Technical Writer

To qualify for this position at the FV-G band level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-F, FG/GS9/10 grade level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience includes:

• Experience writing, revising, or editing technical publications or manuals- proficient in MS Office Suite (especially Word); And
• Experience creating technical instructions or descriptions in a clear and logical manner so it is understandable to non-technical audiences, using various types of source data (manuals, maintenance instructions, tables, flowcharts, or interviews with subject matter experts); And
• Experience with managing projects and meeting metrics for project completion.

To qualify for this position at the FV-H band level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-G, FG/GS10/11 grade level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience includes:

• Experience writing or editing complex technical publications or manuals- proficient in MS Office Suite (especially Word); And
• Experience with managing projects and meeting metrics for project completion; And
• Experience editing complex technical material drafted by others; And
• Experience proactively escalating project issues and roadblocks to ensure they are addressed in a timely manner.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSA listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.