Writer-Editor with Security Clearance

Duties
* Review written material for editorial quality, consistency, and compliance with established style, format, and content guidance.
* Advise staff and action officers on preparing clear, accurate, and concisely written documents representing major management issues addressed to senior civilian and military executives within the Department of the Army.
* Control special projects and assignments, preparing written products and information papers on a wide variety of issues for audiences at the highest level of the Army's civilian and military leadership
* Establish new presentation formats to ensure that material is presented clearly and with no possibility of misunderstanding.
* Control and review incoming actions and taskings, which originate form a variety of sources. Requirements Conditions of employment
* Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
* Temporary Duty (TDY) business travel may be required approximately 10% of the time.
* Must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. 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 for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
* Current Civilian Employees of the Command

* Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce

* Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan

* Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

* Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473

* Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible

* Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible

* Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement

* Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible

* Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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, Ameri Corps) 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 . Specialized Experience GS-13:
One year of specialized experience which includes editing official correspondence, policy documents, and information papers for signature by senior general officers, flag officers, or Senior Executive Service (SES) members within a large military or federal government organization, maintaining an organization-wide editorial and writing style guide, policy regulations, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), negotiated significant revisions with authors and stakeholders using tact and diplomacy, and managing and tracked high-priority writing and editing tasks using a task management system like the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution.

This definition of specialized experience is typical work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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-12). 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.

Additional information
* Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
* You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
* This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.

* Direct deposit of pay is required.
* Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
* If you have retired from federal service and you are…