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Summary This position will be in the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Office of Rulemaking, ARM. As a Program Analyst in the Office of Rulemaking, performs a combination of routine, multiple, and varying assignments under the general direction of a manager. Applies regulatory policy and process management strategies to FAA actions focused on providing improved aviation safety through timely and appropriate regulatory action. Responsibilities As a Program Analyst with the Office of Rulemaking, performs multiple and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, team leader or more experienced professional. Applies regulatory, policy, and process management strategies to the FAA rulemaking, exemption, and rulemaking committee actions focused on providing improved aviation safety through timely and appropriate regulatory action. Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge applicable to his/her discipline to plan and conduct functional activities for projects/ programs. Assignments require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Assignments include: acts as the rulemaking project manager on assigned rulemaking, exemption and rulemaking committee projects assigned. As the project manager, responsible for managing each project through the applicable process and for leading a project from its inception to completion. Keeps the project on track with its approved schedule. Acts as a facilitator at team meetings by guiding and managing the team through any issues that may arise to ensure that the team's objective are met and being the "owner" of the rulemaking documents during the drafting process to maintain accuracy while ensuring that the documents are written clearly and meet all applicable format and content requirements. As the project manager, the selectee must have the discipline to create clear and attainable objective and to see them through to successful completion. additionally, leads or supports ad hoc activities to review, evaluate, and analyze proposed and established regulation policies and guidance. Responds to internal or external communications, presents project status documents and briefings, or other actions in support of the mission of the FAA Office of Rulemaking. Project Management: Conducts review, analysis, and evaluation of agency-wide rulemaking policies and apply to rulemaking process as needed. Ensures proper document drafting, coordination and communication. Identification of stakeholder requirements and design of strategies to meet those needs. Integration of tasks completed by others into a cohesive and consistent project deliverable. Quality Assurance/Control: Develops and monitors project schedules to ensure on-time deliverables. Conducts periodic reviews of work products to ensure any errors identified and resolved. Facilitation of meetings with colleagues and peers: Identify strategies to facilitate and coordinate meetings with stakeholders. Response to internal and external customers and inquiries to include: Overall project status, status o any individual sub-milestone or deliverable. Logging and coordination of multiple communications regarding project elements and compilation of reports showing any trends in received inquiries or concerns. May act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of rulemaking policies. May be called upon to communicate FAA positions on rulemaking policies internal and externally. Responsibilities at the J-band include: Recognized as a subject matter expert who performs multiple and complex assignments under the minimal guidance of a Director or Executive Director. May act as a principal specialist to develop new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and/or techniques or as a team leader to define and direct challenging projects/programs/activities. Often represents as a principal point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures. Formulates and provides recommendations to senior management positions on or changes to major projects/ policies/issues. Shares responsibility for the performance of programs/projects that frequently affect more than one LOB/SO or the FAA as a whole. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To view the complete qualification standard, applicants should reference – U.S. Office of Personnel Management Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions, 0300. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/management-and-program-analysis-series-0343/ To qualify for this position at the I-band you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H, FG/GS-12. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Experience reviewing, evaluating and analyzing proposed and established regulation policies and guidance in relation to aviation. Experience as a project manager, managing projects through the applicable process and leading the project from inception to completion. To qualify for this position at the J-band you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Experience responding to a regulated community for consideration of proposed regulatory action or relief from specific regulations, including petitions for exemption or clarification of regulatory documents. Experience reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating aviation safety policies and procedures. If the selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under consideration for the position at that point in the process must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. This position is being filled at the FV-I or FV-J. Identification of multi-grade/pay bands in the vacancy announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting training, qualification requirements, and recommendation by supervisor and organizational approval. Education 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. Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee. 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 KSAs 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. 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. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA. Multiple selections may be made. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by AFSCME Local 1653. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA