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Summary This position is located in the Air Traffic Organization, Mission Support Services, Central Service Area, Planning and Requirements Group (PRG), NAS Planning Team (NPT) (AJV-C33). The NPT Team serves as geographical/functional and regional focal point for NAS Implementation Planning and integration analysis. Responsibilities As a Lead Planner, the incumbent applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge while performing multiple, varying, and complex assignments. Performs ATO planning for a specific geographic boundary including planning, communicating assignments, milestones, and deadlines to the team based on supervisor's instructions. Serves as a Planning and Requirements Group (PRG) Lead for communication with external ATO customers including Airport Authorities, Airport District Offices, state and local governments, aviation authorities and any non ATO entities. Performs regular meetings with airports to review development plans to identify future projects. Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities. Communicates results to all levels internally (within an LOB/SO or across LOB/SOs) and externally. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or contractual documents for final approval prior to external distribution. Utilizes the strategic portfolio plans including F&E, Ops, and external stakeholders projects that impact the NAS and performs analysis of portfolio plans to identify integration opportunities, minimize cost, and minimize system and operational impacts. Develops project plans using integrated portfolio plans and provide to all stakeholders for consideration. Establish internal FAA cross-functional teams for collaboration of strategic planning activities requiring coordination and integration of requirements and project across Service Units and external customers. Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally. Identify external stakeholder projects that will impact the NAS and lead the development of reimbursable agreements to mitigate the impacts. Perform oversight of ongoing reimbursable projects to identify potential issues. Provides leadership, training, oversight and guidance to planning specialists. Work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions or LOB/SOs and may impact on the objectives of the FAA. In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of customers. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications Specialized Experience Candidates must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the (FV-I or FG/GS-13) level that is typically in or 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 perform successfully the work of the position to be filled. 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 applying advance technical knowledge of NAS facilities and conducting NAS infrastructure assessments. QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Special Note Concerning Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (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 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), 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. Education Education may not be substituted for experience at this grade level. Additional Information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family. Incomplete Applications: Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Your application/resume MUST have your official title, grade and series on your work history. Interviews: If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. Salary: Set in accordance with the NATCA/Consolidated Bargaining Contract. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by NATCA: Technical System Specialists. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA
