Remote | Senior DoD Writing SME

We are sharing a specialised consulting opportunity for experienced Senior DoD Staff Writing SMEs with strong expertise in military writing, federal documentation standards, report development, grading-rubric design, and Department of Defense procedures to contribute to an advanced AI training and staff-writing evaluation project.

Selected professionals will develop realistic DoD writing tasks, reference materials, and model responses; evaluate AI-generated staff writing; and establish clear assessment standards for accuracy, tone, structure, and compliance. No prior experience in AI is required.

• Develop authentic DoD staff-writing materials across operational and administrative scenarios
• Produce Weekly Activity Reports (WARs), Situation Reports (SITREPs), executive summaries, and performance reports
• Apply appropriate military terminology, structure, tone, and reporting conventions
• Create materials reflecting realistic federal communication requirements
• Maintain strong standards for clarity, accuracy, and audience suitability

• Develop structured prompts and input artifacts for staff-writing evaluation tasks
• Create high-quality golden responses demonstrating expected output standards
• Design scenarios covering summarisation, reporting, and administrative communication
• Ensure tasks accurately reflect work performed by federal and military personnel
• Adapt materials across weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting formats

• Create grading guidelines for evaluating AI-generated staff-writing outputs
• Define criteria covering accuracy, tone, structure, completeness, and compliance
• Translate DoD writing expectations into clear and repeatable assessment standards
• Develop scoring approaches suitable for varied report and briefing formats
• Refine rubrics as project requirements and evaluation needs evolve

• Review AI-generated reports, summaries, and other staff-writing outputs
• Identify factual, structural, stylistic, or compliance-related weaknesses
• Assess whether outputs follow DoD terminology and documentation conventions
• Provide clear written feedback explaining evaluation decisions
• Apply consistent professional judgement across repeated review tasks

• Contribute expertise from federal back-office and communication workflows
• Support evaluation of PowerPoint briefings, memos, Excel summaries, and related materials
• Collaborate remotely with project leads and reviewers
• Participate in feedback cycles to improve prompts, responses, and evaluation standards
• Communicate operational and documentation requirements clearly to multidisciplinary teams

• 3+ years of relevant experience supporting the U.S. Department of Defense or comparable federal military environments
• Experience producing WARs, SITREPs, executive summaries, performance reports, or similar documentation
• Background in one of the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces is highly valuable
• Strong understanding of DoD terminology, procedures, and reporting workflows
• Demonstrated military or federal staff-writing expertise
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and audience-appropriate language
• Experience developing or applying grading rubrics and evaluation criteria
• Strong analytical judgement when reviewing written outputs
• Familiarity with PowerPoint briefings, memos, Excel summaries, and related back-office documentation
• Understanding of federal compliance and documentation requirements
• Experience across multiple roles, units, or operational environments is advantageous
• Comfortable collaborating remotely and providing structured feedback
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