Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens and ICTAP eligibles.

As a Writer-Editor, you will:

• Edit and proofread a variety of documents, such as the NCUA news clips, Letters to Credit Unions, the NCUA Annual Report, other guidance papers, reports, instructions, whitepapers, memoranda, speeches, manuals, testimony, presentations, talking points, and policy papers to ensure smoothness of language and conformity to established standards of grammar, language, usage, style, and format.
• Support the agency's Plain Writing Act Officer to ensure clear government communications. Edit the work of individuals to ensure written products are logical and well-structured to conform to current English-usage standards and established editorial style.
• Author original documents as assigned by conducting appropriate research and fact gathering, in coordination with other offices, including coordinating with and receiving input from applicable staff, to reach appropriate conclusions and convey those conclusions in an effective manner.
• Research relevant laws, regulations, policies, and programs to develop complete and accurate statements and information.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Suitable adjudication of background/security investigation is required.
• A probationary/trial period may be required.
• A financial disclosure is required.
• Must complete initial online questionnaire.
• Applicants must complete an assessment battery (i.e. USA Hire Assessment) via the USA Hire platform if notified to do so.
• Your resume must not exceed 2 pages; any additional information will not be evaluated.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

All applicants applying for the CU-13 grade level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-12 grade level obtained in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience: composing written information; editing materials to ensure conformance with established formats; and providing advice on, developing, or modifying organization-wide writing or editorial guidance.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.

Please note, all experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Your resume may not exceed two (2) pages and you MUST include specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience outlined in the vacancy announcement.

When creating your resume, please follow the instructions in the Required Documents section below as well as the guidance found here. Failure to provide adequate and required info details will result in an ineligible rating.

Your experience claimed in your resume must also support your responses to any online questionnaire taken during the application process. Failure to provide support may result in a lower rating and/or you may be excluded from consideration. The last resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and will supersede any previous submissions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

For Category Rating: Once the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the basic qualifications and specialized experience requirements (see "Qualification" section). If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The category assignment is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the competencies required for this position.

Your application package will be reviewed for completeness (resume and supporting documentation). You will not be considered if you fail to submit all the required documents as outlined in this vacancy announcement.

If you meet the qualification requirements, your application will be placed in one of three categories:
Best Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position.
Well Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position.
Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position.

In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.

The self-assessment questions have been developed to evaluate your competency in the following areas:
Attention to Detail, Decision Making, Flexibility, Integrity/Honesty, Interpersonal Skills, Reading Comprehension, Reasoning, Self-Management, Stress Tolerance, and Teamwork

Reference Checks: Reference checks must be conducted for the top candidate(s) before a tentative offer may be extended. The reference checks will need to be conducted with current and former supervisors, if applicable, as a part of NCUA's selection assessment process.

If you are found to be among the highly qualified candidates, your application will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. To preview the application questionnaire, please click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12926721

Application of Veterans' Preference: The category rating process does not add veterans' preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10% must be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the CU-09 level or higher).

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete application package which includes:

1. Resume - Only resumes up to a total of two (2) pages will be accepted, applicants who submit resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.

• Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files.
• We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume.
• The resume builder on USAJOBS can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.

• Cover letter (optional)
• Veterans' documentation (see below for requirements)
• CTAP/ICTAP documentation (see below for requirements)
• Most recent performance appraisal, optional

• Copy of agency notice;
• Most recent performance rating; and
• SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty location or Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction In Force separation notice.

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