Job opening: Technical Writer-Editor
Salary: $103 409 - 134 435 per year
Published at: Feb 09 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service, Office of Operational Systems, Radar Operations Center, Program Branch with one vacancy located in Norman, Oklahoma.
This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS SR OK-24-12294335-DE, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.
Duties
The incumbent will serve as a Technical Writer-Editor. As a Technical Writer-Editor you will perform the following duties:
Qualifications
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.
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.
To qualify for the GS-13: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:
Developing technical manuals for use by customers operating or maintaining weather radar-related equipment and software for meteorological operations, maintenance, engineering, or integrated logistics support;
Supporting publishing projects to draft, edit, and lay out material or to design, print, and distribute; and
Reviewing completed written products to verify objectives of the assignment are met, consistency with the agency's policies, or compatibility with the organization's other publications.
Education
EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position.
Contacts
- Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS)
1315 East West Hwy
SSMC4
Silver Spring, MD 20910
US
- Name: Applicant Inquiries
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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