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Technical Writer-Editor DIRECT-HIRE
National Transportation Safety Board · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
This position is in the Office of the Managing Director, Executive Secretariat Division. The Office of the Managing Director provides the strategic direction of the organization and guides and support the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) programs to ensure independence, competency, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Board. The Executive Secretariat Division coordinates all official written material sent to the NTSB and isued by the agency.
What You'll Do
- →As a Technical Writer-Editor DIRECT-HIRE,GS-1083-13, you will perform the following major duties: Manages the production of key agency reports, including the Annual Report to Congress, budget submissions, and the Performance and Accountability Report.
- →Coordinates with project managers to write, rewrite, and edit agency reports, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with agency goals.
- →Collaborates with the Investigator-in-Charge and other modal staff to address editorial and technical concerns and assists in determining the relevance of information for inclusion in documents.
- →Serves as the agency's expert on style, grammar, and usage, and oversees updates to the Product Development Guide (e.g.
- →NTSB style guide) to reflect changes in technical editorial policy.
- →Provides training and guidance to junior writers, editors, and new staff, helping them align with the agency's tone, phrasing, and writing standards.
- →Reviews the work of mentors' junior staff, offering constructive feedback and ensuring consistent quality for correspondence, agency directives, and other routine documents.
- →Writes and/or revises internal policy documents, including Board orders, operation bulletins, and standard operating procedures.
- →Sets standards and guidelines for document production within the agency.
- →Develops content for replies to incoming general correspondence related to the public's questions, especially regarding recent transportation events and investigations, suggestions for transportation safety improvements, and other issues and requests.
- →Often confers with the Investigator-in-Charge, modal directors or deputies, and modal division chiefs for technical content and scope.
- →Writes, rewrites, and edits correspondence, memoranda, and other products (e.g., chairman correspondence, notation memos) for the Office Director's and the Chair's signatures.
Requirements
- ✓EDUCATION Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Must have included a total of 15 semester hours in an appropriate scientific, technical, or social science field(s), and at least one course above the introductory level in the field(s) covered by the position.
- ✓For technical manuals and specifications writers or editors, the equivalent of 15 semester hours may have been gained through vocational or educational training above the high school level at a public, private, or Armed Forces school.
- ✓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
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