Chief Editor (Mandarin)

Summary

This position is located in VOA China Division, the incumbent serves as the Chief Editor of the VOA China Division with editorial responsibility that covers all programming across all platforms. The incumbent ensures the accuracy and quality of all programming and content, ensuring the competitiveness and suitability of material for the target audience, as well as adherence to the VOA Charter, Journalistic Code, and VOA Best Practices Guide.

Duties

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As a Chief Editor (Mandarin) you will be responsible for duties to include, but are not limited to:

1. Serves as Chief Editor of the China Division to ensure balanced and effective coverage across Division content.

• Advises and oversees, to professional standards, the editorial activities of the China Division
• Provides oversight ensuring all programming across all platforms is of the highest quality.
• Advises and coordinates the evaluation and selection of source material used in programming.
• Ensures all programming formats and individual segments exemplify highest professional broadcast and journalistic standards, are competitive in international media environment, and conform to VOA Charter, Journalistic Code, and VOA Best Practices Guide.

2. Provides short and long-term content planning and production across China Division.

• Oversees the editorial content across all platforms.
• Participates in daily planning of programming, stays abreast of news developments to ensure coverage is complete and authoritative, and that all material meets deadlines.
• Plans and formulates short and long-term programming strategies and remains fully informed on developments in China and the region.
• Reviews, oversees, and advises on the development of program material and coverage of news events.
• Ensures special events are well coordinated and executed.
• Participates in China Division programming meetings and other meetings as required or assigned by the Director.
• Prepares reports as required, including documents and materials for management.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S Citizen or U.S. National.
• This is a public trust position. If selected, this position requires the completion of the SF-86.
• Suitability Determination: If selected, you will be subject to a background investigation to establish your suitability for federal employment. The background investigation may include, among other aspects, a review of your credit and legal history.
• This position is not covered by a Union Agreement.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• The full performance grade level for this position is GS-14.
• This position may require working nights, weekends, and holidays.
• If you are a male applicant who is born after 12/31/59, you are required to be registered for the Selective Service.

Qualifications

Screen out factor: Applicant must have fluency in both English and Mandarin languages that enables you to speak, read, write, report, and translate in both languages. This language screen out factor MUST be listed in your resume to receive consideration.

Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility comparable to the GS-13 or comparable pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. For this position, all of the following specialized experience is required:

• Mastery of the most advanced management and organizational concepts, principles, and practices and their application to an international broadcast environment.
• Expert knowledge of operating characteristics and interoperability requirements for a variety of specialized communications systems, including satellite telecommunications and digital networks.
• Expert knowledge of theories, principles, and concepts of digital and traditional reporting methods and techniques.
• Expert knowledge of broadcast and digital news production, programming, writing, editing, and reporting skills.
• Knowledge of news events, U.S. foreign policy, and trends nationally and internationally, particularly as they relate to China, in order to effectively provide editorial direction.

Education

Education is not required for this grade level. It cannot be used for qualification purposes.

Additional information

Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by closing date of the announcement to be considered.

1. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency. For Military Selective Service Act requirement information, please visit Selective Service

2. Your application to this vacancy announcement will only allow consideration for this announcement. We cannot electronically or manually move your application to corresponding announcements, if applicable.

3. Additional vacancies not reflected in the announcement that occur after the opening date of the vacancy announcement for position(s) identical (same grade, series and title) to the original vacancy may be filled from the selection certificate during the validity of the certificate.

4. Budgetary conditions may delay or otherwise affect filling this vacancy. However, all interested candidates should apply now.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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