What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Writer - Editor position at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?
Summary
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.
This vacancy may be filled in Washington, DC or a VA location to be determined.
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Duties
Major Duties:
Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period)
Remote: This is not a remote position.
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%.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
To qualify for this position, you must meet the following:
BASIC REQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet either the basic education requirement or the basic experience requirment.
BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT - Applicants must possess 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. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
OR
BASIC EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT - Applicants must posses 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.
AND
In addiiton, applicants must meet the follwoing Specialized Expereince for the GS-14: Applicants must possess at least one year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is using knowledge gained as a subject-matter or technical knowledge expert in the field of research; coordinating 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; 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-level policy; preparing draft presentations to respond to Congressional, other Federal and VA leadership inquiries related to research policy; developing, reviewing, modifying, and maintaining new and current research regulatory policies and guidelines; ensuring research policy changes or clarifications meet the intent of the research office's leadership and are communicated appropriately to stakeholders and collaborating program offices; and writing effectively and utilizing different writing styles, to convey information using various written reporting methods.
You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:
IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.
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.
Physical Requirements: This position is primarily sedentary, with duties performed in a professional office environment.
Education
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
There is no educational substitution for the required year of GS-13 specialized experience.
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: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov).
Additional information
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities (i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities), and/or disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. For more information on how to apply using this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator within the office, contact the facility Human Resources Department at (844) 456-5208.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to such accommodations as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locations. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required accommodation from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
VSHO - Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks
2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301
Sherwood, AR 72120
US
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.
This vacancy may be filled in Washington, DC or a VA location to be determined.
Learn more about this agency
Help
Duties
Major Duties:
- Develops, reviews, modifies, and maintains new and current research regulatory policies and guidelines.
- Suggests changes to subject matter experts for change management and internal consistency of research documents.
- Ensures that research policies, guidance, and FAQs are clear, consistent, and easy to both understand and access.
- Writes effectively, utilizing different writing styles, to convey information using various written reporting methods.
- Keeps records of any research policy changes, including revisions, updates, and deletions.
- Prepares draft presentations to respond to Congressional, other Federal and VA leadership inquiries related to research policy.
- 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.
- Coordinates 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.
- Serves as the expert on policy publication process.
- 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 ensure the research policies, guidance, and FAQs on pertinent website are current, accurate, and able to be accessed by stakeholders.
Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period)
Remote: This is not a remote position.
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%.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- You may be required to serve a probationary period
- Subject to background/security investigation
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
- Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
To qualify for this position, you must meet the following:
BASIC REQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet either the basic education requirement or the basic experience requirment.
BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT - Applicants must possess 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. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
OR
BASIC EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT - Applicants must posses 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.
AND
In addiiton, applicants must meet the follwoing Specialized Expereince for the GS-14: Applicants must possess at least one year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is using knowledge gained as a subject-matter or technical knowledge expert in the field of research; coordinating 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; 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-level policy; preparing draft presentations to respond to Congressional, other Federal and VA leadership inquiries related to research policy; developing, reviewing, modifying, and maintaining new and current research regulatory policies and guidelines; ensuring research policy changes or clarifications meet the intent of the research office's leadership and are communicated appropriately to stakeholders and collaborating program offices; and writing effectively and utilizing different writing styles, to convey information using various written reporting methods.
You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:
- Analytical Reasoning
- Change Management
- Quality Assurance
- Standards
- Strategic Thinking
- Written Communication
IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.
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.
Physical Requirements: This position is primarily sedentary, with duties performed in a professional office environment.
Education
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
There is no educational substitution for the required year of GS-13 specialized experience.
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: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov).
Additional information
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities (i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities), and/or disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. For more information on how to apply using this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator within the office, contact the facility Human Resources Department at (844) 456-5208.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to such accommodations as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locations. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required accommodation from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
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VSHO - Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks
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Sherwood, AR 72120
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