- Position Title
- Technical Writer-Editor
- Agency
- Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health
- Announcement Number
- HHS-ACF-DE-21-11176515 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, July 28, 2021 to Tuesday, August 10, 2021
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans' Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the Department of Health and Human Services? If yes, confirm:
• You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• Your grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy AND
• Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center page (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ctap/).
• You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• Your grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy AND
• Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center page (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ctap/).
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position?
If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center. (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/)
If yes, confirm:
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy and
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center. (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/)
4.
In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you been or are you currently an employee in the Executive Branch serving on a political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointment?
You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
If yes, and you are selected through this vacancy announcement, you may be required to obtain approval by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) prior to beginning employment.
You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
If yes, and you are selected through this vacancy announcement, you may be required to obtain approval by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) prior to beginning employment.
- A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an Assistant position to a top-level Federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
- A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations.
- A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director, OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties.
Assessment 1
1.
Do you meet one of the basic requirements listed below?
A) 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. (You must provide a copy of your unofficial or official transcripts).
OR
B) Experience that required substantial subject-matter or technical knowledge of the field. This experience must have demonstrated the ability to acquire and present technical information through independent reading, interviews with subject-matter specialists, observation of tests and experiments, interpretation of blueprints or diagrams, or other appropriate methods. Such experience may have been acquired as a writer or editor of technical reports, articles, manuals, or specifications.
A) 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. (You must provide a copy of your unofficial or official transcripts).
OR
B) Experience that required substantial subject-matter or technical knowledge of the field. This experience must have demonstrated the ability to acquire and present technical information through independent reading, interviews with subject-matter specialists, observation of tests and experiments, interpretation of blueprints or diagrams, or other appropriate methods. Such experience may have been acquired as a writer or editor of technical reports, articles, manuals, or specifications.
2.
From the descriptions below, select the one response that best describes your experience and/or education in order to qualify at the GS-11 level:
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Develop written products that articulate, interpret, and explain highly complex, potentially controversial, and important agency policies, programs, and research findings.
4.
Utilize judgment in selecting the appropriate guidelines, references, and precedents.
5.
Write and edit content, to include speeches, for leadership, policy exchange, and partnership-building.
6.
Write and edit articles for health-oriented print media including medical and lay Journals.
7.
Research methods to develop authoritative information on critical federal related programs, policies, regulatory issues.
8.
Interpret complex or controversial data and information about health issues, concerns, and programs in order to develop informative, effective, and persuasive materials for targeted audiences.
9.
Decide which guidelines to adapt when necessary to develop written products
that achieve the objectives.
that achieve the objectives.
10.
Research audience attributes and needs and write in a manner consistent with the delivery style of each speaker, and evaluate outcomes for continued improvement.
11.
Propose innovative editorial and publishing policies and practice.
12.
Ensure that communications are consistent with the policies and objectives of related programs in other organizations.
13.
Anticipate public and media responses to Federal agency policy decisions, actions, or concerns.
14.
Recommend subject matter appropriate for various internal and external audiences.
15.
Communicate information to formats which are readily understood by diverse
Audiences.
Audiences.
16.
Prepare information for a variety of audiences, such as segments of the public directly and indirectly affected by agency programs.
17.
Analyze and convey information in written media to the public with divergent
opinions and interests.
opinions and interests.
18.
Take advantage of changes in information technology and public-information efforts to convey information to selected audiences.