Duties

Summary

We are the 35,000 controllers, technicians, engineers and support personnel whose daily efforts keep aircraft safe, separated and on time. The Management Services organization consults on a wide array of products and services to include administrative, performance management, policy and oversight, and organizational workforce planning that support the ATO.

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Responsibilities

The Deputy Vice President, Management Services, oversees the prioritization and distribution of ATO's financial and people resources; provides technical labor relations advice; improves processes in technical hiring; provides leadership and employee development; and strengthens organizational effectiveness and employee engagement. The Deputy Vice President reports to the Vice President, Management Services, and administers a budget of approximately $138M in the execution of duties through a multi-layered team of approximately 250 employees.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Directs the establishment of administrative policies aligned with Agency and ATO mandated guidelines.
  
• Manages a wide array of critical business, financial and contract support services including formulating and presenting ATO budgets, briefing financial reports and managing contractor support services.
  
• Oversees ATO's human capital needs through active engagement, planning and strategizing with Agency stakeholders to attract and retain a diverse and qualified workforce, support development of the future aviation workforce and meet annual recruitment targets.
  
• Provides collective bargaining agreement interpretations for ATO Service Units to support collaborative processes for, and between, 18 bargaining units representing over 25,000 bargaining unit employees.
  
• Oversees the deployment of national, non-technical training, development and talent management solutions customized to ATO operations and advocates for agency talent management programs and services that meet the needs of the operations workforce.
  
• Manages complex, workforce planning initiatives and executes them within ATO business plans and budget allocations.
  
• Communicates and collaborates with senior aviation industry officials, key representatives of Congress, other Federal agencies, state and local governments to ensure achievement of ATO's fiscal and human resources requirements.
  

Travel Required

25% or less - The job may require up to 25% travel.

Supervisory status
Yes

Promotion Potential
NA

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Designated or Random Drug Testing required.

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the FAA Executive System, you must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability; and that is directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Leadership and Technical Requirements listed below.

• LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT : Do you have experience in achieving operational results? If so, in your resume, provide examples of ways you have exercised leadership to deliver significant results. Explain how you established goals, assessed outcomes, and improved products and services. Indicate how you identified and met customers' requirements and addressed the needs of stakeholders. Include examples of complex problems you solved or difficult obstacles that you overcame as a leader. Your description should include (1) the size and complexity of organizations you have led, (2) the scope of programs you have managed, and (3) the impact of your results on customers and other stakeholders.
• LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT : Do you have experience leading people? If yes, in your resume, describe the size of the organization and number and types of positions you have managed. Discuss ways that you have established and maintained positive work environments and prevented or eliminated discrimination or harassment. Describe ways that you have mentored and developed employees and built individual and team performance. Discuss how you have established and led teams to deliver products and services. Include in your description experience in leading others in a matrix environment across organizations.
• LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT : Do you have experience building relationships? If yes, in your resume, describe (1) the types of individuals with whom you routinely collaborate; and (2) the purpose and outcomes of the communication. Discuss your experience in communicating and cooperating with others to achieve goals. Provide examples of how you have built relationships to achieve consensus and how you were able to obtain the cooperation of others with competing priorities and perspectives. Describe how you effectively communicate information within and outside of your organization.
• LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT : Do you have experience leading strategic change? If yes, in your resume, describe examples of strategic changes that you led for your organization; describe the entities that the change affected (agency, industry, organizational components). Discuss obstacles you encountered and how you overcame them to the benefit of the agency. Include in your description ways that you applied long-range vision, developed strategies, and applied innovative ideas and techniques.
• TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT : Demonstrated experience leading and managing administrative functions, including financial management and labor relations, for a large geographically dispersed, operational organization.

Education

An education requirement has not been established for this occupational series.

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Additional information

Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
Veterans preference does not apply to the FAA Executive System.
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.

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.

This is not a bargaining unit position.

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

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.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Top Secret

Drug test required
Yes

Required Documents

1. A resume.
2. An attachment individually addressing the Leadership and Technical - Requirements (unless provided in the designated space in the application tool).
3. An SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, if asserting noncompetitive eligibility as a current/former FAA Executive, member of the Senior Executive Service or equivalent system.
4. A Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program (SESCDP) certificate if you are claiming noncompetitive status based on your completion of an SESCDP program.

Note: Please do not submit additional materials (i.e. DD Form 214, performance plans/evaluations, letters of recommendation, etc.) they will not be considered as part of the application package.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.