Technical Writer

Summary

This Technical Writer-Editor position is located within the Research and Development Service at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
- Cleveland
- OH. NOTE: This announcement has been extended to close on September 25
- 2026. Applicants who previously applied do not need to re-apply.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position
- you must meet the following: SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE:
Applicants must possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-7) in Federal Service that has equipped you with the knowledge
- skills
- and abilities necessary to perform the duties of a Technical Writer-Editor GS-9. Specialized experience is experience that requires substantial subject-matter or technical knowledge of the field. This experience must have demonstrated the ability to 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. Such experience may have been acquired as a writer or editor of technical reports
- articles
- manuals
- or specifications. NOTE: Your experience must be fully documented in your resume and must include job title
- duties
- month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.

NOTE: If you are qualifying based on education
- transcripts are required with application. OR SUBSTITUTION OF

EDUCATION:
A Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree
- or 2 full years of graduate-level education leading to such a degree
- or an LL.
B. or J.
D
- if related. This education must have included a total of 15 semester hours in an appropriate scientific
- technical
- or social science field(s)
- and at least one course above the introductory level in the field(s) covered by the position. For technical manuals and specifications writers or editors
- the equivalent of 15 semester hours may have been gained through vocational or educational training above the high school level at a public
- private
- or Armed Forces school. NOTE: If you are qualifying based on education
- transcripts are required with application. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND

EXPERIENCE:
Equivalent combination of successfully completed graduate-level education and specialized experience
- as described above
- which meets the total experience requirements for this grade level. NOTE: If you are qualifying based on experience and education
- transcripts are required with application.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION
- YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill
- knowledge
- ability or other worker characteristic basic to
- and essential for
- satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Experience with Functional Electrical Stimulation research. Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary and does not require any special physical demands. For more information on these qualification standards
- please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Duties

• *THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION
  - YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION* The Technical Writer-Editor is responsible for developing
  - managing
  - and coordinating research grant proposals to federal funding agencies
  - private foundations
  - non-profit organizations
  - and commercial entities
• managing submissions to scientific publications
  - including writing
  - editing
  - and overseeing timelines
  - supporting additional writing and editing needs such as annual and community reports
  - scientific presentations
  - press releases
  - and website/social media content
• Duties include but are not limited to the following: Leading and managing writing and editing needs for Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Center research programs
• Serving as the primary contact with funding agencies to gather application specifications and ensuring that application comply
• Developing
  - managing
  - and coordinating research grant proposals
• Writing and editing a variety of complex scientific grant proposals
  - journals
  - manuscripts using a substantial knowledge of medical science
  - research
  - and related fields
• Creating and managing submissions to scientific publications and journals&l