Who May Apply

Job Opening: 58479

Open to ALL U.S. Citizens

Opening Date: 12/23/2024

Closing Date: 01/26/2025 11:59 p.m. (EST)

Questions regarding this opening should be directed to HRS Jasmine Tompkins at jttompkins@fbi.gov.

Job Summary

Position: Writer-Editor, GS-12/13

Section: Director's Operations and Strategy Section

Office: Office of the Executive Secretariat

Location: Washington, DC

Working Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (flexible)

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance

• Serve as expert proofreader for all of the Director's correspondence.
• Provide specialized and authoritative guidance on any written material requested for the Director.
• Produce complex written correspondence utilizing exceptional editing abilities to formulate a professional product.
• Communicate with both internal and external parties to verify information, clarify text, obtain support documentation, and coordinate delivery of finished product.
• Review current correspondence/certificate templates to look for areas needing improvement.

• Initiative
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Organizing/Planning
• Communications and Media
• Problem Solving/Judgment

• Experience gathering, developing, and checking the accuracy of information using a variety of internal and external sources.
• Experience interpreting the results of highly complicated, potentially controversial, and important policies.
• Experience communicating, planning, organizing, and creating communications and collateral products for specific initiatives.

• Experience applying editorial language and style theories and practices, in order to write and/or edit articles/documents to conform to accepted standards in language, style, and publishing methods.
• Experience creating content that effectively conveys complex information to audiences with diverse levels of understanding.
• Experience identifying audiences, determining the most effective media, and developing written materials, as well as evaluating the impact and effectiveness of these materials.

• Knowledge of writing principles including plagiarism, authorship, and basic copyright rules.

1. Your resume, specifically noting relevant work experience and associated start and end dates
2. A complete assessment questionnaire
3. Other supporting documents ( if applicable ):

• College transcripts, if qualifying based on education or if there is a positive education requirement
• Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50; not applicable to current FBI employees
• Memorandum for Record (MFR), Please see Additional Information
• Most recent Performance Appraisal; not applicable to current FBI employees
• Veterans: DD 214; Disabled Veterans: DD 214, SF-15, and VA letter dated 1991 or later

• Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols. Positions with fitness for duty requirements or those that require international travel may require proof of certain vaccinations.
• The FBI is in the Executive Branch of the federal government. It is one of the components of the Department of Justice (DOJ). The FBI is the principle investigative arm of the DOJ. All FBI positions are in the excepted service.
• As the federal agency whose mission is to ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans, the Department of Justice is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. To build and retain a workforce that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of the American people, we welcome applicants from the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, religions, and cultures of the United States who share our commitment to public service.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens and consent to a complete background investigation, urinalysis, and polygraph. You must be suitable for Federal employment; as determined by a background investigation.
• Failure to provide necessary and relevant information required by this vacancy announcement may disqualify you from consideration. Additional information will not be requested if your application is incomplete. Your application will be evaluated solely on the basis of information you have submitted.
• Management may select any grade for which this position has been announced.
• Identification of promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. Promotion will depend upon administrative approval and the continuing need for an actual assignment and performance of higher-level duties.
• If you are hired, you will be required to serve a two-year probationary period. Probationary employees are precluded from being considered for all job opportunities until 12-months of their 24-month probationary period has concluded. Probationary Employees may be considered for competitive vacancies that are advertised within their respective division or field office after serving 90 days within the FBI.
• Memorandum for Record: Work performed outside assigned duties (that would not normally be documented on an SF-50, i. e., back-up duties), has to be documented in detail by an immediate supervisor in order to receive full credit for amount of time worked in that position. If no documentation is furnished no credit will be given for time worked in that position. The following notations must be specified in the documentation (Memorandum for Record):