Summary Serves as a Program Manager in the Distance Learning Branch, AMA-024 within the FAA Academy. Responsibilities Performs multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Plans and assists with organizing available resources to accomplish projects/programs/activities; makes optimal use of resources to complete activities within established schedules. Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of project management to plan and accomplish assignments. Assignments may require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Identifies and recommends resolution to challenging problems or issues that often cross organizational boundaries and impact on the accomplishment of strategic objectives. Typical assignments include: participating in large project teams; assisting with defining and developing internal policies and procedures; predicting potential issues and proposing preventive actions. Applies project management principles by defining, planning, organizing and allocating assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Schedules and coordinates resource assignments; monitors project tasks; assesses progress and performance of assigned programs. Develops and maintains project plans and schedule system scope based on a clear understanding of customer requirements and information concerning project costs, schedule, quality, and performance. Effectively communicates project expectations to project team members and stakeholders in a clear and timely fashion. Typical assignments include: participating in large project teams; assisting with defining and developing internal policies and procedures; predicting potential issues and proposing preventive actions; ensuring open and effective communication, cooperation, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders; identifying, interpreting and applying guidance, policy, and regulations to assigned projects; defining deliverables, providing support and assisting with resolving complex problems and issues, to include establishing realistic schedules and milestones; formulating, defending, and executing project budgets and schedules; participating in project meetings and periodic reviews, involving a wide variety of stakeholders and preparing accurate and timely project status reports; and performing appropriate project management activities in various project phases including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and control, and closing. Contacts are internal and external. Internally within the organizational unit/major subdivision with subordinates, peers, and higher-level managers to discuss the status of projects/programs and to share information. May have contact with customers externally to explain policies, procedures or for other project/program purposes. Works in a team environment and must effectively collaborate, cooperate and coordinate to meet program and project goals. Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approaches or develop new approaches. Assignments regularly require interpretations of internal and external policies and extrapolations from precedents. Work is reviewed rarely, typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H (GS/FG-12) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes: experience in project management; experience identifying, interpreting, and applying guidance, policy, and regulations to assigned projects; experience defining and developing internal policies and procedures; experience developing and maintaining project plans and schedules. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Education See Qualifications Required. 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) 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. 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/financialdisclosure_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. NOTES: 1) Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications cannot be accepted. 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. 3) Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed. 4) Additional information regarding living in Oklahoma can be found at www.abetterlifeokc.com. 5) This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: https://www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/benefits. 6) To check receipt of documents, please contact Sidney Snider at Sidney.R,[email protected]. This is not a bargaining unit position. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA