The position is located in the Office of Research and Development (ORD), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Central Office (VACO) in the Office of the Deputy Chief Research and Development Officer - Enterprise Support. The policies and guidance created, modified, and maintained by this position have national impacts and the position will require expert communication skills and needs experience with technical writing sufficient to convey ORD policy.

Duties

The salary range listed on this announcement reflects the GS Salaries across the entire country for the grade levels being announced. Once a selection is made the salary will be set based on your location and the given locality table for that area. - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/general-schedule Major Duties: Develop, review, modify, and maintain new and current organization regulatory policies and guidelines. Ensures that research policies, guidance, and FAQs are clear, consistent, and easy to both understand and access by employees and stakeholders. Responsible for keeping records of any policy changes, including revisions, updates, and deletions. Responsible for examining current research and research-related policy, guidance, and FAQs, to ensure that documents are up to date and in alignment with all other higher-levels and federal policy. Responsible for coordinating with subject matter experts, drafting new regulatory policies and guidelines, updating existing regulatory policies and guidelines, and coordinating/consolidating edits from appropriate stakeholders. Ensures policy changes or clarifications meet the intent of leadership and are communicated appropriately to stakeholders and collaborating program offices. Responsible to coordinate the submission and tracking of research policy documents that require higher level concurrence and signature, such as technical amendments, major policy revisions, and new policies. Prepares draft presentations to respond to Congressional, other Federal and VA leadership inquiries related to research policy. Serves as the expert on policy publication processes. Review and ensure the policies, guidance, and FAQs in websites are current, accurate, and able to be accessed by stakeholders. Suggests changes to subject matter experts for change management and internal consistency of documents. Expertly skilled to write effectively, utilizing different writing styles, to convey information using various written reporting methods. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available. Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period). Remote: This is NOT remote position. You must be willing to report to a physical duty station listed on the announcement. Virtual: The employee may work at a VA facility or other VA-leased space other than the facility that is hiring the employee and is authorized for telework up to 50%. Position Description/PD#: Technical Writer - Editor/PD399370 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/06/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. All applicants MUST meet the following Individual Occupational Requirements: Undergraduate and Graduate 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. OR Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that required substantial subject-matter or technical knowledge of the field. This experience must have demonstrated the ability to acquire and present technical information through independent reading, interviews with subject-matter specialists, observation of tests and experiments, interpretation of blueprints or diagrams, or other appropriate methods. Such experience may have been acquired as a writer or editor of technical reports, articles, manuals, or specifications. In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirements, you MUST also meet the GS-14 specialized experience requirements. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-14 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Ensures policy changes or clarifications meet the intent of the organizations leadership and are communicated appropriately to stakeholders and collaborating program offices. Coordinates the submission and tracking of research policy documents that require higher level concurrence and signature, such as technical amendments, major policy revisions, and new policies. Reviews and ensures the policies, guidance, and FAQs on websites are current, accurate, and able to be accessed by stakeholders. Examines current research and research-related policy, guidance, and FAQs, to ensure that documents are up to date and in alignment with all other higher-level VA and federal policy. Expertly skilled to write effectively, utilizing different writing styles, to convey information using various written reporting methods. Prepares draft presentations to respond to Congressional, other Federal and VA leadership inquiries related to research policy. Develop, review, modify, and maintain new and current ORD regulatory policies and guidelines. Note: Evidence of specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held on your resume. You must provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of Specialized Experience at or comparable to the required grade level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:Analytical ReasoningChange ManagementQuality AssuranceStandardsStrategic ThinkingWritten Communication 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The role is principally sedentary, involving reading, writing, in-person and telephone communication, computer and standard office equipment use; and some walking and carrying light supplies/work. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at the GS-13 grade level. However, for the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) ONLY, a transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VSHO - Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]