In the Office of Human Resource Management, we take care of the people who make it safe to fly by providing programs and services to over 45,000 employees worldwide. The Executive Director, LER, plays a pivotal role in leading the labor and employee relations function at the FAA and works closely with executive leadership, managers, labor organizations, and other stakeholders to understand the evolving business and workforce needs and translate them into a labor and employee relations strategy.

Duties

The Executive Director, Labor and Employee Relations is a strategic advisor and thought partner responsible for formulating a labor and employee relations strategy that supports the agency’s mission and vision. The Executive Director will design and execute state-of-the-art programs and systems that focus on excellence in employee and labor relations products and services for approximately 45,000 employees. The incumbent executes the duties and responsibilities via a team of approximately 130 employees and forecasts and executes a $23.2M budget.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Designated or Random Drug Testing required.

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the FAA Executive System, you must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability; and that is directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Leadership and Technical Requirements listed below.LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT: Do you have experience in achieving operational results? If so, provide examples of ways you have exercised leadership to deliver significant results. Explain how you established goals, assessed outcomes, and improved products and services. Indicate how you identified and met customers' requirements and addressed the needs of stakeholders. Include examples of complex problems you solved or difficult obstacles that you overcame as a leader. Your description should include (1) the size and complexity of organizations you have led, (2) the scope of programs you have managed, and (3) the impact of your results on customers and other stakeholders.LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT: Do you have experience leading people? If yes, describe the size of the organization and number and types of positions you have managed. Discuss ways that you have established and maintained positive work environments and prevented or eliminated discrimination or harassment. Describe ways that you have mentored and developed employees and built individual and team performance. Discuss how you have established and led teams to deliver products and services. Include in your description experience in leading others in a matrix environment across organizations.LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT: Do you have experience building relationships? If yes, describe (1) the types of individuals with whom you routinely collaborate; and (2) the purpose and outcomes of the communication. Discuss your experience in communicating and cooperating with others to achieve goals. Provide examples of how you have built relationships to achieve consensus and how you were able to obtain the cooperation of others with competing priorities and perspectives. Describe how you effectively communicate information within and outside of your organization.LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT: Do you have experience leading strategic change? If yes, describe examples of strategic changes that you led for your organization; describe the entities that the change affected (agency, industry, organizational components). Discuss obstacles you encountered and how you overcame them to the benefit of the agency. Include in your description ways that you applied long range vision, developed strategies, and applied innovative ideas and techniques.TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:1. Experience overseeing and setting, executing, and adjusting, as applicable, the strategic direction for a large, complex national labor relations program.1. Experience overseeing and evaluating a complex, enterprise-wide employee relations program for a large, geographically dispersed organization.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration Executive Resources Division 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 523 AHR-200 Washington, DC 20591 US
• Name: Kimberly Brooks
• Phone: 1 (202) 267-3901
• Email: [email protected]