Supervisory Aviation Safety Specialist (Section Manager) (Temporary Opportunity)

About the role

System Oversight Division supports the certification, system oversight and continued operational safety functions of commercial, transport category airplanes and engines.

What you will do

• Responsible for assuring that the work of the organization directly supports the mission of AIR and AVS.
• The work requires application of technical knowledge, practices, principles, theories, concepts, methods, techniques and abilities in general inspection, investigation, and compliance, as they apply to Aircraft Certification.
• Supports the Branch Manager in executing daily operations including: Align Section resources, activities, and stakeholders with AIR objectives; Develop Section personnel and resources consistent with AIR's future needs; Foster a work environment and culture that emphasizes employee engagement, risk-based decision-making, innovation, collaboration, communication, accountability, equal opportunity throughout the Section.
• Defines, plans, and organizes assigned budget, staff, and other resources to accomplish objectives for more than one organizational unit/project/program.
• Manages budget and either reallocates resources among organizational units/projects/programs or requests additional resources, as needed.
• Direct Report Supervision: Monitors and evaluates performance.
• Executes personnel actions and/or corrective or disciplinary actions.
• Works to prepare employees for future opportunities across the division, with focus on continuity of operations and long term organizational success.
• Coaches, mentors, and develops employees to perform current work and support their career progression for the future.
• Ensures employees have technical skills to accomplish their assigned tasks.
• Team Environment: Monitors organizational health and regularly seeks input and feedback from employees.
• Establishes and enhances practices to encourage equal opportunity, communication, collaboration, and innovation in the resolution of issues.
• Communicates and regularly reinforces connectivity between subordinate employee activities and the broader AIR mission.
• Defines and assigns accountability for key internal performance objectives.
• Engages personnel in monitoring key performance indicators and making adjustments necessary to achieve key performance objectives.
• Works with employees to identify resource needs and advocates for resources on behalf of the team.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Establishes and maintains effective communications within AIR.
• Partners with other AIR organizations to accomplish work.
• Represents the FAA at aviation events, industry conferences, and other civil aviation authority meetings on topics pertinent to the Section.
• Mediates the resolution of controversial technical disputes involving complex engineering issues.
• Operations Monitoring: Engages employees in documenting, refining, and assuring compliance with processes governing all activities.
• Assesses the productivity, quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of organizational processes.
• Monitors and approves expenditure of funds.
• Reviews and approves time and attendance and assures accurate labor distribution reporting.
• Assigns, communicates, and clarifies context for tasks and responsibilities.
• Oversees daily operations to ensure timeliness, effectiveness, efficiency, productivity, and compliance with policy in attaining organizational goals.
• Facilitates coordination and effective communication across FAA organizations, the aviation industry, other civil aviation authorities, and union representatives to accomplish work.
• Program Support: Oversees technical and administrative support programs of the office.
• Responsible for overall management responsibilities associated with the planning and direction of programs.
• Develops techniques to improve program and policies.
• Manages data systems, administrative processes, and data entry necessary to support office and branch performance metrics and dashboards that can be effectively used by the management team to manage branch and office performance.
• Supports the development of plans and techniques to improve programs and policies.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

How you will be evaluated

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.

Documents you must provide

• Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) is required.
• 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 *** 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 ***

What to expect next

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 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. *** This position is covered by the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.

Any applicant tentatively selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designated position (TDP)" will be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing.

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 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.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA)s. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Managerial and Leadership Dimensions 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. This is a temporary position not-to-exceed two (2) years.

If this position remains temporary, upon completion of this assignment, the selected employee shall return to his/her original permanent position or an equivalent position in the same commuting area. This temporary position may be extended, terminated, or made permanent without further competition at any time, at management's discretion.

This announcement will be used to fill any section manager position within AIR-800. Travel Required- The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-related duties.

This is not a remote position and may be filled in various FAA duty locations. This is not a bargaining unit position. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA