Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) oversees a professional workforce of more than 1,300 employees working in FAA Headquarters in Washington, DC, 35 field offices across the U.S., international offices, and an Executive Support Staff. AIR develops safety standards, policies, and guidance that govern the design, production, and airworthiness of aircraft, engines, and propellers. AIR issues approvals and provides oversight of our approval holders, designees, and delegated organizations.
For the FV-J level: You must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower level (FV-I/GS-13). This experience is typically related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been at least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: Experience analyzing, evaluating, and advising on aviation safety matters; Experience providing advice and information on safety issues to management within an organization; Experience in developing and managing complex project plans and schedules. You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered. Answer all questions to the best of your ability. DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD, OR HAVE HELD THIS POSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FOUND ELIGIBLE. You may be asked to provide evidence or documentation that you have this type of experience later in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verification through job interviews, or any other information obtained during the application process. Any exaggeration of your experience or any attempt to conceal information can result in disqualification. *Applicants who fail to demonstrate possession of any of the above criteria AND who do not provide the required documentation will receive no further consideration for this position.* Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA. **All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.** 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 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 WORK HISTORY THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE 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. 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) 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.
The Aviation Safety Program Compliance Specialist applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge applicable to Aircraft Certification Service programs in order to accomplish assignments and in developing and coordinating program strategies and project planning; providing analyses and recommendations concerning a broad and often complex issues involving internal management systems and functional assignments as required for Aviation Safety, FAA, and DOT in coordination with other elements in the organization. This position performs multiple, varying and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager or more experienced technical specialist. Typical work assignments include: Prepares and develops major policy, guidelines, procedures and regulations on aviation safety compliance program; Provides expertise, advice and comprehensive guidance on controversial, sensitive or complex matters pertaining to statutory and regulatory requirements; Participates in a wide variety of complex studies and researches projects to measure, assess, and evaluate the effect of changes and trends pertinent to the activities of the agency's aviation safety program; Proactively identifies and resolves particularly complex or controversial individual transactional or aviation safety programmatic issues; Collaborates with both internal and external representatives of the industry, federal, state and local government agencies, foreign authorities, congressional interests, other external organizations and higher authorities on aviation safety programs tasked with the development and implementation of aviation policy, guidelines, procedures and regulations; Prepares comprehensive reports of study results which include participation in technical working groups and ad hoc advisory committees; Conducts formal and informal discussions with all levels of technical personnel concerned with or affected by AVS programs; Prepares for and makes presentations at meetings representing the Associate Administrator and/or the Deputy Associate Administrator with internal and external stakeholders; Prepares technical briefing materials, proposals, and replies to aviation safety inquiries; Works closely with the AVS executive front office staff to ensure continuous improvement to front office processes; Work activities may impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions or LOB/SOs and may also impact on the objectives of the FAA. The work may affect the safety and security of customers.