Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, we serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, we secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and public transit systems, thus protecting our transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

The Executive Director, Aviation Division for Policy, Plans and Engagement (PPE) is an executive-level management official in TSA primarily responsible for establishing and maintaining a network of aviation transportation sector partners for the purposes of facilitating cohesive and consistent communications related to security within the aviation industry. The responsibilities of the position include the formulation of aviation security policy development, industry engagement to ensure the effectiveness of the Federal stakeholder and industry operator networks in comprehensively addressing security issues and processes, and programs. These responsibilities have agency and nation-wide impact and influence, which include providing innovative and expert leadership in the establishment and implementation of comprehensive aviation transportation security policy and communication strategies through collaboration with Federal stakeholder and industry operator partners in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, laws, and directives. High level duties include: Exercising supervision through subordinate managers responsible for Commercial Aviation, Commercial Airports, Air Cargo, and General Aviation Security Policy and Industry Engagement. Engaging a network of aviation transportation partners for purposes of ensuring regular, recurring, and current aviation transportation related security information is shared. This information network is critical in effectively enhancing security in both day-to-day activities and responding to crises. Ensuring key information is shared timely within the network and among its industry association partners, as well as with other component organizations within TSA, the Department and the Federal government. Directing the aviation policy improvement process consisting of identifying the desired aviation security outcomes on a nationally-significant, risk-priority basis; aligning the desired security outcomes with regulated entities; creating a set of defined outcomes and/or standards that regulated entities meet/should meet; developing performance testing of desired outcomes, with process checks and audits for covert testing based upon regulation specific requirements; establishing a risk-based, statistically valid performance baseline and driving performance improvement by implementing a variety of incentive mechanisms. Providing expert security guidance to industry association partners and government sectors on aviation security policy issues. Working closely with aviation industry partners to coordinate national policy development. Provides expert transportation security information at industry-sponsored conferences/meetings. Serving as the industry aviation security policy expert for TSA. Understanding and appropriately interpreting transportation security regulations, and developing and facilitating the implementation of aviation policies and regulations; maintaining awareness and /or knowledge of the most current, impacting and proposed/enacted legislation in the area of aviation security.

Requirements

Qualifications

As a basic requirement, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Professional/Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the equivalent of the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service or its equivalent with state and local government, the private sector, or non-governmental organizations. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs) listed below. We recommend that your resume emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including results of your actions. Please refer to the Office of Personnel Management's website, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/reference-materials/guidetosesquals_2012.pdf for additional information about ECQs. The application process used to recruit for this position is RESUME-ONLY. Therefore, evidence of each ECQ and PTQ must be CLEARLY REFLECTED in your resume. If you are a current or reinstatement eligible Career SES/TSES member or a graduate of an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved SES Candidate Development Program (CDP) and your ECQs have been previously certified by OPM's Qualifications Review Board, you are not required to address the ECQs. However, you MUST address all PTQs in your resume. Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs): 1. Knowledge of aviation security standards, procedures and regulations sufficient to manage a national program. 2. Experience developing and/or implementing policies or programs with national or industry-wide implications or with other large-scale applications. 3. Knowledge of the relationships between Department of Homeland Security components, programs and private sector organizations and/or other governmental departments, bureaus, and equivalent organizations in monitoring, networking and managing aviation security. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE. This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE. This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN. This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN. This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS. This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. FAILURE TO MEET OR FULLY ADDRESS EACH EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATION AND PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS IN THE RESUME WILL ELIMINATE A CANDIDATE FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION. CURRENT OR FORMER POLITICAL APPOINTEES: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Contacts

• Address Executive Resources DO NOT MAIL Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: Executive Resources
• Email: [email protected]