Supervisory Aviation Safety Specialist (Section Front Line Manager)

Summary This position serves as a Supervisory Aviation Safety Specialist (Section Front Line Manager) within the Flight Research & Analysis Branch, AFS-430. Responsibilities Plans, evaluates, and oversees aviation safety activities within a complex and dynamic National Airspace System (NAS) involving air carrier and/or general aviation operations. Applies broad knowledge of aviation operations, safety management principles, and regulatory frameworks to assess compliance, analyze safety data and trends, identify hazards, and support risk management strategies. The work emphasizes analytical review, coordination, and oversight of safety programs and processes rather than direct technical performance in operations, avionics, or maintenance specialties. Maintains overall program management responsibility for aviation safety initiatives, including the development and evaluation of concepts, standards, policy, criteria, guidance, procedures, programs, documentation, interpretive materials, and approval frameworks associated with assigned programs. Programs address complex aviation safety issues associated with evolving aircraft types, operational concepts, and integrated airborne, ground-based, and space-based systems. Oversees planning, prioritization, and execution of work across multiple projects, functions, and disciplines and integrates efforts across organizations to support strategic goals of the Branch, Division, Flight Standards, and the FAA. Provides leadership and oversight to assigned staff and coordinates with internal and external stakeholders to support consistent application of aviation safety policies and programs. Evaluates analyses and recommendations related to communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) standards; NextGen initiatives; air traffic management (ATM) technologies; airport operations; and operational approval processes. Supports the development, implementation, and monitoring of NAS operational safety concepts and provides Flight Standards recommendations and determinations regarding safety impacts to NAS users. Manages and sets clear performance standards that promote accountability, a sense of individual responsibility, professionalism, and pride for organizational performance. Ensures effective managerial work and work quality across all units and cross-organizational relationships while maintaining unit and individual well-being. Responsible for the leadership, planning, prioritizing, direction, communication, tasking, training, and scheduling of work. Also responsible for time and attendance, leave approval, performance evaluations, corrective and disciplinary actions, and sets the front line office goals and objectives. Supports effective problem solving by ensuring subordinates are accountable to address challenges and barriers and are clear about roles and responsibilities for decision-making. Confirms active collaboration occurs beyond the office/branch and that solutions fully consider and represent all relevant perspectives/interests. Delegates work and empowers subordinates to decentralize decision-making. Confirms subordinates take on expected work and produce intended results with minimal intervention. Ensures subordinates communicate progress and barriers and coordinate decisions across organizational boundaries as appropriate. Applies advanced knowledge of budget and human resource management, and other administrative policies and procedures, and an advanced understanding of the objectives of the major subdivision. Oversees aviation safety program functions that require access to classified information and systems up to the secret level. Attends meetings with executive leadership on topics that are sensitive or contain classified information. Manages or has access to sensitive information in effort to provide aviation safety administration. May perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To qualify for this position at the FV-K (FG/GS-15) level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-J (FG/GS-14) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position to be filled, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes: Experience leading complex projects related to flight technologies such as coordinating cross-functional teams, managing timelines, and ensuring the successful implementation of new technologies or procedures. Experience developing and implementing risk management strategies to enhance flight safety, which involves conducting risk assessments and developing mitigation plans to address identified hazards. Experience collaborating with various stakeholders, including government agencies, industry partners, and international organizations, to advance flight technology initiatives. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Education 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 Knowledge, Skill and Abilities, 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) 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/financial-disclosure-requirements This position is covered by the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. Any applicant tentatively selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designated position (TDP)" will be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing. NOTES: Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed. Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications cannot be accepted. 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 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. To confirm receipts of documents, please contact Sidney Heifetz at Sidney.R.Heifetz@faa.gov. This is not a bargaining unit position. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA