Language standards.
- Strengthen narrative flow, clarity, and logical structure across diverse document types.
- Maintain and refine templates, editorial checklists, style guidance, and writing standards.
Task Management & Tracking - Receive, triage, assign, and track taskers using systems such as CATT.
- Monitor deadlines, follow up with contributors, and ensure timely closure of all taskers.
- Produce dashboards, weekly status summaries, and reports highlighting pending, overdue, and high-priority tasks.
- Build operational efficiencies through response repositories, process streamlining, and standardized workflows.
Coordination, Liaison, & Strategic Support - Serve as a coordination point connecting offices, programs, and internal stakeholders.
- Support leadership by resolving content discrepancies, clarifying inputs, and aligning messaging across contributors.
- Develop SOPs, process documentation, and reference materials to support consistent operations.
Operational Support - Prepare meeting materials, including briefs, talking points, and read-aheads.
- Support special projects requiring structured analysis, cross-team coordination, and high-quality written deliverables.
Required Qualifications: - U.S. citizenship required by federal contract
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- 5 years of executive-level support experience, preferably within federal agencies.
Preferred Qualifications: - Ability to obtain and maintain a high level DOD clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., public administration, business, communications)
- Demonstrated success in supporting senior leaders in high-pressure environments, managing competing priorities, and completing tasks with minimal supervision.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint.
- Exceptional attention to detail and command of grammar, punctuation, tone, and editorial standards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with an emphasis on producing actionable outcomes.
- A proactive, collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams and levels of an organization.
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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.
The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$74,090.00 - $125,954.00
Virginia Client Office (VA88)
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