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TECHNICAL EDITOR

Department of Defense

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Unspecified
Unspecified
IT - Tech Writing
Fallon, NV (On-Site/Office)

Duties
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  • You will organize comments, suggestions, queries, and notes from subject matter experts.
  • You will establish the structure for the transmission of information by facilitating electronic distribution of documents.
  • You will maintain distribution links, reorganize platform folder structure, and archive superseded material.
  • You will ensure the timely delivery of written and visual content.
  • You will design new and/or edit existing publication templates to improve document structure, formatting, and consistency.
  • You will coordinate the inclusion of illustrations and tabular material to augment the publication.
  • You will update visual elements such as graphs, flow charts, figures, and illustrations.
  • You will develop front matter (title and content page) and back matter (notes, appendixes, illustration log, and captions).
  • You will edit the overall publication for readability, active voice, sentence structure, elimination of wordiness, slang and jargon, gender, and third-person usages.
  • You will review phrasing, word change, and syntax.
  • You will format text heading and body styles, borders, equations, and automated bulleted and numbered lists to provide a cohesive page layout.
  • You will maintain document consistency, logical flow of information, and appropriate grouping of context.
  • You will confirm tables and illustrations have retained their original intent and that their visual elements are aesthetically pleasing and of a high print quality.
  • You will conduct proofreading to check punctuation, spelling and grammar, and make sure tenses agree.
  • You will utilize specialized multi-service specific vocabulary, abbreviations, and terminology within the specialized fields of electronics, weapons systems, and avionics.
  • You will conduct a preliminary review, art review, and paste-up review to resolve discrepancies between text and visual elements.
  • You will print, duplicate, and reproduce split-run publications in the form of digital printing and electronic media for academic courseware, technical manuals, aviation weapons schools' tactics manuals, and other supporting training curricula.
  • You will make informed decisions about the size, shape, look, and feel of the finished product, to include assembling the required number of copies, ensuring that each is bound and trimmed according to the customer's request.
  • You will create universal electronic media files that are suitable for display on any device and to the extent and file size that it can be easily distributed and accessed by the fleet, indeterminate of bandwidth or location.


Requirements
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Conditions of employment
  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
  • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
  • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
  • Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
  • Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
  • Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
Qualifications

TO QUALIFY FOR GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Complies with industry standard writing style preferences and military guidelines. Utilizes specialized multi-service specific vocabulary, abbreviations, and terminology within the specialized fields of electronics and avionics. Edits both frame- and page-based publications for readability, active voice, sentence structure, elimination of wordiness, slang and jargon, gender, and third-person usages. Reviews phrasing, word change, and syntax. Formats styles, multilevel list, and automated bulleted and numbered lists to provide a cohesive page layout. Checks punctuation, spelling and grammar, and makes sure tenses agree. Organizes comments, suggestions, queries, and notes from the subject matter expert(s) (SME). Designs new and/or edits existing publication templates to improve document structure, formatting, and consistency. Proofreads technical material. Prints, duplicates, and reproduces tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) and training material in the form of on-demand, cost-effective short print runs in a manner that reduces errors and limits wasted materials.

TO QUALIFY FOR GS-9: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Complies with industry standard writing style preferences and military guidelines. Checks punctuation, spelling, style of capitalization, accepted English usage, and grammatical structure. Restructures content order to make information more understandable without deviating from the original meaning. Proofreads technical material. Prints, duplicates, and reproduces tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) and training material in the form of on-demand, cost-effective short print runs in a manner that reduces errors and limits wasted materials. Generates a reproduction assembly sheet form, specification sheet, and distribution list for production cost estimates.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for the 1083 Technical Writing and Editing Series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1000/technical-writing-and-editing-series-1083/

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

TO QUALIFY FOR GS-11: In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:
  • A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR
  • Three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR
  • An LL.M., if related to the position being filled; OR
  • A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.
TO QUALIFY FOR GS-9: In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:
  • A master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR
  • Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR
  • An LL.B. or J.D., if related to the position being filled; OR
  • A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.
For all education substitutions listed above, your education must have included a total of 15 semester hours in an appropriate scientific, technical, or social science field(s), and at least one course above the introductory level in the field(s) covered by the position. For technical manuals and specifications writers or editors, the equivalent of 15 semester hours may have been gained through vocational or educational training above the high school level at a public, private, or Armed Forces school.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.

If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
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