Thesis Processor

Oneida Professional Services (OPS) is actively seeking a highly motivated, full-time Thesis Processor to work in a small team of thesis processors and with graduate students from STEM, social science, and management fields at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Format and edit academic publications using advanced features of MS Word and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ensure these academic publications meet established formatting, style, compliance, and academic integrity requirements.
• Communicate editing, formatting, grammar, punctuation, citation styles, and proper attribution requirements to graduate students primarily in one-to-one, informal meetings or via email.
• Collaborate with team members to reach mutual goals and NPS deadlines.
• Develop data-management systems for tracking projects, including managing workload to meet turnaround times and deadlines.
• Use originality-check software, such as Turnitin or iThenticate, following established procedures and principles.
• Manage projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S. citizenship
• Bachelor's degree in English, journalism, communication, rhetoric, international or public policy, or writing-intensive field from an accredited university.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree GPA of 3.25.
• At least three years of experience formatting and editing academic or professional publications using advanced features of MS Word.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of:
  • English-language, academic-writing fundamentals, including organization, structure, grammar, writing conventions and styles, punctuation, word choice, parallelism, paraphrasing, signal phrasing, quoting, and citing
  • Diverse academic norms, such as multiple citation styles, data presentation in a variety of fields, formatting of publication, and components of academic publications
  • Academic standards, such as the importance of academic honor codes
• Exceptional computer skills for word processing, presentations, and file sharing.
• Experience teaching editing, formatting, grammar, punctuation, citation styles, and proper attribution practices.
• Evidence of strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Production of original creative work involving editing or writing.
• Experience creating PowerPoint presentations, educational materials, or webpages.
• Experience using data-management systems for tracking projects.
• Experience using originality-check software, such as Turnitin or iThenticate.

Compensation Range: $31-36/hour Benefits

About Us:

The Oneida ESC Group is a family of companies owned by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin that delivers customer-focused engineering, science, and construction services worldwide.

Our family of companies includes:

• Oneida ESC Group (OESC)
• Oneida Professional Services (OPS)
• Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises (OTIE)
• Mission Support Services (MS2)
• Sustainment & Restoration Services (SRS)
• Oneida Engineering Solutions (OES)
• General Mechanical Corporation (GMC)
• LG2 Environmental Solutions (LG2)
• Oneida Environmental (OE)

We integrate our staff for dedicated, cooperative, and business-like delivery of services to enhance our customers’ missions.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Oneida ESC Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity in the workplace. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

Oneida ESC Group participates in the E-Verify program. Learn more about the E-Verify program. https://www.e-verify.gov/

Oneida ESC Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Oneida ESC Group makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.