WRITER-EDITOR

This position is part of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The incumbent will be responsible for provide document management, control and coordination of Chairman's correspondence, and tasking requirements to Joint Staff action officers, to provide senior editorial support to the Chairman, to coordinate policy efforts on chairman correspondence to the actions division, and provide administrative and advisory support to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)..

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-11, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service: Providing management, control and coordination of routine documents and correspondence; Ensuring prepared documents or correspondence are grammatically correct and clearly communicate the desired information; Providing administrative support for the editing and preparation of memorandums, letter or messages OR B. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related; OR C. You have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and you have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B. You have computed the percentage of the requirements that you meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond the first year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.) You may qualify at the GS-12, if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service: Providing document management, control and coordination of correspondence and tasking requirements to action officers Providing editorial support to agency leadership by editing sensitive memorandums, letters or messages prior to signature You may qualify at the GS-13, if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service: Providing document management, control and coordination of senior agency leadership correspondence and tasking requirements to action officers Providing senior editorial support to senior agency leadership by editing highly sensitive memorandums, letters or messages prior to signature Providing administrative and advisory support to senior agency leadership Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for the GS-12 or GS-13 grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.