You will serve as a Technical Publications Editor in the Office of the Director of Training (N07) of the Commander, Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center.

Duties

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 You will maintain distribution links, reorganize platform folder structure, and archive superseded material.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

• 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 Secret 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.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• This is a bargaining unit position.

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: Applying knowledge of grammar, writing and editing practices to review training or operating manuals prepared by subject matter experts for grammatical correctness, clarity, appropriate reading level, and consistency with regulations and style and format requirements. 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: Applying knowledge of grammar, writing and editing practices to edit technical reports, articles, manuals, or specifications for publication. 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

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.

Contacts

• Address NAVAVNWARDEVCEN 4755 Pasture Road, Bldg 465 Fallon, NV 89496-5000 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]