TECH WRITER/EDITOR

U.S. Coast Guard

Elizabeth City (NC)

On-site

USD 63,000 - 81,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Thrift Savings Plan

Flexible Spending Account

Employee Assistance Program

Personal leave days

Paid federal holidays

Flexible work schedules

Tuition reimbursement

Transportation subsidies

Uniform allowance

Health and wellness programs

Fitness centers

Job summary

The U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, invites applications for a GS-1083-9 TECH WRITER/EDITOR at the Elizabeth City ATTC in North Carolina. The role centers on technical writing and editing duties, ensuring publications meet prescribed formats and readability standards.

You will assist in course development, documentation formatting, and publication workflows. The position emphasizes collaboration with the Training Division (CG-13) and other Coast Guard offices, requiring

Qualifications

Technical writing for manuals, specifications and course materials.
Editing for publication, grammar and visual formatting to published standards.
Ability to format documents and adhere to prescribed styles and procedures.

Responsibilities

Edit and prepare publication-ready documents, specifications and manuals.
Format final documents to prescribed styles and visual forms for publication.
Coordinate and track course development and printing activities.
Maintain and manage paper originals of course development packages.

Skills

Technical Writing

Editing

Job description

Department: Department of Homeland Security

This vacancy is for a GS-1083-9, TECH WRITER/EDITOR located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, USCG AVIATION TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER ELIZABETH CITY in ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina.

Key Responsibilities

You will serve as a TECH WRITER/EDITOR and be responsible for Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The incwnbent provides technical support and course material for ATTC and the Training Division of Coast Guard Headquarters (CG-13). The position's primary purpose is to perform technical writing and editing duties -- neither are predominate. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team.

Typical work assignments include: Editing for publication, documents, specifications, manuals and such other written or visual material as may be required by the current Branch mission. Arranging, preparing, revising, and correcting such written material as may be generated by other personnel into the proper formats, correct grammatical context and prescribed visual form for publication.

Setting the prescribed styles, format and procedures for the final appearance of all documents within the guidelines published by the Commandant or other such authority. Recommending such changes as may be appropriate to increase readability, understanding or clarity of documents.

Continually reviewing and making recommendations to improve the overall publication process by more effective use of personnel, equipment, or procedures, with particular emphasis on automated procedures. Ensuring that documents when presented for printing contain the proper elements in the proper order oh the proper material within the proper format.

Coordinating and track all course development activity to ensure timely and accurate course development production and printing. Coordinating, routing, and electronically tracking all course development change recommendations, ensuring accuracy and; completeness of all change packages. Maintaining paper original of all course development packages. Duties include general subject matter knowledge with commensurate ability to visualize expected results.

Some projects may require site demonstrations or field-level explanations to properly capture the essence of the planned change.

Requirements & Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution.

Once selected & prior to appointment, applicants must provide an official college transcript. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. (see FOREIGN EDUCATION below).

College Transcript: If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration.

Transcripts should be legible and detailed, showing course number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours, and grade earned. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. To receive this credit, you must submit evidence of equivalency as provided by a credentialling evaluation service. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application.

See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.

Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.

health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance
retirement plan
Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]
Flexible Spending Account
Employee Assistance Program
personal leave days
paid federal holidays

flexible work schedules
tuition reimbursement
transportation subsidies
uniform allowance
health and wellness programs
fitness centers

DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.

Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $62640 – $81436/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-05.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.