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Senior Technical Writer Editor (Direct-Hire)
National Transportation Safety Board · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
This position will be located in various offices within the NTSB. As a Senior Technical Writer-Editor, the incumbent will be responsible for managing and coordinating the development of investigation reports that describe and analyze the facts of accidents and identify conclusions and safety recommendations.
What You'll Do
- →As a Senior Technical Writer Editor (Direct-Hire),GS-1083-14, you will perform the following major duties: Manage and coordinate the development process for and write investigative reports that describe and analyze the facts and circumstances of transportation accidents.
- →Work with investigative teams, evaluate complex technical data and documentation obtained from an investigator-in-charge (IIC), group chairpersons' reports, investigative hearings, interview transcripts, party submissions, and other sources for validity, reliability, and substance to support identified safety issues.
- →Evaluate the content of prepared documents in terms of purpose, audience, scope, organization, and logic, as well as grammar, punctuation, style, and format.
- →Based on evaluation, independently rewrite and edit as appropriate, eliminating jargon and redundancies.
- →Ensure that the procedures for producing notation items are followed accurately and expeditiously.
- →Ensure documents are edited and produced according to established formats and the NTSB Style Guide.
- →Review new and established formats and the NTSB product development guide and propose, develop, and provide office input to agency standards groups while ensuring that office managers and technical writer-editors are aware of requirements.
Requirements
- ✓EDUCATION As stated in the Qualifications Section.
- ✓GENERAL EDUCATION: All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at an institution that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education for it to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet these criteria, see https://www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn.
- ✓Applications submitted without the required supporting documents will not be accepted.
- ✓An unofficial transcript; statement from the institution's registrar, dean, or other appropriate official; or equivalent documentation is acceptable at the time of application.
- ✓Education submitted must be appropriately accredited by an accredited body recognized by the Secretary of the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓For additional information, refer to the U.S.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9f7b9da5-3cef-428f-8206-0504cf659f1f
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