About the Position: Incumbent serves as team leader and editor for a group of writers for Department of the Army level Civilian Professional Journal. As such, is responsible for the investigation, research, writing, and editing of all the material needed to publish a DA journal as well as coordinate with Sr. military and civilian leaders. NOTE: To apply for a term appointment NTE 2 years see announcement - SDSB244585459539

Duties

As a Editor (Printed Media), you will perform the following duties which is not an all-inclusive list: Acts as lead editor/producer for, an Army Civilian Professional Journal, all AMSC publications, and the AMSC Leader Up podcast. Edits and approves manuscripts prepared by professional journal staff writers. Assures that the material to be published is suitable in terms of coverage, balance, method of expression, and presentation, and adheres to the purpose of the publication. Reviews and analyzes Army publications, reports, initiatives, and guidance impacting the Army Civilian Profession. Develops and initiates subject matter for the Army Civilian Professional Journal and AMSC Leader Up podcast. Edits and approves interview questions and interview transcript of AMSC Leader Up podcast. Ensures podcast recording has legal review and is approved for publication. Identifies problems, initiating, researching, and writing articles, tri-folds, flyers, and information papers; coordinating senior leader interviews and validating technical information. Develops art references to support articles, tri-folds, and flyers; advising on format, layout, and extent of technical detail or art coverage; monitoring art contractor efforts; proofreading and editing final manuscript.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. A background investigation is required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience writing and editing assignments using correct grammar, syntax, punctuation, word usage, and using desktop publishing and/or electronic publishing to produce publications in a variety of formats. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications and MediaCreative ThinkingTechnology ApplicationWriting Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11). NOTE: All applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within thirty (30) days after the closing date of the announcement.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address SB-W0VP15 US ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER DO NOT MAIL Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]