Remote | Senior DoD Staff Writing SME — $40–$80/hour

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

Selected professionals will develop authentic prompts, source artifacts, reference responses, and grading criteria for Department of Defense staff-writing tasks. The work requires direct familiarity with federal and military reporting conventions, strong written judgement, and the ability to evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, tone, structure, and compliance. No prior experience in AI is required.

Key Responsibilities

DoD Staff Writing & Reporting

• Develop authentic Department of Defense staff-writing tasks
• Produce materials involving Weekly Activity Reports (WARs), Situation Reports (SITREPs), executive summaries, and performance reports
• Apply appropriate federal and military writing conventions
• Maintain accurate terminology, structure, tone, and reporting style
• Adapt outputs to operational, administrative, and leadership-facing contexts

Prompt & Reference Response Development

• Create well-structured prompts for realistic staff-writing scenarios
• Develop supporting input artifacts representative of federal workflows
• Produce high-quality golden reference responses
• Ensure reference materials demonstrate appropriate reporting standards
• Maintain consistency between source information, task requirements, and expected outputs

Grading Rubrics & Evaluation Standards

• Develop detailed grading guidelines for AI-generated staff-writing outputs
• Define criteria covering accuracy, clarity, tone, structure, and compliance
• Translate professional DoD writing standards into repeatable evaluation frameworks
• Apply scoring criteria consistently across diverse reporting tasks
• Refine rubrics based on project requirements and observed model performance

AI Output Evaluation

• Review AI-generated reports, summaries, and staff-writing outputs
• Assess adherence to Department of Defense documentation expectations
• Identify errors in terminology, structure, emphasis, tone, or factual representation
• Provide constructive and actionable evaluation feedback
• Support iterative improvements to model performance and training materials

Federal Reporting Artifact Development

• Create authentic reporting examples across weekly, monthly, and ad hoc formats
• Develop materials reflecting real federal and military back-office workflows
• Work with reporting structures commonly used across different operational and administrative contexts
• Contribute realistic examples for briefing, summary, and status-reporting tasks
• Ensure artifacts reflect professional federal-documentation practices

Documentation & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate remotely with project leads and reviewers
• Participate in feedback cycles to refine prompts, rubrics, and reference responses
• Communicate reporting methodology and evaluation rationale clearly
• Support the design and review of staff-writing test materials
• Maintain high standards of accuracy, consistency, and professional judgement

Ideal Profile

• At least 3 years of relevant federal or Department of Defense experience
• Direct experience producing military or federal staff-writing materials
• Demonstrated familiarity with WARs, SITREPs, executive summaries, performance reports, and related documentation
• Background in one or more branches of the U.S. military is highly valuable
• Strong understanding of Department of Defense terminology, workflows, and reporting conventions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and audience-appropriate language
• Experience producing PowerPoint briefings, memoranda, Excel summaries, and related back-office documentation
• Strong analytical ability for reviewing and evaluating written outputs
• Familiarity with federal compliance and reporting requirements
• Experience developing grading rubrics or structured evaluation criteria is advantageous
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a remote environment
• No prior AI-training or model-evaluation experience is required

Engagement Details

• Independent contractor engagement
• Fully remote
• U.S.-based professionals only
• Compensation: $40–$80/hour
• Work will involve DoD staff writing, federal reporting, prompt development, golden-reference creation, rubric authoring, and AI-output evaluation
• Assignments may include WARs, SITREPs, executive summaries, performance reports, PowerPoint briefings, memoranda, and other federal reporting artifacts
• Strong Department of Defense reporting experience and military-writing judgement are central to this engagement
• Project scope, workload, report formats, and evaluation standards may evolve depending on project requirements
• Work must be completed without using classified, controlled, confidential, or proprietary information belonging to any employer, government organisation, client, institution, or other third party

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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