This position is located in Flight Program Operations (AJF) Service Unit. This Directorate facilitates collaborative operational and strategic decision making with increased emphasis on operational safety and efficiency and supports the Air Traffic Organization's Joint Air Traffic Operations Center (JATOC) along with providing flight releases, flight monitoring, and arrival services for all of the FAA) owned and leased aircraft.

Duties

Level 9: The Airway Transportation Systems Specialist (ATSS) independently carries out various assignments that require knowledge of the technology and operation of the National Airspace Systems (NAS) to support the JATOC.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)
• Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
• Successful completion of security investigation may be required.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Please review Required Documents & Additional Information.

Qualifications

Individual Occupational RequirementsUndergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study or at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following: computer science, mathematics, electronics, physical sciences, information management, engineering, telecommunications, or other fields related to the position.To qualify for this position at the FG-9 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FG-7 level. 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 applying FAA regulations, advisory circulars, minimum equipment list (MEL)/Configuration Deviation List (CDL) items, Airplane Flight Manual limitations, operations specifications (Ops Specs) and Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs); experience with flight dispatching, such as: aircraft performance, weather requirements for departure/destination and alternate airports, hazardous weather awareness, recognition and avoidance, aeronautical decision making, risk management, runway suitability, instrument flight rules, flight planning, crew duty limitations and rest requirements, and temporary flight restrictions (TFRs); experience interpreting instrument approach procedure charts, aeronautical charts, Airman's Information Manual (AIM), airport directory and location identifiers.OrMaster's or equivalent graduate degree Or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree Or LL.B. or J.D., if related.OrCombination education and experience may be qualifying for this position. Refer to OPM's Operating Manual Qualification Standards at, http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/sec-iv/a/gs-admin.asp for more information.AndIn addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.Selective Placement Factor (SPF): Qualified candidates must possess an Aircraft Dispatcher certificate or an Airplane Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. Front and back of certificate must be uploaded with application.To qualify for this position at the FG-11 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FG-9 level. 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 exercising responsibility with the Pilot in Command in the operational control of civil aircraft conducting 14 CFR part 121 domestic and/or flag operations; experience performing flight dispatching/flight monitoring work in accordance with 14 CFR part 135 operations.OrPh.D. or equivalent doctoral degree Or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree Or LL.M., if related.Or Combination education and experience may be qualifying for this position. Refer to OPM's Operating Manual Qualification Standards at, http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/sec-iv/a/gs-admin.asp for more information.AndIn addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.Selective Placement Factor (SPF): Qualified candidates must possess an Aircraft Dispatcher certificate or an Airplane Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. Front and back of certificate must be uploaded with application.To qualify for this position at the FG-12 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FG-11 level. 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 exercising responsibility with the Pilot in Command in the operational control of civil aircraft conducting 14 CFR part 121 domestic and/or flag operations; experience performing flight dispatching/flight monitoring work in accordance with 14 CFR part 135 operations; experience working in a 24/7/365 National Airspace System operations-center environment.AndIn addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.Selective Placement Factor (SPF): Qualified candidates must possess an Aircraft Dispatcher certificate or an Airplane Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate. Front and back of certificate must be uploaded with application.Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History.Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

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 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) 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.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration AAC Regional HR Services Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155 AHF-S210 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 US
• Name: Jeff Westlake
• Phone: 1 (405) 954-7947
• Email: [email protected]