This position is located in the Bureau of Justice Statistics Communication Unit. The incumbent, as a member of a team of writer-editors and other communication staff, is responsible for writing, editing, producing, and disseminating BJS reports, informational products, and other content in various formats and at a level appropriate for the intended audience in order to promote thorough understanding.

Duties

(The duties described reflect the full performance level of this position)

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Subject to background/suitability investigation/determination.
• Submit all required documents and Online Assessment Questionnaire.
• Federal payments are required to be made by Direct Deposit.
• Requires registration for the Selective Service. Visit www.sss.gov.
• Pre-employment drug testing required.
• 1-year probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS GRADE 11:Qualifying experience for the GS-11 level includes one year of specialized experience at least equivalent to GS-9 which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.Specialized experience includes work where you used advanced features on word processing programs, including styles, techniques, templates and formatting, such as created tables, or merge functions and using publishing/graphics software; wrote, edited, or evaluated materials such as news features, blogs, reports, articles, pamphlets, training manuals, or scripts presenting factual information that was clear, accurate, complete, meaningful to the intended audience, and responsive to agency/organization needs; worked as an editor and edited a variety of general subject matter materials such as, promotional materials for a non-profit organization, or newspaper, press releases, agency annual reports, etc.; prepared the audio or visual aspects of publications, exhibits, features, or presentations, or other products for an organization where the general format and specific themes to be communicated were predetermined; used automated office publishing processes/procedures, such as, used various search engines and/or searching techniques and internal tracking systems.SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Experience requirements at the GS-11 level may be met by three (3) full academic years of graduate level education or the successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed education and experience may be used to meet the experience requirements.TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONSApplicants who meet the minimum qualifications as described above will be further evaluated based upon the following technical qualifications:- Knowledge of style for publications, posters, brochures, and other printed or digital material.- Ability to accurately write and edit materials containing complex technical ideas for a variety of internal and external audiences.- Ability to perform editorial review of manuscripts and copy for cultural sensitivity, content, accuracy, and writing.- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.- Ability to meet and deal with others.Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM's website: https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.aspAll qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Click here to see the full Qualifications Statement.

Education

See Qualifications,

Contacts

• Address Office of Justice Programs 610 7th Street, NW Washington, Dist of Columbia 20531 US
• Name: Kathleen Smith
• Email: [email protected]