Duties
Branch Manager, Learning Delivery and Operations: Provides enterprise operational leadership for the delivery and administration of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) learning programs. This includes direct oversight of scheduling, enrollment, student services, learning technology systems, compliance tracking, multi-million dollar training budgets, and procurement/contracts. The manager leads a team of technical and administrative experts to ensure that learning programs are delivered in an efficient, compliant, and highly customer-focused manner, supporting the overall mission of the Learning and Leadership Development Division.
Branch Manager, Workforce Readiness: Responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to a team of training specialists and employee development experts. The manager directs the design, implementation, evaluation, and continuous modernization of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) core workforce readiness portfolio, which includes the foundational AHR Academy, non-supervisory training, pre-supervisory preparation tracks, and comprehensive manager development programs. This role ensures the alignment of skill-building initiatives with broader agency workforce transformation goals to attract, develop, and retain top talent across the FAA.
Branch Manager, Organizational Leadership: Provides strategic and operational leadership to design, coordinate, and manage FAA enterprise-wide leadership development programs. These high-impact initiatives prepare high-potential employees, managers, and executives for increasingly complex leadership responsibilities. Additionally, the manager oversees executive candidate development pipelines, establishes program governance, directs a team of leadership development technical experts, and collaborates across offices to drive agency-wide Workforce Transformation initiatives.
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).
- A one-year supervisor/managerial probationary period may be required.
- Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
- Please review Required Documents and Additional Job Information.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position at the FV-J (FG/GS-14) level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-I (FG/GS-13) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position being filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower level in normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
Specialized experience includes:
- Overseeing complex training delivery operations for a large organization, including coordinating course delivery, learning management systems, student services, program resources, budgets or contracts, and/or evaluating operational performance to improve training delivery;
- Designing, overseeing, or evaluating complex employee training and development programs, including conducting needs or competency assessments, developing curricula or instructional strategies, and/or implementing learning solutions to address organizational skill or performance gaps; OR
- Designing, overseeing, or evaluating complex leadership or management development programs, including assessing leadership competencies or skill gaps, developing strategic learning solutions, and/or advising management on leadership development, talent development, or workforce development initiatives.
Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.
Education
Education cannot be substituted for experience.
Information regarding Knowledge, Skills, and Ability (KSA) Narratives:
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) or Other Factors 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.
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
Notes:
1. Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applications cannot be accepted. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.
2. Some, none or all candidates may be interviewed.
3. This Level 5 (Moderate Risk; Public Trust) position requires favorable adjudication of a Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) background investigation prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained.
4. This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about Core Compensation is available at: https://www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/benefits
5. To confirm receipt of documents, you may contact Kinsley Kerlick at kinsley.l.kerlick@faa.gov.
This is not a bargaining unit position.
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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
Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) will be required to verify area of consideration. Other supplemental documentation, etc. will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded with your application or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov 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.