Associate Engineering Research Editor

Reassignment - Currently in the title and an employee of DEC
or
Reinstatement Eligible - Previously held the title on a permanent competitive basis or held a title as indicated under the transfer eligible section on a permanent competitive basis and would qualify for transfer.
or
Transfer Eligible - One year of permanent competitive service at Salary Grade 21 or higher and:

Transfer eligible under Section 70.4 - Meet the open competitive minimum qualifications:

55-b/55-c Candidates must meet the open competitive minimum qualifications below and include with their resume or application, a copy of the letter from Civil Service which indicates approval for the 55-b/55-c program.

Open Competitive minimum qualifications (provided for 55 b/c candidates and 70.4 transfer eligibles)
EDUCATION: A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours, in natural, physical, environmental or applied science; engineering; or technical or scientific writing or editing. Up to six of the 24 semester credit hours may also be in advanced writing, communication, journalism or statistics. You must submit a list of qualifying courses with your application including the number of semester credit hours per course. Applications submitted without a course list WILL NOT be reviewed.
SUBSTITUTION: One year of experience in a position in which your primary duty was communicating technical information to peer technical audiences or translating technical information for non-technical audiences may be substituted for 3 of the semester credit hours, up to a maximum of 12 semester credit hours. Experience CANNOT be substituted for the bachelor's degree requirement.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Four Years of experience in organizational public relations, newspaper or magazine writing, or electronic publishing.
SUBSTITUTION: A master's degree, or 30 graduate semester credit hours, in natural, physical, environmental or applied science; engineering; or technical or scientific writing or editing may be substituted for one year of GENERAL EXPERIENCE.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: The above GENERAL EXPERIENCE must have included:
Two years of editorial and layout or electronic presentation work or website planning, development and content management.
One year of supervision of professional staff; or ongoing responsibility for project management, including staff assignments, budgeting and scheduling.
Education cannot be substituted for the SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE.

If you are on an examination eligible list for the position title, you do not need to respond to this posting UNLESS you are also eligible for appointment by transfer, reinstatement or reassignment as defined above; or the appointment type is provisional or temporary. The eligible list(s) will be canvassed as appropriate. Always respond to an eligible list canvass.

Qualified candidates should forward a resume and/or Employment Application which clearly indicates how the minimum qualifications are met and includes the Control Number. If you are applying for more than one posting, you must submit a separate resume or Employment Application for each control number. Send to:

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