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The Chief Privacy Office’s primary responsibilities to the agency is to provide expertise and oversight for privacy requirements both across the IS&P service areas as well as the enterprise. It implements accountability and continuous improvement of FAA privacy processes and programs.
Learn more about this agency01/09/2024 to 01/29/2024
$88,791 - $137,651 per year
A locality increase will be determined at time of job offer.
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1 vacancy in the following locations:
Yes—Yes- as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-related duties.
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ACT-AIT-24-AIS010-88114
768961400
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
Open to all US Citizens, Individuals with Disabilities, Veterans, and Special Hiring Authorities.
The office works closely with all FAA Lines of Business (LOB) and Staff Offices (SO) to ensure and manage the delivery of privacy requirements (e.g. privacy compliance documents and assessments, privacy policy and providing training and awareness. The office currently responds to Privacy Incidents and manages the Identity Monitoring Code issuance process. It additionally oversees the handling and work loading of privacy act requests, appeals and complaints. The office also provides guidance for contractual terms involving privacy data. The office works closely with the Security Operations Center (SOC) when incidents involve privacy data.
Members of the Chief Privacy Office perform multiple, varying and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. They may act as a contributing specialist on large work activities or as a project manager or team leader for large IT projects/programs/activities. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Typical assignments may include providing guidance to less-experienced professionals as well as senior managers and executives; leading project/program teams; designing and recommending solutions to complex problems; providing briefings; preparing and reviewing management reports and/or contractual documents; and developing and recommending improvements to IT systems and/or processes to improve privacy. The office additionally supports Public Affairs during privacy incidents that generate media interest, in coordination with agency processes and policy. Work is reviewed though status reports and at project completion, to ensure compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities. Work activities influence the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivisions and/or LOB's and SO's and may affect the objectives of the FAA. The work can often affect both internal/external customers and stakeholders.
If selected in addition to the above, you will be responsible for the following:
-Working with IT system owners to prepare and review privacy compliance documentation, including Privacy Threshold Assessment (PTA), Privacy Continuous Monitoring (PCM) Assessments, Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), System Disposal Assessment (SDA), System of Record Notices (SORN) and data sharing agreements.
- Assessing Privacy controls following NIST standards.
- Performing Privacy Compliance and Contract review inspections.
- Participating in privacy policy development and reviews.
- Providing an important liaison/advisory function to provide guidance for the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to FAA Lines of Business (LOB) and Staff Offices (SO).
- Leading special projects and researching and providing recommendations regarding technology changes, which may affect privacy.
- Supporting PII, SSN Reduction and Data Loss Prevention activities.
- Plan and prioritize privacy tasking in order to complete activities according to schedules and within prescribed timelines.
- Developing and recommending approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues and working with management to solve problems.
For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for IT Specialist, please visit:
Information Technology (IT) Management Series 2210 (Alternative A) (opm.gov)
To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I / FG/GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized experience is: Experience in preparing and reviewing privacy compliance documents, such as Privacy Threshold Assessment (PTA), Privacy Continuous Monitoring (PCM), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), System Disposal Assessment (SDA) and System of Record Notices (SORNs) and assessing privacy controls.
Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.
Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.
You may also be considered for this vacancy based on eligibility under the 30% or More Disabled Veteran Program, Vand Persons with Disabilities/Persons with Targeted Disabilities. To be considered for one of these special hiring authorities, you must identify your eligibility in your questionnaire in the Applicant-Preferred Conditions of Employment section. In addition, you must submit documentation that provides evidence of eligibility as indicated in the How to Apply section of the announcement.
Selection may be made from this announcement or from ACT-AIT-24-AIS010-88111
Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/financial_disclosure_requirements
The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family.
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSAs listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.
Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your online application. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to Jennifer.A.Lowery@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
If you want consideration for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documentation that must be submitted at time of application can be found at Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).
Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.
For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide.
Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.
All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/768961400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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