The work
You will help develop and assess AI training materials for Department of Defense staff-writing tasks. Your work will test whether AI-generated reports are accurate, well structured, appropriate for the audience, and consistent with DoD reporting expectations.
- Create prompts, source materials, and model answers for Weekly Activity Reports, Situation Reports, executive summaries, and performance reports.
- Write grading guidelines for evaluating AI-generated staff writing against DoD standards.
- Produce realistic report examples that reflect federal language, structure, and document formats.
- Design and review tests for AI summarization and reporting capabilities.
- Improve prompts and evaluation rubrics through feedback cycles.
- Recreate weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting formats using relevant back-office and communications experience.
What it pays and takes
This is a remote, part-time contractor role for candidates in the United States. The work requires substantial DoD staff-writing experience and strong judgment about audience, tone, accuracy, and detail.
- Pay: $40 to $80 per hour.
- Location: Open to candidates in the United States.
- Language: Fluent English writing and communication skills.
- Experience: At least three years working for the U.S. Department of Defense as a service member, DoD civilian, or supporting contractor.
- Required: Experience writing recurring reports or executive updates, including WARs, SITREPs, executive summaries, or comparable formats.
- Required: Familiarity with DoD terminology and federal reporting requirements.
- Required: Ability to evaluate AI-generated writing carefully and consistently.
- Expected: Working familiarity with PowerPoint briefings, memos, Excel summaries, and related documents.
- Helpful: Experience across different military roles, units, branches, or DoD organizations, especially in operations, plans, public affairs, administration, policy, training, or other reporting-focused work.