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Management and Program Analyst

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
ATO, Western Service Center, Resource Management Group, Resource Support Team, AJV-W600

Summary

Serves as a Management and Program Analyst in the Western Service Center, Air Traffic Organization, Resource Management Group (RMG), AJV-W600. The group is responsible for providing workforce planning support to ATO service units within an assigned service area.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Posted today · Apply by 06/08/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 8, 2026
Location
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—Situational telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$84,610 - $131,153 per year

Salary includes 31.57% locality pay for Des Moines, WA.

Pay scale & grade
FV H
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
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.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Excepted Service
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Other
Announcement number
ANM-ATO-26-RMG-98853
Control number
870746800

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

This position is ONLY open to current permanent employees of the Federal Aviation Administration

Duties

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Performs multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team. Applies experience and advanced knowledge of analytical and evaluative techniques to accomplish the following assignments.

Workforce planning responsibilities include, but are not limited to; planning strategic support of staffing requirements and objectives, interpreting internal ATO policies and procedures, providing advice and guidance, problem solving, efficiency initiatives, conducting program analysis and implementing programs, organizational changes and hiring plans and workforce plans.

Ensures compliance with ATO policies. Coordinate actions with ATO Management and Budget Officials. Develop tracking tools and various report mechanisms to support the analysis of workforce requirements. Analyzes and evaluates, on both quantitative and qualitative bases, the effectiveness of staffing and position management program operations; manages ad hoc projects to deliver organization improvement products; prepares staffing and position management reports to management regarding analysis methods, findings and recommendations; obtains cooperation and support from team members and delivers briefings to managers. Works with customers to create, track, and analyze hiring plans/strategies, and develop tracking tools.

Demonstrates considerable independence in planning time and assisting the manager, project/program manager, and/or team leader to plan and accomplish assignments.

Contacts are typically internal and external, with regular contacts among major subdivisions and LOBs/SOs, customers, and other external parties to share information about the FAA and explain the applications of policies and procedures.

Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion to select the most appropriate approach or to develop new approaches. Assignments regularly require the interpretation of internal and external policies and extrapolation from precedents.

Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with management and more experienced professional to jointly solve problems.

Work is reviewed periodically, typically at major milestones and at completion, for policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities.

Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more organizational units, subdivisions, and LOBs/SOs, and may affect objectives of the FAA. In some specialties, the work often affects internal and external customers.

Performs other duties as assigned.


Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
  • Successful completion of a background investigation may be required.
  • Some, none or all applicants may be interviewed.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the FV-H level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G, FG/GS-10/11 in the Federal Service. 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 will include experience with Experience working with organizational hiring and workforce planning; or experience in developing and tracking hiring plans, positions management and pay tools.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA.

Education

There is no education substitution at the FV-H level.

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Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

Additional information

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/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements

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. 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 (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Security Requirements: Low Risk (position sensitivity level 1): This position requires completion & favorable adjudication of a National Agency Check with Inquiries (Tier 1) background investigation prior to appointment, unless waiver is obtained.

This is not a bargaining unit position.

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA

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.

How you will be evaluated

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.

Federal Aviation Administration

At the FAA, the sky is not the limit—it is just the beginning. Exciting new opportunities are emerging in aviation and aerospace. Significant investments are advancing the research and development of autonomous vehicles, environmentally friendly electric aircraft, high-speed and long-endurance solar-powered aircraft, and new types of space vehicles. Success with these new technologies and vehicle types will introduce new ways to transport people and goods expanding aviation's footprint in transportation. People are our strength. We are a diverse workforce of over 44,000 located nationwide and spanning over 120 occupations to include air traffic control specialists, aviation safety inspectors, engineers, scientists, technicians, and business professionals. Join us in our mission to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.

Agency contact information

David Lassen
Phone
1 (206) 231-4039
Fax
1 (206) 231-4150
Email
david.lassen@faa.gov
Address
Federal Aviation Administration
ANM Regional HR Services Branch
2200 S. 216th St.
AHF-N210
Des Moines, WA 98198
US

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