Administrative Officer Job

Vacancy No. ACT-ATO-26-AJWB610-100339 Department Federal Aviation Administration
Salary $53,528.00 to $82,976.00 Grade G to G
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 9/3/2026 Close Date 9/14/2026
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Status Candidates
Locations:
Washington, DCCollege Park, GAHampton, GAOlathe, KS
Kansas City, MOFort Worth, TXSalt Lake City, UTWarrenton, VA


Administrative Officer

Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Traffic Organization, NASEO, Operational Programs Group, Program Control Team, AJW-B610

Summary

Position is located within the Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Technical Operations (AJW), NAS Security & Enterprise Operations, Program Control Team (AJW-B610).

This job is open to

Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.

Clarification from the agency

Open to permanent FAA employees in ATO and AMA-400 only.

Duties

Incumbent performs a combination of routine, multiple, and a variety of administrative tasks applying experience and detailed knowledge of administrative programs, policies, and procedures to plan and accomplish assignments in support of the organization.  Duties include, but may not be limited to, the following: 

Budget/financial management to include maintaining reports on expenditures of funds and reconciling discrepancies, modify and maintain automated systems, tracks financial expenditures. Coordinates with Budget office regarding 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.

Serves as a focal point for personnel activities to include initiating personnel requests involving recruitment, transfer, temporary assignments, promotions, awards, and other related actions. Collaborates with managers, service area personnel, and human resources staff to coordinate recruitment and various other personnel related requests.
Purchasing and supplies: Initiates or reviews all procurement requests for equipment, services, furniture and other items as needed.  Ensures justification of requested items meet criteria for expenditures. Ensures effective management of assigned agency property.  Ensures internal control of property by conducting property inventories periodically.

Travel management: Provides guidance to office on travel regulations and ensures the office's travel practices meet established criteria.

Time and attendance/LDR compliance. Provides guidance and assistance on completion of T&A/LDR, and other administrative and office support functions.

Interprets and applies directives and policies for assigned projects. Provides administrative management support within assigned tasks.  Identifies the need for and develops instructions or procedures for handling correspondence, administrative reports and maintenance of documents/files. Provides procedural information, briefings and guidance to management for assigned areas.  Incumbent demonstrates some independence in planning time and using assigned resources. Contacts are primarily internal to the organization to share information. Provides data and/or explains status of assignments. May have contacts with customers and other external parties on routine matters.

Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments but allow some discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach. Refers problems and work issues to a manager, project/program manager, team leader or more experienced professional when guidelines are not available or applicable.

Work is typically reviewed frequently during assignments and at completion to ensure timeliness, policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities. Work activities typically support activities of the organizational unit.

Requirements

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 view the complete qualifications standard, applicants should reference-U.S. Office of Personnel Management Group Coverage Qualification Standard for the Administrative Officer Series, 0341

Administrative Officer Series 0341 (opm.gov)

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year 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 is: Experience analyzing data, conducting research and applying policies or procedures; experience identifying problems and offering solutions in the areas of administrative management; experience entering and tracking budgetary expenditures, purchases and inventory.

OR: 

Applicants may also qualify for this series and grade with education: 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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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.

Required Documents

Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded OR emailed to tara.price@faa.gov OR faxed to 609-485-8995 at on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should 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:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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.

How to Apply

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.

Agency contact information

Kelley Copp
Phone
1 (609) 485-8548
Fax
1 (609) 485-8995
Email
kelley.copp@faa.gov
Address
Federal Aviation Administration
ACT Regional HR Services Branch
Atlantic City International Airport, Bldg. 300
AHF-N710
Atlantic City, NJ 08405
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.

Additional locations

Kansas City, MO
Fort Worth, TX
Salt Lake City, UT
Warrenton, VA

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Agency contact information

Kelley Copp
Phone
1 (609) 485-8548
Fax
1 (609) 485-8995
Email
kelley.copp@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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