Title: Project Manager
Duration: Full Time Permanent
Location: 100% Remote
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) is hiring contract assistance with editing advanced technical publications and other material related to the science an engineering enterprise. NCSES publication examples include onepage graphic summaries congressionally mandated reports and technical reports with 100 data tables. A fine eye for detail is a must along with previous experience in scientific or technical editing.
Responsibilities :
- Perform and support publication and project management related activities. Coordinate edit and proofread presentations reports summaries of projects guidelines and other content as assigned and according to a schedule of deliverables; following established guidelines responding to reviews and assuming responsibility for production oversight as directed. Edit and proofread reports analyses research or other publications and/or products. Edit proofread and support advanced research and analysis or technical program assistance work to include but not limited to data analytics data visualization and dashboarding.
- Provide expertise and implement changes for visual representation of statistical data and information including tables graphics visualizations and other statistical elements. Support the editing and proofreading of the interpretation of data and analysis that uses various methods techniques and visualizations.
- Provide general communications support communicationsrelated data and analytic support and organize workshops as necessary. Employ effective and innovative practices in managing assigned research projects including appropriate review report style design of tables visualizations and related tasks following agreed upon schedules. Participate in regular coordination meetings. Work with NCSES to ensure standard version control practice.
- Coordinate external expert/agency substantive review of publications. Provide comprehensive and thorough quality assurance of publications products deliverables and other documents as necessary including but not limited to data checking reference checking fact and information checking and proofreading for example. Other analytic research coordination writing project management and publication support activities as needed. Rewrite and/or modify written content from writers. Develop a content calendar. Develop ideas for content.
- Oversee content production. Support development of content and materials for NCSES print book composition. Compose and design presentations reports analyses research summaries of projects and other content as assigned and according to a schedule of deliverables; following established guidelines respond to reviews and assume responsibility for production oversight as directed for print book composition. Employ effective and innovative practices in managing assigned projects including appropriate review style design visualizations and related tasks following agreed upon schedules.
- Participate in regular coordination meetings. Work with NCSES to ensure standard version control practice. Provide comprehensive and thorough quality assurance of deliverables and other documents as necessary. Final deliverables are expected to adhere to 508 compliance guidelines as furnished by the COR. Contribute substantive expert writing editing idea development and publication structure.