The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo.  This position is located in The Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (SISP). The employee provides skilled book production management to support SISP’s scholarly publishing mission and effect high-quality production and formal publication of long-form scholarly manuscripts in science, humanities, education, and museum-based research in digital and print formats.

Duties

The Writer-Editor provides skilled book production management to support SISP’s scholarly publishing mission and effect high-quality production and formal publication of long-form scholarly manuscripts in science, humanities, education, and museum-based research in digital and print formats.

Requirements

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• May need to complete a Probationary Period
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Qualifications

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal Service.  For this position, specialized experience is defined as experience independently performing, supervising, and monitoring all stages and all intervening tasks and requirements of the full-services book production process, which includes copyediting, typesetting, indexing, and printing, for scholarly or museum-based manuscripts on schedule and according to project budgets.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.Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week. Or Education:  Two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent degree related to the position may be substituted to meet the experience requirements. Or a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications. For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. Important Note: Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.

Education

No Basic Education Requirements.

Contacts

• Address SMITHSONIAN Office of Human Resources Washington, District of Columbia 20013 United States
• Name: Marie Parks
• Phone: 202-633-6332
• Email: [email protected]