TECHNICAL EDITOR
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Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector reviewing, editing and formatting technical documents, specifications or instructions from source material for information sharing.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 review and edit tactical documents to communicate clearly and effectively tactical and technical specifications and instructions to a wide range of audiences.,You will rewrite text to ensure tactical/technical information is clearly, correctly and succinctly conveyed to the reader.,You will rewrite required editor's close scrutiny to ensure the author's meaning and intent are preserved.,You will perform independent research, analyses and selection of pertinent information, and tailoring or adjusting requirements to meet specific needs.,You will be responsible for advanced concepts,, principles, practice and regulations pertaining to publication writing/editing and the broad field of technical communications.,You will use specialized grammar and writing guidelines as they pertain to the preparation of technical documents.,You will develop and finalize written documents.
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This job's listed pay is 35% above the benchmark.
Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
- H-1B specialty occupation: Employer petition, bachelor's degree or higher in the specialty; annual cap and lottery
- L-1 intracompany transferee: Employees of a related company abroad transferring to a US office
- O-1 extraordinary ability: Evidence of extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics
Official routes: USCIS
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