Tech Writer/Editor

U.S. Coast Guard•Elizabeth City, NC

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This GS-1083-9 position is with the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Technical Training Center Elizabeth City, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The incumbent provides technical support and course materials for ATTC and the Training Division of Coast Guard Headquarters (CG-13). The role performs both technical writing and editing duties, with neither duty predominating. Some projects may require site demonstrations or field-level explanations to capture the substance of a planned change. The position edits and prepares documents and other written or visual materials for publication, including technical and training materials. It establishes document styles, formats, and procedures in accordance with applicable Coast Guard or other authority guidance, and recommends changes to improve readability, clarity, and understanding. The incumbent also reviews publication processes and recommends ways to improve them, particularly through automation. Course-development activity and change recommendations are coordinated, routed, and tracked; original course-development packages are maintained.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
Meet the time-in-grade requirement by the announcement closing date.
Meet all qualification requirements by the announcement closing date.
Have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07, including relevant technical or instructional document preparation, revision, editing, formatting, review, publication, coordination, tracking, or record maintenance.
Demonstrate experience working with subject-matter experts or other stakeholders to gather facts, verify technical content, resolve discrepancies, and incorporate revisions into documentation.
For the Technical Writing and Editing occupational series, qualify through either the specified combination of 15 semester hours in an appropriate scientific, technical, or social science field (including an above-introductory course in a field covered by the position; vocational or educational training above high school may be equivalent for technical manuals and specifications writers or editors) or specialized experience requiring substantial technical or subject-matter knowledge and the ability to acquire and present technical information.
Successfully pass a background investigation.
Federal salary payments must be made by direct deposit.
Current or former political appointees within the stated categories and five-year period must disclose that information to the HR Office.

Responsibilities

Edit documents, specifications, manuals, and other written or visual materials for publication as required by the branch mission.
Arrange, prepare, revise, and correct materials generated by other personnel for proper format, grammar, and presentation.
Set styles, formats, and procedures for the final appearance of documents within applicable published guidelines.
Recommend changes to improve document readability, understanding, and clarity.
Review publication processes and recommend improvements in the use of personnel, equipment, and procedures, with emphasis on automation.
Ensure documents submitted for printing have the proper elements, order, materials, and format.
Coordinate and track course-development activity to support timely and accurate development, production, and printing.
Coordinate, route, and electronically track course-development change recommendations, ensuring change packages are accurate and complete.
Maintain paper originals of course-development packages.
Use general subject-matter knowledge to visualize expected results; conduct site demonstrations or field-level explanations when needed to understand planned changes.