This position is located with the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station in Asheville, NC. The employee performs as Editorial Assistant who serves as a source of information and assistance to editors and desktop publishers and has responsibility for appropriate format and style of technical and nontechnical material prepared in accordance with established agency policy. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Laurel Haavik at [email protected].

Duties

Proofread, review, and edit written products such as reports, briefing papers, newsletters, etc. Collaborate with authors to proofread and edit publications for accuracy and adherence to style. Provide guidance on style, format, graphics, and technical development of publications. Record information on published publications, articles and newsletters into a centralized database. Update internal communication tracking systems (e.g. Excel, SharePoint, etc.) with new information as it is made available. Create correspondence and manage files for printing contracts. Correspond with authors to verify technical and administrative details. Use industry standard desktop publishing software (e.g., Adobe inDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, and Microsoft products).

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov

Qualifications

To qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Work Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade (salary) if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-7: You must have one-year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: Assisting in the entire publishing process, from editing to printing or electronic distribution. Proofreading manuscript copies for publications that are disseminated internally or externally. Correcting grammatical mistakes, misspellings, incorrect punctuation, inconsistencies in usages, discrepancies between charts, tables, and other graphics and poorly structured sentences. Applying publications guidelines, practices, and terminology used in editorial production, layout, typesetting, and printing, to prepare materials for production. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]