Duties

The Director, Aviation Property Management is located in the Office of Finance and Management, Acquisitions & Business Services Office. The Director, Aviation Property Management ensures the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency's large, diversified and complex property acquisition and management programs. The Director provides leadership to a geographically dispersed property management workforce of over 200 employees who develop and execute policy and deliver operational support for real and personal property management, facility management and space allocation for administrative spaces. The Director has direct and indirect oversight over 27 contracts, an operations budget over $100M, two Capital Investment Programs totaling $51.7M, and 43 General Service Administration facilities and 130 Direct Leases.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Leads the FAA as the Senior Real Property Officer in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary for Administration.
  
• Provides oversight of FAA's Real Property Portfolio to ensure adherence to management internal controls, and to achieve cost efficiencies and savings.
  
• Oversees and directs the planning, policies, and processes associated with FAA's Administrative Office spaces.
  
• Ensures the organization applies project management principles in order to highlight opportunities of scope and scale, achieve cost efficiencies and savings, and mitigate risk to operation of FAA's Headquarters buildings.
  
• Fosters an environment of innovation through collaboration, coordination and communication with all Agency Lines of Business and Staff Offices pertaining to Aviation Property Management.
  
• Maintains a strong customer focus in accordance with all Service Level Agreements and customers' commitments, while focusing on high-quality products and services that satisfy customers' requirements.
  

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Review the Additional Information Section of this vacancy announcement for important information regarding pre-employment COVID Vaccine requirement.
• 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.

In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following have been determined to be selective factors for this position. This means possession of this criteria is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criteria are ineligible for further consideration.

• LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT : Do you have experience in achieving operational results? If so, 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, 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, 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, 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 a National property and facilities management organization (or comparable portfolio organization) through transformative leadership.
• TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT : Demonstrated experience leading and influencing the coordination of prospectus and/or other significant property or portfolio projects with internal and external stakeholders.

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. www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/financial_disclosure_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.

If selected, you will be required to acknowledge/affirm that you are or will be fully vaccinated prior to entering on duty, and will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination upon entering on duty.

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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