AMVETS Jobs

Summary This position will be in the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Office of Rulemaking, ARM. As a Program Analyst in the Office of Rulemaking, performs a combination of routine, multiple, and varying assignments under the general direction of a manager. Applies regulatory policy and process management strategies to FAA actions focused on providing improved aviation safety through timely and appropriate regulatory action. Responsibilities The selectee will act as a rulemaking team subject matter expert on the FAA's regulatory processes to provide regulatory and FAA process guidance to that team. Incumbent will assist in facilitating and coordinating meetings of the rulemaking team and of associated work groups. Research, analyze and interpret regulatory and policy guidance related to aviation safety. Additionally, the incumbent will support ad hoc activities, projects and/or programs. Incumbent will analyze and evaluate program, policies, or procedures and identify and make recommendations for improvements in organization effectiveness. Also, the incumbent will be responsible for logging and coordinating multiple communications regarding project processes and current status. The incumbent will respond to internal or external communications and requests for proposed regulatory actions or relief from specific regulation. Incumbent will prepare documents and briefings regarding project status, complex processes or other actions in support of the mission of the FAA Office of Rulemaking. Incumbent will use experience and a detailed knowledge in the performance of the following duties, as well: Project Management, including: Assisting in the planning, implementing and completion of work of the projects team to achieve organizational goals. Ensuring proper inter-office coordination of documents and providing feedback to management. Recommending strategies to meet stakeholders requirements. Quality Assurance /Control, including: Identifying flaws within current processes and recommending new and/or modified processes. Conducting periodic reviews of work products to identify errors to enhance quality of the project. Response to internal and external inquiries, including: Overall project status Status of any individual sub-milestone or deliverables Petitions for exemption or clarification of regulatory documents At the H-band, the duties include: As a Program Analyst in the Office of Rulemaking, incumbent will perform multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Applies rulemaking, exemption, and rulemaking committee actions focused on providing improved aviation safety through timely and appropriate regulatory action. Project Management, including: Conduct review, analysis, and evaluation of agency-wide rulemaking policies and apply to rulemaking process as needed; Ensuring proper document drafting, coordination, and communication; Identification of stakeholder requirements and design of strategies to meet those needs; Integration of tasks completed by others into a cohesive and consistent project deliverable; Quality Assurance/Control including: Develop and monitor project schedules to ensure on-time deliverables; Conducting periodic reviews of work products to ensure any errors are identified and resolved; Facilitation of meetings with colleagues and peers: Identify strategies to facilitate and coordinate meeting with stakeholders; Response to internal and external inquiries including: Overall project status; Status of any individual sub-milestone or deliverable; Logging and coordination of multiple communications regarding project elements and compilation of reports showing any trends in received inquiries or concerns; Official records handling, retention and disposition. Use of standard desktop tools for project tracking including spreadsheets, databases, and collaboration support tools. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To view the complete qualification standard, applicants should reference – U.S. Office of Personnel Management Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions, 0300. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/management-and-program-analysis-series-0343/ To qualify for this position at the G-band you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-F, FG/GS-5/7/9. 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 assisting with researching, analyzing, interpreting and preparing regulatory processes and legal documents. Experience communicating with internal and external stakeholders. OR 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. Education must be directly related to the position. To qualify for this position at the H-band you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year 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. Specialized experience includes: Experience working on legal documents, such as rulemaking documents, involving the Code of Federal Regulations, or similar. Experience ensuring proper document drafting, coordination, and communication to internal and external stakeholders and experience with project management. 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. This position is being filled at the FV-G or FV-H. Identification of multi¿grade/pay bands 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 training, qualification requirements, and recommendation by supervisor and organizational approval. Education 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 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. Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee. 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 KSAs listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration. 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. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA. Multiple selections may be made. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by AFSCME Local 1653. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA