About the Position: Position(s) will be filled under the Department of the Army Recent Graduates
Program. Click here for more
information on Pathways program participation. After Program completion, Department of the Army Recent Graduates MAY be
converted to a permanent position or to a term position (a project-based term of employment lasting between one and four years).
To be eligible for conversion to a permanent or term position, Recent Graduates must:
Successfully completed at least 1-year of continuous service in addition to all requirements of the Program.
Demonstrate successful job performance.
Meet the Office of Personnel Management's qualifications for the position to which the Recent Graduate will be converted.
EXCEPTION: Positions in the Instructional Systems (GS-1750) series and all occupations covered by the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) require a 24-month appointment period in order to complete the training and/or certification requirements specific to each occupation prior to conversion.
Recent graduates who have completed, within the previous two years, a
qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational
or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution. Students may apply within nine months of meeting their education requirements.
Preference eligible veterans who were precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their two-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty. Eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed six years after degree or certificate completion.
NOTE: You MUST provide official transcripts prior to appointment. Students may apply to this position if completing all educational requirements within nine (9) months of submitting their application package.
If you will be graduating in 07/2018, you will be required to submit a final copy of your official transcripts prior to entrance on duty.
Summary
About the Position: Position(s) will be filled under the Department of the Army Recent Graduates
Program. Click here for more
information on Pathways program participation. After Program completion, Department of the Army Recent Graduates MAY be
converted to a permanent position or to a term position (a project-based term of employment lasting between one and four years).
To be eligible for conversion to a permanent or term position, Recent Graduates must:
Successfully completed at least 1-year of continuous service in addition to all requirements of the Program.
Demonstrate successful job performance.
Meet the Office of Personnel Management's qualifications for the position to which the Recent Graduate will be converted.
EXCEPTION: Positions in the Instructional Systems (GS-1750) series and all occupations covered by the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) require a 24-month appointment period in order to complete the training and/or certification requirements specific to each occupation prior to conversion.
Recent graduates who have completed, within the previous two years, a
qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational
or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution. Students may apply within nine months of meeting their education requirements.
Preference eligible veterans who were precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their two-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty. Eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed six years after degree or certificate completion.
NOTE: You MUST provide official transcripts prior to appointment. Students may apply to this position if completing all educational requirements within nine (9) months of submitting their application package.
If you will be graduating in 07/2018, you will be required to submit a final copy of your official transcripts prior to entrance on duty.
You will serve as a Technical Writer-Editor at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. In this developmental position you will have many opportunities to learn and gain experience through formal and on-the-job training which will acquaint you with the policies, methods and techniques particular to a position characterized by knowledge and skill requirement of a Technical Writer-Editor. Assignments are progressively difficult and are designed to prepare the incumbent for more difficult and responsible work at the intermediate and ultimately the journeyman level. At the full performance level, some of your major duties will include:
Write and edit technical manuals to ensure compliance with the maintenance strategy of the equipment.
Utilize the latest high-level Information Technology (IT) such as Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and eXtensible Markup Language (XML), as well as low-level IT such as Portable Document Format (PDF) and word processing, to author, edit and manage electronic documents.
Develop and produce technical manuals covering the theory, operation and maintenance of assigned electronic communications equipment
Edit submitted draft manuals and ensures that corrections are incorporated
After program completion, Department of the Army Pathways Recent Graduates MAY be converted to a permanent or term appointment without further competition.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.
See Other Requirements.
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
Male applicants
born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment
Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
Pathways agreement must sign a Participant Agreement
with the Agency.
This is a Career Program (CP) 17 Position.
Served a trial period for the duration of the Pathways appointment
Conversion to Permanent Competitive after 1 years if pathways recent graduation conditions are met.
Periodically Travel (Sometimes on short notice) to world-wide locations, using the fastest mode of transportation possible.
DAWIA Level 1 Life Cycle Logistics certification.
Students may apply within nine (9) months of meeting their educational requirements. If you will be graduating in 07/2018, you will be required to submit a final copy of your official transcripts prior to entrance on duty.
Qualifications
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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To Qualify for the GS-07:
To Qualify applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-05).
Specialized Experience is defined as: 1) 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; 2) Use automated systems to present technical
writing and graphical depictions of information. This definition of specialized experience, is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).
OR Superior Academic Achievement for GS-07: Bachelor's degree with
Superior Academic Achievement or 1 academic year of graduate education
directly related to the position being filled (or law school, as
specified in qualification standards or individual occupational
requirements). Superior Academic Achievement: S.A.A. is based on (1)
class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-II/s2-e5.htm (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
OR
One full year graduate level education. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts).
OR
Combination of Education and Experience for Specialized Experience: Possess some specialized experience as described above, but less than one year; and have less than one year of graduate-level education as described above. Compute the percentage of requirements met, and the total must be at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education by 36. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify) (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNICAL WRITING-EDITING CONCEPTS
SKILL IN USING AUTOMATED COMPUTER SYSTEMS
ABILITY TO ANALYZE
ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
Education
Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position. Please include this information in your resume.
Additional information
Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
The Department of Defense offers an excellent
benefits program. In addition to your take-home pay, your comprehensive
compensation/benefits package will include most of the benefits
described in the USAJOBS Resource Center.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, transcripts, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be reviewed to verify that you meet the basic eligibility and qualification requirements. Your responses to the questionnaire will be used to evaluate your relevant personal, educational, and work experiences. Only the most recently submitted resume will be considered.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Ideal, Strong and Eligible. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.
Ideal Candidate: This category will be used for those candidates who meet the definition of an ideal candidate as described above. Criteria include related major, grade point average, related coursework, participation in national professional human resources associations, and related academic, paid, or volunteer experiences.
Strong Candidate: This category will be used for those candidates who meet many of the criteria described above for the ideal candidate.
Eligible Candidate: This category will be used for those candidates who meet the minimum qualifications of the position.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
The Department of Defense offers an excellent
benefits program. In addition to your take-home pay, your comprehensive
compensation/benefits package will include most of the benefits
described in the USAJOBS Resource Center.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not
you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete
description of preference categories and the associated required
documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
As
described above, your complete application includes your resume, your transcript(s), your
responses to the online questionnaire, your completion of the USA Hire
assessment, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If
you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an
incomplete application package and you will not be considered any
further.
Your resume may be submitted in any format. Do not include a
photograph or other inappropriate material or content. We cannot send
your resume to the selecting official if there is inappropriate material
in the resume or supporting documents. For qualifications determinations, your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this
information, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will
not receive consideration for this position.
Transcripts: Unofficial copies are acceptable; however, if selected, official transcripts are required. NOTE: School Audit Reports, Report of grades card, snap shot of web page of grades are not acceptable, and you will not be considered for position. See: Transcripts and Licenses
If you are claiming Veterans Preference or Military Spouse Preference (MSP), you must submit documents with your application package to verify your claim. Documents required to support Military Spouse Preference claims are described in Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Under Delegated Examining Procedures. Documents required to support Veterans Preference are described in the Applicant Checklist (External).
If you fail to provide these documents, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will not receive further consideration.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting
documents follow the directions in Faxing Applications and Documents. The Vacancy
ID is 2009897. You will need the
questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed
application.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include
supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage
certificates may contain personal information for someone other than
you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's
personal information before you submit your application. You may be
asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are
selected to confirm your eligibility.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on TAG:Closing Date to receive consideration. The application process will follow the bullets outlined below.
Click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the initial online questionnaire. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. If you log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete. When you receive a notification from your USAJOBS account it may indicate that your application is complete after you submit the initial online questionnaire and documentation, however, your application will NOT be complete until you have successfully completed the next step described below.
The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to
applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for
any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the
servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable
accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
DA CHRA ACWA
Please contact by email
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
Next steps
Once
the application process is complete, a review of your application will
be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you
are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting
documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the
occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on
your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the
degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and
abilities required of this position. Please follow all instructions
carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.
For questions regarding the status of your application, eligibility or qualifications determination contact: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not
you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete
description of preference categories and the associated required
documents is in the Applicant Checklist (External).
As
described above, your complete application includes your resume, your transcript(s), your
responses to the online questionnaire, your completion of the USA Hire
assessment, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If
you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an
incomplete application package and you will not be considered any
further.
Your resume may be submitted in any format. Do not include a
photograph or other inappropriate material or content. We cannot send
your resume to the selecting official if there is inappropriate material
in the resume or supporting documents. For qualifications determinations, your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this
information, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will
not receive consideration for this position.
Transcripts: Unofficial copies are acceptable; however, if selected, official transcripts are required. NOTE: School Audit Reports, Report of grades card, snap shot of web page of grades are not acceptable, and you will not be considered for position. See: Transcripts and Licenses
If you are claiming Veterans Preference or Military Spouse Preference (MSP), you must submit documents with your application package to verify your claim. Documents required to support Military Spouse Preference claims are described in Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Under Delegated Examining Procedures. Documents required to support Veterans Preference are described in the Applicant Checklist (External).
If you fail to provide these documents, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will not receive further consideration.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting
documents follow the directions in Faxing Applications and Documents. The Vacancy
ID is 2009897. You will need the
questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed
application.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include
supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage
certificates may contain personal information for someone other than
you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's
personal information before you submit your application. You may be
asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are
selected to confirm your eligibility.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on TAG:Closing Date to receive consideration. The application process will follow the bullets outlined below.
Click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the initial online questionnaire. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. If you log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete. When you receive a notification from your USAJOBS account it may indicate that your application is complete after you submit the initial online questionnaire and documentation, however, your application will NOT be complete until you have successfully completed the next step described below.
The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to
applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for
any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the
servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable
accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
DA CHRA ACWA
Please contact by email
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005
Next steps
Once
the application process is complete, a review of your application will
be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you
are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting
documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the
occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on
your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the
degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and
abilities required of this position. Please follow all instructions
carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select My Applications, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position.
For questions regarding the status of your application, eligibility or qualifications determination contact: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
