This position is located with the Office of Aviation Safety, Flight Standards Service, within the Workforce Development Division, Learning Solutions Branch (AFB-540). The Learning Solutions Branch is responsible for the development and maintenance of Flight Standards curriculum, courses, and learning products.
Summary
This position is located with the Office of Aviation Safety, Flight Standards Service, within the Workforce Development Division, Learning Solutions Branch (AFB-540). The Learning Solutions Branch is responsible for the development and maintenance of Flight Standards curriculum, courses, and learning products.
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.
Duties for the FG-0343-12 - This is a developmental position to the FG-0343-13. The incumbent tracks and analyzes training information to ensure compliance with workforce development policies and procedures. Applies experience with national training program to support workforce development initiatives including course development, record retention, metrics, and competency mapping. Individual is responsible for the coordination, update, and tracking of course training item worksheets when modifications need to be made in the learning management system. The incumbent assists the project managers in the establishment and validation of course descriptions, prerequisites, and equivalents.
Plans, schedules and conducts analyses/studies of proposed program plans for accomplishing program activities. Works with peers across the Division and throughout Flight Standards. Develops procedures, systems, and methods on a variety of management functions and activities for national training programs. The incumbent is expected to share information and business processes across LOBs to help develop and recommend solutions. The incumbent determines from a programmatic perspective the viability, consistency and accuracy of plans and projections and conducts reviews to determine resource levels required to accomplish programs in a sound and efficient manner.
The incumbent will support the functional and technical training requirements for other Flight Standards services to resolve training issues. This includes collecting information from customers (employees, other workforce development professionals, managers, policy divisions) and selecting the most appropriate approach or recommending new approaches. Provides supporting rationale on the establishment or clarification of objectives. Ensures that plans are consistent with program guidance.
Duties for the FG-0343-13 - Incumbent gathers and analyzes training information to support workforce development initiatives including leadership development, resident training courses at the FAA Academy, new-hire aviation safety inspectors (ASI) curricula, course management, on-the-job training (OJT), flight currency, content development, training evaluations and quality assessment criteria. Individuals are responsible for the coordination of the ASI new-hire annual training plan as new courses are added, and other courses are deleted from their string and new hire job functions training. The incumbent establishes and validates course descriptions, prerequisites, and equivalents. The individual works with the primary interfaces throughout Flight Standards.
Incumbent assists the Flight Standards representative on the FAA-wide workforce development workgroups and works independently to identify issues and propose FAA-wide resolutions. The incumbent interprets and shares information, decisions, and business processes across the LOB. The incumbent acts as a consultant about how training requirements can be met through training systems and processes. The incumbent supports leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or more experienced professional. Analyzes critical training programs by developing baseline performance measurements and comparing performance with the baseline.
Incumbent works with and resolves issues in the functional and technical training requirements throughout Flight Standards offices. This includes collecting information from customers (employees, other workforce development professionals, managers, policy divisions), assessing the availability of options and solutions and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
Position(s) will be filled at FG-12 or FG-13
Please see Required Documents.
Qualifications
OPMs Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions.
TO QUALIFY AT THE GS/FG-12 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS/FG-11 level. 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 researching and collecting data and information from various sources, such as database systems, manuals, policies, procedures, and other means to prepare reports and papers and respond to inquiries; experience conducting analytical studies and projects that are nationwide in scope; experience preparing briefings/presentations; experience identifying, analyzing, and recommending solutions for complex/difficult problems.
TO QUALIFY AT THE GS/FG-13 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS/FG-12 level. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully in the duties of the position.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and processes; experience reviewing/evaluating existing regulations; experience collaborating and or leading internal/external workgroups; experience utilizing analytics and technical expertise in preparing and presenting technical reports to senior management.
Your application must document your experience performing duties associated with the information shown in the duties section of this announcement.
Education
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 Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs), 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 and Other Factors 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.
Due to the Pandemic and individual states with different phases of reopening, the selectee¿s report date to the official duty station/facility may be delayed until such time as employees are allowed to report to the workplace. The person selected may telework up to the maximum extent possible, up to and including full time, until it is determined by state and Federal officials that employees are allowed to report to the workplace where this position is located, on a regular basis.
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
NOTES:
1) Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement.
2) If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.
3) 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.
4) This position will be filled at the FG-12 or 13 grade level. If filled at the lower level, position will have promotion potential to the FG-13 level without further competition. Identification of promotion in the vacancy announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting qualification requirements and recommendation by the supervisor.
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.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
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.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) as indicated below. Document(s) MUST be uploaded to your application or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-C400@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All documents submitted MUST reference the announcement number.
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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.
Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position.
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.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:
Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week.
Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.
You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.
Federal Aviation Administration
AAL Regional HR Services Division
222 West 7th Ave #14
AHF-N100
Anchorage, AK 99513
US
Next steps
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.
SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) as indicated below. Document(s) MUST be uploaded to your application or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-C400@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All documents submitted MUST reference the announcement number.
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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.
Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position.
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.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:
Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week.
Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.
You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.
Federal Aviation Administration
AAL Regional HR Services Division
222 West 7th Ave #14
AHF-N100
Anchorage, AK 99513
US
Next steps
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.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
