This position serves as the Subject Matter Expert for the Office of Airports (ARP) regional levels on all aspects of ARP's financial assistance programs. The incumbent provides leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or executive. 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.

Duties

The incumbent is recognized as a subject matter expert for the Office of Airports (ARP) regional level on all aspects of ARP's financial assistance programs, consisting of the Airports Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP), Airport Improvement Program (AIP), Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) program and other aid programs. Also serves as region's senior specialist for the System of Airports Reports (SOAR) database used to manage these programs. The Airports Financial Assistance Programs Specialist provides overall guidance and direction to the Managers and Program Managers in the Region/Airports District Offices (ADOs).

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position 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 is: Using Airport Capital Improvement Plans and programming airport planning and development projects for federal funding; Experience in reviewing and fulfilling AIP grant applications; Experience in reviewing and modifying PFC applications, notices of intent and amendments in accordance with FAA AMS; Experience in preparation and presentation of briefings and reports for management, other high level government officials, congressional staff and public; Knowledge of AIP and PFC statues, regulations, and policy sufficient to interpret and apply them in day-to-day work activities. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.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 under the Evaluation Criteria section. 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.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.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration ASO Regional HR Services Division 1701 Columbia Avenue HFS510 College Park, GA 30337 US
• Name: Brenda Williams
• Phone: 1 (404) 305-5323
• Email: [email protected]