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

Duties

This Supervisory Executive Advisor position is located within the Investigations (INV) Front Office, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Typical duties include, but are not limited to: Leads high level special projects, policy studies, initiatives, and change efforts of a special and sensitive nature. Analyzes and interprets policies, procedures, and precedents, and develops a range of alternatives for consideration of the Assistant Administrator AA and the Deputy Assistant Administrator DAA that address highly complex issues. Researches highly complex program and policy areas and exercises primary responsibility for developing goals, analytical framework and appropriate methodologies to be used in each aspect of the study and for reviewing and approving final work products produced by others. Uses a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques to examine information and data that may contain critical gaps or are of limited reliability. Conducts extensive coordination with other organizations to verify findings and prepare final reports. Makes presentations to the AA/DAA and provides recommendations that serve as a definitive basis for major policy changes or rule makings affecting key TSA strategic programs and operations. Serves as an authoritative source of information to the AA/DAA on proposals that impact broad programs and organizations. Attends high level strategic policy meetings on behalf of the AA/DAA and ensures projects are completed timely. Supervisory/Managerial Probationary Period Requirements: Unless previously completed, you must satisfactorily complete a one-year supervisory probationary period to continue in this supervisory/managerial position. Supervisory/Managerial duties include: serving as a supervisor/manager for the organization. This includes but is not limited to: assigning work, setting priorities, and reviewing and evaluating work and performance of subordinates; approving leave; coaching and developing employees; recommending corrective or disciplinary actions; assisting in budget planning and projecting short-term needs; managing projects within assigned resources; resolving routine problems that typically impact the objectives of the organizational unit; when required, coordinating with customers outside the immediate organization.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-J (or GS-14) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying project management principles on high level project and/or program initiatives that cross organizational lines; and Preparing briefings, talking points, reports and correspondence for executive level officials; and Advising senior leaders/senior executives on improving business practices that have agency-wide operational impacts. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. 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. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address DR - Investigations 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]