Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This Writer-Editor position is located Operation Support, Enrollment Services and Vetting Programs, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Under direction of a senior team member or supervisor, writes and edits high-quality products that effectively explain the organization's stance on various issues. Uses and provides guidance to program offices on various word processing, desktop publishing, and electronic publishing programs/systems. Reworks draft responses to ensure accuracy, clarity, conciseness, and adherence to the organization's style guide. Serves as a writer/editor supporting the researching, writing, editing, and coordinating of materials for signature by the organization's management officials. Supports the development and management of the organization's style guide, any applicable correspondence manuals, and correspondence standard operating procedures. Participates in teams to review writing and editorial policies and guidelines, resolve style and editorial differences, and make recommendations for updating these requirements consistent with office priorities, program needs, and federal plain language best practices. Participates in training program office personnel in effective writing practices. Assists in defining and developing tools to assist in writing processes (for example, checklists, templates, outline models). Ensures proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar. Reviews proposed publications for style, design, and similar editorial characteristics before release for printing, publication, or dissemination. The major duties described above reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay band (H Band) performs the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex. Note: The duties are at the full SV-I performance level.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify at the SV- H (GS-12) grade level: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-G (GS-11) in the Federal service you must meet one of the qualification requirements (A, B, or C) outlined below: Specialized experience MUST include all the following: Experience reviewing text for grammatical, spelling, and usage errors and copyediting; accordingly, and Experience routing and obtaining clearance for correspondence within an office. OR B. Education: Master's degree, Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR C. Combining of Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification Requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. To qualify at the SV- I (GS-13) grade level: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-H (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all the following: Experience developing, editing, and reviewing executive-level correspondence for leadership in an office; and Experience drafting and editing short general-interest articles concerning national or transportation security for internal and external publications; and Experience with routing correspondence and obtaining clearance across multiple offices or working groups. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Education

For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses from an accredited college or university, which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. The information must be provided with the application by the closing date of the announcement. If selected, the applicant must supply a transcript or certification of degree.

Contacts

• Address OS - Enrollment Services and Vetting Program 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]