Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This Technical Writer-Editor is located at Communications Electronics Command (CECOM), Public Service Division on Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Duties

Advises Project Manager (PM) on technical manual, including Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM), and acquisition strategy. Controls the life cycle management of assigned technical publications. Writes and edits technical manuals to ensure compliance with the maintenance strategy of the equipment, and to ensure the latest theories, developments and concepts in the subject area are included. Conducts verifications, on equipment, using target audience personnel. Reviews final manual submissions and ensures completeness and accuracy of manuals before final acceptance from contractors. Utilizes the latest high-level Information Technology (IT) such as extensible Markup Language (XML), as well as word processing, to author, edit and manage electronic documents.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Secret Security Clearance
• Temporary duty 25%
• One year Probationary Period may be required

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year specialized experience which prepared you to do the work in this job:: 1) acquiring technical information through independent reading, interviews with subject matter experts, observation of test and experiments, and/automated or other .appropriate methods; 2) using automated systems to present technical writing/graphical depictions of information; and 3) reviewing final submissions and ensuring corrections are complete. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the grade/level position in the federal service NH-01/GS-04. Successfully completed one full academic year of graduate-level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position Technical Writer-Editor. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) Successfully completed all of the requirements for a bachelor's degree and am claiming Superior Academic Achievement. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in B above. Superior Academic Achievement is based on: (1) Class Standing-You must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR (2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A)- You must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 (B or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR (3) Honor Society Membership-You may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achsnatl.org/) (NOTE: You must attach a copy of your transcripts and/or verification of class standing for futher verification.) The specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have some graduate education as described in B, but less than the required one year. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that meet, and the total is at least 100% ( To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education bt 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.) (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) I have the experience as described in A AND the education described in B or C. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address GN-W4GVAA HQ COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS CMD DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk