Writer-Editor in USDA New York, NY

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Help Help Requirements Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• This position is remote eligible. You will be required to sign a remote work agreement and be responsible for ensuring the approved remote worksite has adequate internet service, connectivity, and other general utility costs at your own expense.

Qualifications

This vacancy is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59 pm ET on the closing date identified above or the day we receive the 150th application, whichever occurs first.

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management’s General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

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.

Specialized Experience Requirement

GS-09: You must have one-year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: reviewing and updating a variety of printed material for internal and external audiences; and/or ensuring compliance with copyright, Privacy Act, and other applicable laws and regulations; and/or reviewing and editing materials to ensure standards of English grammar and style and format are met; and/or consulting with author(s) to maximize clarity and manner of presentation and suggests reorganization and revision. OR master’s or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D., if related

GS-11: You must have one-year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: writing, reviewing, and updating a variety of material for internal and external audiences; and/or providing editorial and general assistance in preparing scripts, technical documents and reports, exhibit text, labels, and articles; and/or consulting with subject-matter experts on the review, composition, and development of a variety of material generated by other staff. OR A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if directly related to the work of this position. Acceptable fields of graduate coursework may include Business Administration, Communication, or English OR An appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate education (beyond what is required for a master’s degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no substitution for education.

Additional Information

The Enterprise Program is a project-based, flexible, and reliable agency partner that provides services and products contributing to sustaining the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of current and future generations. As an adaptive, highly trained, and competent virtual workforce, Enterprise specialists are a force multiplier providing critical capacity and expertise to the Forest Service units.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Reemployment Priority List (RPL) : To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.

Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period.

This position is remote eligible. Remote work employees are expected to work at an approved remote worksite, typically the employee’s residence, on a regular and continuing basis. Remote worksite must be located within the 48 continental states. Final determination of the duty station will be made by the selecting official at the time of the job offer, to see where these Forest Service Offices are located Click https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/contact-usegional-offices. Pay rates vary depending on location, the salary shown is for the Rest of the U.S. See OPM.gov for additional information on pay rates.

The Forest Service may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government, to attract highly qualified candidates. Additional information is available at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-and-leave-flexibilities-for-recruitment-and-retention/ .

PROMOTION POTENTIAL: If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied or guaranteed.

This is a bargaining unit position and is represented by either NFFE, AFGE, or NAGE.

Forest Service daycare facilities and government housing is not available.

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JOB DETAILS
Company:	USDA-careers
Vacancy Type:	Full Time
Job Location:	New York, NY
Application Deadline:	N/A

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