About this role
Job SummarySecuring Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.
QualificationsTo qualify for the SV-I Pay Band (equivalent to GS-13), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-H or GS-12 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as: Developing authoritative written materials for senior level officials within an organization. Planning and managing the content of periodicals, websites and other formats from initial concept to final production, selecting content themes and writing original materials for publications. Developing written speeches, briefings, articles and products for senior level officials that articulate, interpret and explain highly complex issues and programs. Developing program specific and administrative documents (e.g. FOIA and metric reports). Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
Major DutiesThis Writer Editor position is located in the Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC), Operations Planning & Coordination Division (OPCD), Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), Law Enforcement (LE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include, but are not limited to: Provides professional writing and editing that conveys complex information about Transportation Security Administration's Mission. Demonstrates proficiency in various word processing and editing software to perform research, and develop authoritative information which reflect in materials and projects covering topics pertaining to the TSA Mission, functions, goals, programs, priorities, activities, accomplishments and interactions with other TSA and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components as well as other Federal agencies requiring a response. Manages the content of periodicals, websites and other formats from initial concept to final production, selects content themes and writing original materials for publications. Prepares written products for senior leadership and ensures all written materials meet established standards for appearance and content (e.g., grammar, metrics, category, significant, good news section). Develops networks and builds alliances, collaborates across boundaries, and finds common ground with a wide range of internal stakeholders and subject matter experts. Identifies and resolves challenging correspondence issues related and various methods to provide written communication to Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC) personnel. Serves as the subject matter expert and consultant on various inter-agency teams addressing how to best write and edit a wide range of highly complex data analytics that involve mission critical subject matter of a sensitive nature. Develops and communicates writing standards to a diverse TSOC workforce in order to maintain consistent writing style and quality across a variety of routine and unique products.RequirementsYou must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National. You must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application. You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI). Selective Service registration is required. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance. If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentative offer of employment. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for TSA to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.