Supervisory Regulatory Compliance Specialist (Manager, Resource Management Group)

About the role

This position is located within the Flight Program Operations service unit, AJF-4. This position serves as the Group Manager to the Resource Management Group.

What you will do

• As a compliance expert within AJF, the Group Manager (GM) applies experience, advanced knowledge of external audits, and advanced knowledge of compliance requirements to oversee, coordinate, evaluate, and direct the work of a small team comprised of technical and professional employees.
• The GM is responsible for leading AJF internal/external audits, administrative, financial, facility programs, managing work activities that significantly affect the safety of agency's resources and impeding the AJF ability to meet goals and objectives.
• Manages and sets standards for audit activities.
• Identifies training and qualification requirements for AJF auditors, provides regular audit program reviews to AJF executives.
• Works on special projects across multiple functions and/or disciplines, and oversees the work of collateral duty and employees supporting the external audit process.
• This work includes routine and challenging AJF projects and programs.
• AJF audits consist of verifying external controls such as operational effectiveness, business risk mitigation controls, and compliance with relevant laws or regulations that help AJF achieve strategic, operational, and compliance objectives.
• Oversees auditors that identify redundancies in operational and control procedures in order to provide recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of procedures.
• Ensures that agency officials and other stakeholders comply with AJF strategic planning activities.
• Identifies and gathers technical data/ information, provides oversight, and recommends continuous improvement by ensuring quality standards are met.
• Provides technical expertise to AJF leadership in the development of strategic planning and other AJF initiatives, via presentations, reports, and other documents.
• Engages in critical thinking skills necessary to evaluate and apply appropriate situational options and technical approaches to strategic planning.
• Managerial duties typically affect managers and employees for more than one organizational unit, project or program and include: strategic planning; communicating the organization's vision and objectives, setting priorities; assigning tasks and responsibilities; monitoring and evaluating performance of organizational units and employees: coaching and developing staff and their organizational capabilities; approving leave and taking or approving corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate.
• The GM coordinates with other AJF offices to define, acquire and allocate budget, staff and other resources and supports the AJF executive in performing critical aspects of the budget planning process, including projecting short-term and long-term future needs and justifying resource requirements.
• Effectively implements the current AJF strategic initiatives by continuing the development of supporting activities and ensuring understanding of how each makes optimal contribution to achieving the desired outcome.
• Ensuring initiatives are implemented with the long-view in mind and do not stop at the initial pilot stage.
• Assessing effectiveness of both implementation and the implemented project through the identification and development of metrics for each area of measure, tracking progress, and course correcting as needed.
• Develops technical reports as well as performs data analysis, project management, and technical writing to communicate agency objectives and organizational strategies.
• Conducts comprehensive evaluation utilizing qualitative and quantitative analytical methods of performance measures to determine organizational productivity.
• Also identifies more efficient or effective ways to accomplish organizational change management initiatives and strategic planning objectives.
• Recognizes and communicates the potential benefits of change as well as encourage others to value change, including new approaches or methods.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

See qualifications required. Information Regarding KSAs 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 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities section, 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 Leadership and Management Dimensions 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.

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

• A Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) is required to verify area of consideration.
• SF-50(s) and any other supplemental documentation (e.g., transcript) will be accepted in combination with your online application and must be uploaded with your application or emailed to *** on or before the closing date of this announcement.
• All emailed 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. 1) Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement.

Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications cannot be accepted. 2) This is a temporary assignment not-to-exceed 1 year and may be extended, terminated, or made permanent at any time at management's discretion. 3) Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed.

4) Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. 5) Position to be filled at the FV-K level.

6) Position will be realigned based on approved reorganization. 7) To confirm receipt of emailed documents, please contact Laura Whitlock at ***. This is not a bargaining unit position.

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