Management and Program Analyst

Incumbent gathers and analyzes training information to support workforce development initiatives including leadership development, resident training courses at the FAA Academy, new-hire Aviation Safety Inspectors curricula, course management, On-the-Job Training (OJT), Flight Currency, content development, training evaluations and quality assessment criteria. Individual is responsible for the coordination of the ASI new-hire annual training plan as new courses are added, and other courses are deleted from their string and new hire job functions training. The incumbent establishes and validates course descriptions, prerequisites, and equivalents.

The individual works with the primary interfaces at the FAA Academy and throughout Flight Standards. Incumbent assists the Flight Standards representative on the FAA-wide workforce development workgroups and works independently to identify issues and propose FAA-wide resolutions. The incumbent interprets and shares information, decisions, and business processes across the LOB.

The incumbent acts as a consultant about how training requirements can be met through training systems and processes. The incumbent supports leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or more experienced professional. Analyzes critical training programs by developing baseline performance measurements and comparing performance with the baseline.

Incumbent works with and resolves issues in the functional and technical training requirements throughout Flight Standards offices. This includes collecting information from customers (employees, other workforce development professionals, managers, policy divisions), assessing the availability of options and solutions and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Incumbent independently plans, organizes and controls work to be accomplished.

Incumbent sets priorities, organizes resources and prepares documentation for project accomplishment within established timeframes. Incumbent identifies and deploys continuous improvement to work processes to create more workable products for customers and to improve organizational performance, efficiency and effectiveness. Incumbent uses discretion to select the most appropriate approach.

Incumbent is responsible for coordinating across the division to ensure successful completion of workforce development initiatives within assigned specialty. Individual is responsible for formulating and processing training waivers, pop-up and equivalent training requests, validating new development requests, performing course management activities, coordinating leadership offerings and documenting OJT in accordance with FAA policy. Incumbent has access to sensitive personnel data and provides written and verbal recommendations to management on issues related to training needs.

Incumbent makes recommendations to address training policy and the evolving needs of the workforce.

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

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. 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.

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.

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 NOTES: 1.

Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applications cannot be accepted.

1. All or None of the applicants may be interviewed. If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.
2. 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 job. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA

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.

Documentation, i.e. Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50), etc., will be accepted in combination with your online application. These documents must be uploaded to your profile on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. 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/.