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KEY REQUIREMENTS



• U.S. Citizenship or National.
• You must submit a resume and supporting documentation - See How to Apply.
• You must meet specialized experience requirements - See Qualifications.
• Suitability for Federal employment determined by background investigation.
• You must be able to type at least 40 WPM - See Qualifications.

You will ultimately:
* Provide editorial assistance to technical personnel in the preparation of many types of manuscripts, such as technical reports, statistical tables and supporting data both formal and informal.
* Advise technical personnel of requirements for different types of formats, documents, and manuscripts and suggest improved formats and styles.
* Plan layout of textual and tabular material and check for readability of documents to ensure each chapter, appendix, or section is coordinated with a particular document.
* Use advanced software functions to generate contents, special symbols, multiple columns, spreadsheets, etc.

Basic Requirement: You must possess a typing speed of at least 40 words per minute.
For the GS-6 level: 1 year specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-5 in the federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as work experience in an office setting that required editing and finalizing correspondence and technical documents, using computer software programs to create and modify documents/spreadsheets, and general office work such as recordkeeping, scheduling meetings, and answering telephones.
You must have one year of specialized experience at a level close to the work of this job that has given you the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform.  This experience is typically within this field or a field that is closely related.

You must meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective factors, by the closing date of the announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Category rating and selection procedures will be used to evaluate applications from this announcement.  If you meet the basic qualification requirements, your on-line responses to the vacancy assessment questionnaire will be used to determine the quality and extent of your experience, education, training, etc., for placement in one of the following categories: 1) Best Qualified, 2) Well Qualified, and 3) Qualified. Qualified candidates will be assigned a numerical score on a scale of 70-100 and veterans with preference will be placed at the top of their respective category.  The assessment questionnaire will take you approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Applicants will be further evaluated on the following "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)" through your resume and responses to the online questions.

1. Skill in various editorial techniques and current publication styles.  (For adapting accepted formats to special needs in order to prepare and finalize a variety of technical manuscripts.)
2. Knowledge of many advance word processing office software.  (To effectively and efficiently process work from various files, formats, styles, disciplines, applications, and software and combine them into one final document.)
3. Ability to communicate with others orally orally.  (In order to understand, obtain, clarify, and exchange oral and written instructions/directives from internal staff and other technical writers.)
4. Knowledge of a variety of office administrative procedures.  (Including preparation of general correspondence, timekeeping, travel requests and vouchers, filing, etc.)
5. Skill in time management.  (For workload prioritizing, tracking sensitive time line due dates, and logistics for coordinating and arraigning meetings and conferences.)

Applicant’s answers to questions will be verified against information provided in their online resume.  Be sure that the resume clearly supports the responses to all the questions by addressing experience, education, and/or training relevant to this position.  Applicants must make a fair and accurate assessment of their qualifications.  If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is apparent in your description of experience, competencies, skills, and/or education/training OR that your resume/application is incomplete, you may be rated ineligible or your score may be lowered.

Working for the Bureau of Reclamation offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.  To explore the major benefits offered to most Federal employees, visit: http://www.opm.gov/insure/fastfacts/quickguide.pdf

OTHER INFORMATION:

If you are initially appointed to a career-conditional position, you must serve a 1-year probationary period.
If you are a current permanent federal employee and are selected from this announcement, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period.
Selective Service:  If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.  Go to: http://www.sss.gov

The Bureau of Reclamation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Selection for positions is made solely on the basis of merit, fitness and qualifications without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factors.

The referral list from this public notice may be used to fill subsequent positions (similar title, series and grade, location, and KSA requirements) within 180 days of the date the referral list was issued.