Cowan & Associates, Inc. (Cowan) is a subsidiary of Tribal Tech, LLC, a Native American, woman-owned 8(m) certified small business, headquartered in Alexandria, VA. We provide a diverse range of management and technical consulting services including all areas of Program Management, Financial Management, Administration/Readiness Support, Data Analysis, Logistics Support, Administrative Support, Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI), LLS, Information Technology (IT) Support, and Technical Assistance. Our staff operates with the highest standards and principles that support legal and ethical business practices. Our guiding principles of “People, Performance and Partnership” embody an environment where employees are empowered and can flourish, and clients may fully benefit from our specialized capabilities. Cowan is looking for a Senior Writer/Editor to assist the Director of Navy Staff, Administration (DNS-1), Directives (DNS-15) in support of program and project management services and information technology support services (ITSS). DNS-15 acts as the OPNAV directives screening control point and is responsible for directives coordination, training, review, signature clearance, record keeping and process improvements. Duties and Responsibilities: • Support validating, disseminating, maintaining and verifying OPNAV policy, guidance, and procedure directives (instructions, manuals, and notices) in accordance with OPNAV and higher authority directives standards and formatting guidelines. This includes participating in the direct review, editing, and cradle to grave support of approximately 1,000 OPNAV directives. • Assist in preparing policy, guidance, and procedure directives in multiple areas and programs. • Provide technical directives guidance to directives originators and action offices. • Provide technical reviews and edits of directives proposed for signature by OPNAV principal officials, the VCNO, and the CNO. • Interact and assist directives sponsors/originators/action offices to address inquiries of directives reviews. • Prepare directives for signature clearance for the Navy directives manager. • Utilize the Navy information systems (e.g., HPE/RM, DON TRACKER, and ETMS2) to help with the reviews and processing for signature of directives.
• Ensure current directives are readily available for enterprise-wide use via the
applicable Navy directives Web sites. • Manage and administer the directives Web sites for Web-based access to all internal processing, publishing, and distributing directives.
• Assist the project administrator contractor support in preparing directives training materials and provide directives training to action officers, originators/sponsors and stakeholders. • Identify information, improvements, and trends in directives management. Skills and Abilities: • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Proficient in the usage of MS Office applications, including SharePoint. • Proven ability to perform multiple tasks under strict deadlines.
• Ability to demonstrate good judgment/decision making skills and to take initiative.
• Detail orientated with strong ability to anticipate needs and problems and act accordingly.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with demonstrated ability to manage conflicting priorities, multi-task.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Four (4) years of experience. DISCLAIMER:
The above position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Benefits: 401(k) Dental insurance Employee assistance program Flexible schedule Flexible spending account Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Retirement plan Vision insurance