Serves as a recognized senior technical specialist and agency expert in planning, organizing and evaluating the Directorate’s programs concerning Aeronautical Information Services. Provides advice and counsel to staff and organizational leadership on matters related to the development, coordination, integration, and delivery of Aeronautical products and services.

Duties

Assignments are made in terms of broadly defined mission objectives. The incumbent, who is considered a principal technical specialist within and outside the Directorate, may be required to perform duties as they relate to one or more of the following program areas: Development, maintenance and revision of terminal/enroute instrument flight procedures (IFPs); design, compilation and maintenance of aeronautical charts, related products, and aeronautical information; Ensure IFPs are coordinated and integrated in the NAS and provide for safe operation of aircraft; Collect, evaluate and verify aeronautical data and/or information; Provide subject matter guidance on automation applications as used by the Directorate; Ensure the construction and publication of all aeronautical charts, products, and aeronautical information that support commercial, military and general aviation meet operational requirements; Resolve highly complex verification problems related to interactions between all functional areas of the Directorate and it’s user agencies/ organizations; Initiate Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs).

Requirements

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

Qualifications

To qualify at the FG/GS-14 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the FG/GS-13 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: Design, compilation and maintenance of aeronautical charts, related products, and aeronautical information; experience involved with collection, selection, analysis, evaluation, and preparation of reliable aeronautical information on navigation and related operations, including publications related to navigation, delivering technical and non-technical information to a diverse audience; experience serving as project manager for multidisciplinary charting and production activities.Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience.

KSA INFORMATION:

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.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA), Demonstrated Abilities and 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: Caleb Weston
• Phone: 1 (405) 954-7932
• Email: [email protected]