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Administrative Officer

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Traffic Organization - Central Service Area - Great Lakes Region - Minneapolis District (TCMP)

Summary

Serves as an Administrative Officer for the Air Traffic Minneapolis District and operates under the supervision of the District Executive Advisor (DEA).

Overview

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Accepting applications
Location
2 vacancies in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$68,312 - $152,995 per year

Above salary includes 27.62% locality rate

Pay scale & grade
FV G - I
Promotion potential
NA
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
ANE-ATO-26-189-100423
Control number
883890900

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

Open to current, permanent FAA employees assigned to the Air Traffic Minneapolis District

Duties

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DUTIES FV-I: At the full performance level, incumbent provides direct support to the DEA regarding day-to-day administrative functions, which includes supporting a large number of geographically disbursed air traffic facilities; assisting in achieving goals, maximizing administrative services; planning and executing administrative business activities; and integrating consensus building throughout the district.

Provides technical guidance to a team of professionals responsible for a broad range of administrative functions/programs such as but is not limited to: time and attendance, procurement, travel, logistics, finance, and coordinates requests for personnel actions and recruitment requests with HR.

Provides advice and guidance to management officials at all levels throughout the district. Provides guidance for the preparation, presentation, formulation, justification, and execution of administrative process and programs, which includes an in-depth knowledge of organizational agreements, MOUs, applicable precedents, agency manuals, directives, and research materials.

Exercises a high level of judgment in the performance of his/her duties by independently ensuring efficient approaches to meeting existing and anticipated requirements of the district.

Responsible for ensuring compliance with human resources requests and activities within the district, financial management and other administrative programs and policies.

Provides advisory services to managers and employees on the preparation of budget estimates, justification statements, and budget execution plans, including such matters as the distribution of allotments and availability of budgetary funds for program purposes. Provides oversight to ensure compliance and fiscal responsibility.

Coordinates and collaborates with the servicing human resources office regarding hiring and selection processes, performance management, and employee recognition.

Supports district management officials with administrative processes in relation to work environment issues, sensitive employee matters, or with controversial dealings. Serves as a liaison between district management officials and AJT Executive Staff, Service Center, Human Resources, Aviation Medical, Security and other peer organizations.

Contacts are routinely with district employees/managers, service area executive staff, service center personnel, Human Resources, Aviation Medical, Security, HQ program offices and other peer organizations.

Incumbent will perform multiple, varying, and complex assignments under minimal direction of a manager and apply experience and comprehensive knowledge of various administrative functions that support a large number of geographically disbursed air traffic facilities. Independently plans time. Identifies, plans and organizes available resources to accomplish projects/programs/activities.

Makes optimal use of resources to complete assignments. May act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the application of policies and procedures internally and externally. Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of a manager or more experienced professional. May develop or recommend approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with management and/or more experienced professional to solve problems.

G and H BAND DUTIES: At the G and H bands, incumbent performs the same duties as the FV-I; however, duties are performed with greater supervision and oversight from a higher level employee(s).

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).
  • Interviews will be conducted IAW applicable FAA Policy

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the FV-G level: you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to FV-F, FG/GS-5-9. 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 includes experience with administrative programs pertaining to financial management, time and attendance, travel, administrative program management, office administration, management information systems, property management, security administration, program and process analysis and procurement; experience preparing budget estimates and maintaining financial management data and performing analysis of budget requests.

To qualify at the FV-H level: you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G, FG/GS-10-11. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

At the H band level, Specialized experience includes experience applying policies and procedures to FAA administrative programs such as, administrative programs affecting the organization, financial management; coordinating budget matters, analyzing budget/fiscal reports, financial management, logistics, purchasing and other finance-based programs, processes and systems affecting an organization.

To qualify at the FV-I band level: you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) 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.

At the I band level Specialized experience includes experience applying policies and procedures to FAA administrative program activities affecting the Air Traffic Organization, including interpretation and application of human resource management activities, staffing/recruitment, compensation, workforce management tools, office administration oversight, financial management, budget forecasting, monitoring and tracking expenditures, analyzing budget/fiscal reports, purchasing and other finance-based programs, processes and systems affecting an organization.

Qualification requirements must be met by closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Education

Specialized experience may be substituted at the G band level only for the education below:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

OR

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

OR

LL.M., if related.

Education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Combination of education and experience may be qualifying for this position.

Refer to OPM's Operating Manual Qualification Standards at: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/A/gs-admin.asp for more information. To qualify based on education, you must submit a copy of your college or university transcript. Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration. (See Required Documents section). If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to appointment. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.

Education is not qualifying at the FV-H or FV-I bands.

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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

This position may be filled at the FV-G or FV-H or FV-I. If filled at the FV-G level or FV-H, this 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 all training, qualification requirements, and recommendations by the supervisor.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative, 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 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.


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.

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Agency contact information

Andrea Garrahan
Phone
1 (781) 238-7256
Fax
1 (781) 238-7283
Email
andrea.m.garrahan@faa.gov
Address
Federal Aviation Administration
ANE Regional HR Services Branch
1200 District Avenue
AHF-E200
Burlington, MA 01803
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