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The incumbent serves as a Management and Program Analyst for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Safety Recommendation Program and/or the FAA Safety Recommendation Program. This position is located in the Accident Investigation and Recommendations Division of the Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention.
Learn more about this agency09/26/2024 to 10/10/2024
$100,351 - $155,530 per year
Salary includes a locality rate of 33.26%.
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1 vacancy in the following location:
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.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
NA
No
No
Yes - 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. See https://www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements.
Yes - This position is represented by AFSCME Local 1653.
ACT-AVS-24-AVP120-92419
811233400
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Also open to former permanent excepted service federal employees eligible under an interchange agreement. Current or former permanent federal employees must have met a one year probationary period or trial period in the competitive or excepted service. Applications will also be accepted from preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least 3 years of continuous active duty service.
The incumbent provides analytical service applying experience and comprehensive knowledge
related to aviation safety recommendations and in support of management and program related issues.
With minimal supervision, the incumbent receives, analyzes, edits, and coordinates submitted safety
recommendations and agency responses to those recommendations; transmits the recommendations to the
appropriate FAA program offices for action; analyzes the input received from FAA program offices and
drafts the final agency responses, ensuring the agency responses reflect current agency policy; and
recommends solutions to complex problems related to the recommendations process, to ensure greater operational efficiency and consistency.
Incumbent is the point of contact providing advice and guidance to all FAA offices on matters pertaining to
the development of the agency's response(s) to NTSB Safety Recommendations and/or FAA Safety
Recommendations. Verifies and validates the technical validity of responses to safety recommendations,
provides constructive criticism, and/or recommends alternate responses or approaches that would achieve a
similar goal; and participate in, and sometimes facilitates periodic meetings and program reviews, and
documents findings and provides support to these proceedings.
In addition to the work directly related to recommendations, at the direction of the supervisor, the
incumbent may occasionally take the lead on special team projects or assignments in support of the
organization and the safety recommendations programs.
Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion
for employee to select the most appropriate approach(es) or develop new approaches. Assignments
regularly require interpretations of internal and external policies and extrapolations from precedents.
Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of a manager, project/program manager,
team leader, or more experienced professional. May develop and recommend approaches to address current
and anticipated problems and issues.
Work is reviewed through status reports and at project completion to ensure policy compliance and
alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities.
Work activities impact directly on the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivisions,
and/or LOB's/SO's and may affect the objectives of the FAA.
For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Management and Program Analyst, please visit:
Management and Program Analysis Series 0343 (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-H, FG/GS-12. 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 developing clear and concise written correspondence, reports, and technical documentation using varies mediums.
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 selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under consideration for the position at that point in the process 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.
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 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 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
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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.
Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50)
Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to monique.heriegel@faa.gov or faxed to 1 (609) 485-8995 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.
You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.
We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:
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/811233400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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