Duties
The Aviation Safety Program Compliance Specialist provides program compliance and enforcement support, including extensive research, analyzing and evaluating technical issues to improve programs and policies. Investigates compliance issues to develop, integrate, and implement solutions to diverse, complex problems for meeting operational requirements and program goals related to Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) Office. Performs multiple and varying complex work assignments under limited direction of a manager, project/ program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist. Assignments may require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines.
Applies technical knowledge on matters pertaining to aviation safety statutory and regulatory requirements to support the implementation of key policies and safety performance activities of collaborative teams comprised of FAA employee groups, representatives from the aviation industry, and other resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Conducts regulatory compliance reviews, outreach, staffing support, writing, research, and other functions to facilitate timely submission of AVS deliverables. Works with team members or as a contributing specialist to accomplish large work activities within the established schedules. Performs research and analysis to support activities associated with identifying emerging and changing performance, risks, and development of performance strategies and metrics. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Identifies and informs management of problems that require their attention. Often develops and recommends techniques to address problem situations. Provides guidance to lower-level technical staff on how to solve difficult technical issues.
Defines, plans, and organizes assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Allocates resources to accomplish small work activities within established schedules. As a team member assists in monitoring the execution of the program portfolio and its component projects, ensuring that it continues to meet its original objectives. Assists more experience specialist in the implementation of quality control programs. Uses qualitative or quantitative methods to assess the quality control of key safety system programs to assess and identify shortfalls and recommend solutions for preventive action, measure progress, continuous improvement.
Contacts are internal and external. May act as a key technical point of contact for assigned activities. Communicates overall results of a project or work activity to FAA management, the aviation and aerospace industries, and other external. Contributes to the preparation of management and technical reports, which include participation in technical working groups and ad hoc advisory committees to gather information. Uses established policies/procedures to provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion to select the most appropriate approach or to recommend new approaches. Assignments typically require solutions that are to be derived by interpreting and extrapolating from situations that were faced in the past. Provides recommendations to improve work processes.
The work is reviewed periodically, typically at major milestones and at completion, for technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity; and typically support and may be vital to the success of projects or activities of one or more organizational units, subdivisions, and LOB's/SO's. In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of the National Airspace System (NAS).
Required Documents
To qualify based on education, you must upload or fax a copy of your high school or college transcripts or certificates at time of application. If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to employment.
Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50), upon request.
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 monique.heriegel@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.
If you want consideration for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documentation that must be submitted at time of application can be found at
Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).
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
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.
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- Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
- Duties (be specific in describing your duties)
- Employer's name and address
- Supervisor name and phone number
- Start and end dates including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Salary (optional)
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Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.
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.
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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.