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Aviation Safety Program Compliance Specialist

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
System Oversight Division, AIR-800

Summary

The incumbent will serve as an Aviation Safety Program Compliance Specialist within the System Oversight Division.  The Aviation Safety Program Compliance Specialist represents the assigned organization primarily serving as OMT (Organization Management Team) Lead for (ODA) Organization Designation Authorization leading ODA Oversight.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Location
Few vacancies in the following locations:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—Situational telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$95,489 - $148,037 per year

Base salary listed above. Locality will be added at time of selection.

Pay scale & grade
FV J
Promotion potential
NA
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
50% or less - The job may require up to 50% travel.
Appointment type
Permanent
Supervisory status
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Excepted Service
Represented by a union
Yes - This position is represented by Aircraft Certification.
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Other
Announcement number
ACT-AVS-26-AIR8X7-100382
Control number
883999900

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

Open to current permanent AVS employees only.

Duties

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The employee is responsible for bringing diverse viewpoints together, effectively acquiring support for decisions and actions, and anticipates and resolves conflicts by leveraging contributions from the OMT.

The Aviation Safety Program Compliance Specialist performs multiple, varying and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager. Acts as OMT Lead for one or more ODA¿s. Applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge of aviation statutory regulations to ensure compliance. Conducts regulatory compliance reviews, outreach, staffing support, writing, research, and other functions to facilitate Oversight of ODA¿s.

Applies regulatory experience and expert technical knowledge of aviation safety regulations, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and develop improved technical processes or systems. Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues. Monitors the execution of the program portfolio and its component projects, ensuring that it continues to meet the original design objectives. Plans and implements solutions to address quality control issues and selects appropriate qualitative or quantitative methods to be used in quality control of key safety system programs to assess and identify shortfalls and recommends solutions for preventive action, measure progress, continuous improvement and success.
Uses experience planning and implementing projects to define, organize, and assign resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Leverages other resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Works with the manager in defining project scope, goals and deliverable; defining tasks and required resources; collecting and managing project team inputs, managing budget, and allocating project resources. Participates in technical working groups and ad hoc advisory committees.

Collaborates and engages in discussions related to the Agency's mission and ensuring the operation and safety of the National Airspace System (NAS). Works with the AVS ODA Office as needed to identify and resolves complex individual transactional or aviation safety programmatic issues and interprets regulatory and policy and compliance issues related to statues, regulations and program requirements to develop improvement to technical processes or systems. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally.

Contacts are internal and external. Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities. Communicates results to all levels internally (within an LOB/SO or across LOB's/SO's) and externally, including senior level executives and program sponsors/owners. Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations provide input, coordinate approvals, and to measure and report progress. Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on oversight. Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports for final approval prior to external distribution.

Contributes to the preparation and dissemination of the Office's written materials by drafting and editing talking points, fact sheets, briefing materials, memorandum, and other materials for conducting, facilitating, and supporting committee meetings, external outreach, briefings, reports, and speeches. Ensures information on activities are communicated in an effective and timely manner throughout the Agency.

Work is reviewed, typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions or AVS and may impact on the objectives of the FAA.

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).

Qualifications

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 as an ODA Unit Member, OMT Member, or Designated Engineering Representative (DER) to include experience in the areas of design, manufacturing, or operation.

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

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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

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 (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.

Some, all, or none of the applicants may be interviewed.

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

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Agency contact information

Danielle Dombecki
Phone
1 (609) 485-4323
Fax
1 (609) 485-8995
Email
danielle.c.dombecki@faa.gov
Address
Federal Aviation Administration
ACT Regional HR Services Branch
Atlantic City International Airport, Bldg. 300
AHF-N710
Atlantic City, NJ 08405
US

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