Management and Program Analyst
About This Position
This position serves as a Management and Program Analyst (MPA) who will report directly to the Western Service Area Technical Operations Director. The incumbent will provide national program advice and guidance to management officials and professionals engaged in program activities and will evaluate program effectiveness and compliance in support of the Air Traffic Organization (ATO).
Qualifications
To qualify for the H Band position, applicants must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience at the next lower level of FV-G/FG-GS-11 that equipped the applicant with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for the H Band position includes: Experience analyzing data and trends, identifying policy considerations and solutions, project management skills, coordinating or managing projects, teams and meetings. Experience using a variety of office automation software/technology to gather and compile program inputs from ATO Service Units used in developing and importing reports.
To qualify for the I Band position, applicants must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience at the next lower grade level of FV-H/FG/GS-12 that equipped the applicant with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for the I band position includes: Experience developing and maintaining requirements based spend plans using the FAA/ATO/Technical Operation's financial tool, NEXUS; experience may include maintenance and upkeep of the NEXUS tool to include identifying and resolving operational issues.
Applicants should include examples of their specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the position.
This position may be filled at the FV-H or FV-I. Identification of promotion in the vacancy announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting training, qualification requirements, and recommendation by the supervisor.
Major Duties
H-Band Duties: Performs multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. May acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team and may perform some leadership functions for small projects/programs or other work activities. Compiles data, analyzes, tracks, monitors, and reports on programmatic issues in support of the organization's mission.
May recommend changes and/or solutions to routine procedural processes. Supports Technical Operations Districts and Executive Staff in conducting required interviews, analyzes documents, and draws connections so that Service Unit (SU) organizations are able to develop clear business decisions and formulate processes using task and work flow analysis. Applies experience and advanced knowledge of analytical methods and techniques to support analytic needs.
Assignments may include: collecting and recording data/information; evaluating data; conducting research; identifying problems; and assisting the manager, team lead and other senior staff in day-to-day operations. Plans, schedules, and conducts analysis. Develops recommendations based on analysis, with analytical support for assignments, or ongoing projects, assists senior staff in consolidating data to prepare reports, and reviews and analyzes dashboard/program activities.
Supports Headquarters Financial Tool, NEXUS and works with contract staff to address issues and/or concerns, will followup to ensure needs are met. Provides help desk support resolving issues/problems for the Nexus application including general maintenance tasks. I-Band Duties:
In addition to the H-Band duties: Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. May act as a contributing specialist on large work activities or as a project manager or team leader for large projects/programs/activities. Analyzes program activities to ensure compliance with agency guidelines and organizational priorities and initiatives.
Evaluates effectiveness of program and processes to recommend and/or implement enhancements. Gathers, compiles, and analyzes data to determine if management recommendations and decisions align with supporting data and to prepare summarized narratives or briefings for targeted audiences. Conducts studies and provide management officials with data-driven information for making decisions.
Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of analytical methods and techniques to support analytic needs. Assignments may include: collecting and recording data/information; evaluating data; conducting research; identifying problems; and assisting the manager, and/or other senior staff in day-to-day operations. Identifies and utilizes appropriate resources to coordinate the accomplishment of key program activities.
Reviews program activities to independently determine, plan and accomplish next steps. Develops and manages time line of program activities to ensure established deadlines are met. Serves as the national subject matter expert (SME) in the Headquarters Financial Tool, NEXUS.
In coordination and collaboration with contract staff, provides advice and guidance to management officials and other professionals on software corrections, security reviews and system compliance and other program specialized polices for the NEXUS application. Provides nationwide help desk support for Nexus to include user management and access requirements. Other areas of specialty include, but is not limited to the following administrative assignments/programs:
Conditions of Employment
We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
How You Will Be Evaluated
IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.
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 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 Leadership and Management Dimension. In lieu of providing a narrative response in the text box listed below each Leadership and Management Dimension, please include information in your work history that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each.
Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability.
Your 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 Resources 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's) 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.
Interview Policy: Candidates may be interviewed. Security Requirements: Moderate Risk (5): This position requires completion & favorable adjudication of a Moderate Risk Background Investigation (Tier 2) background investigation prior to appointment, unless waiver is obtained. ***This position is temporary NTE 1-year. It may be extended or terminated early.
IT CAN NOT BE MADE PERMANENT*** This is not a bargaining unit position. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA
How to Apply
Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position.
You must apply online to receive consideration.
Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register. RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.
You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.
Required Documents
To be considered for this announcement, you must complete the on-line application using the AVIATOR system by the closing date of the announcement.
Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applications cannot be accepted. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA. In addition, Current or Former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee): You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, or equivalent document that verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2). Failure to provide the required documentation by the closing date of this announcement will result in non-consideration for this position.
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement.
You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.