Management & Program Analyst (Technology Project Team Lead) Job in FAA Flight Standards Duty Locations Nationwide

Vacancy No. ANE-AFS-24-168-91130 Department Federal Aviation Administration
Salary $92,964.00 to $144,121.00 Grade J to J
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 7/4/2024 Close Date 7/9/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
FAA Flight Standards Duty Locations Nationwide


Job Description (Please follow all instructions carefully)

Summary

Serves as a Management and Program Analyst, Technology Project Manager Team Lead within the Flight Standards Service (FS), Strategic Planning and Financial Services Division, System Tools and Information (STIM) Branch, AFB-260. The STIM Branch is a multi-disciplinary team of FAA employees and contractors responsible for mission-enabling, innovative technology.

Duties

The System Tools & Information Management (STIM) Branch is a multi-disciplinary team of FAA employees and contractors responsible for mission-enabling, innovative technology such as Big Data, Data Science, Advanced Technologies (e.g., autonomous systems, robotic systems, data streaming), Cyber Security, Mobile Technologies, Process Engineering, Advanced Analytics (e.g. artificial intelligence, machine learning) and Human Factors to name a few. STIM engages in environmental scanning to research and identify outside influencers and business innovation to Flight Standards Service (FS). The STIM Branch Team embraces agile values and a systems approach as we improve FS effectiveness through transitioning technology, infrastructure, applications, and data to the edge technology to support risk-based standards, certification, and oversight. STIM advises the Flight Standards Leadership Board and influences continuous improvement, policy and procedures. The branch also ensures standardization, consolidation, and consistency in system tools, information management, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, 508 compliance and related automation. The branch advocates on behalf of the Service to ensure infrastructure used to collect, manage, preserve, store and deliver information is efficient, effective and incorporates innovative technological platforms.

The STIM Branch contributes to providing the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world through enabling data availability and optimal timing for data-driven decisions. The Flight Standards Systems, Tools and Information Management Branch Strategic Plan is to enable decisions at the appropriate level with the necessary information for the right people, place, and time so they can make a decision in the moment.

Under minimal direction from the Branch Manager, the incumbent will serve as a Technology Project Manager TEAM LEAD in the System Tools and Information (STIM) Branch (AFB-260) of Flight Standards Service (FS). The incumbent will:

• Apply experience, expert knowledge, understanding of business value and leadership of: data management (principles, procedures, tools, modeling), technology, data science, autonomous systems, mobile technologies, information, science, human-machine interface, cyber-security (methods, tools, procedures, technology, threats), integrating (interfacing, collecting, connecting, sharing), artificial intelligence, a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods; in support of: planning, development and execution of STIM programs.

• Provide expert advice, guidance, recommendations and briefings using oral and written communication techniques to ensure understanding complex/controversial issues and success of technology projects and services to senior executives and all levels of management and other technical specialists on significant issues or that that significantly influence important FS/AVS/Agency technology policies and problems.

• Designs and conducts comprehensive management, business, programmatic, and analytical functions to support FS, Aviation Safety (AVS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

• Provide team leadership across projects and initiatives under the responsibility of the STIM Branch and may provide feedback on lower level employee’s performance to the branch manager. Provides guidance to lower-level staff to address diverse, complex issues impacting the aviation/transportation industry.

• Support and foster the success and leadership of other project/program managers and lower level employees to take responsibility for increasingly complex and larger projects.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Selectee will be required to report to an FAA Flight Standards Duty Location which will be discussed at selection.

Qualifications

To qualify for this FV-J position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I (FG/GS-13). Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is: Applying knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines; designing and recommending solutions to problems; preparing and reviewing reports; analyzing and assembling information and data to be used for briefings.

In addition to the qualification requirements above, this vacancy also includes a Quality Ranking Factors for which candidates will be evaluated. Please refer to the KSA section for these factors.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

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

Please ensure your answer all questions and follow all instruction carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

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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

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.

This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: http://jobs.faa.gov/FAACoreCompensation.htm

Refer to OPM's General Schedule Qualification Standards, Group Coverage Qualification Standards on Administrative and Management Positions, for more information: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-ADMIN

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 rating, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

All, some or none of the candidates my be interviewed.



This is not a bargaining unit position.

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Benefits

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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

Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applications cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line application (e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documentation) you may upload these documents with your applications in USAJOBS. Supplemental documentation can also be faxed to 781-238-7283 on or before the closing date of this announcement. Include your name and the announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth.



All Veterans: If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit either a DD Form 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member 4 Copy or equivalent), or a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions. If you are claiming 10 point preference, you must also submit a completed SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference, and supporting documents outlined on the SF-15. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.

If you are claiming 10 point preference but fail to submit the supporting documents outlined on the SF-15, you will be tentatively assessed as a 5 point preference eligible provided your DD Form 214 reflects that you have the service required to qualify for preference. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.

Veterans currently on active duty claiming veterans' preference: You will be granted tentative preference if you submit a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions and your application shows that you have the required service. Prior to being appointed, you must provide to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office a DD Form 214 documenting discharge/release and showing that the service was honorable or general. If you are on terminal leave, you must provide documentation certifying authorized terminal leave.

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.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:

  • 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


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. Please see this guide, Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.

Agency contact information

Cheryl Johnson
Phone
1 (781) 238-7261
Fax
1 (781) 238-7283
Email
cheryl.johnson@faa.gov
Address
Federal Aviation Administration
ANE Regional HR Services Branch
1200 District Avenue
AHF-N500
Burlington, MA 01803
US
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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.


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