Duties

This position is located in the Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention (AVP) within the FAA's Office of Aviation Safety (AVS).

The incumbent provides leadership and direction for such programs as the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST), the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) program and assists the AVP Director, other government bodies, professional and academic organizations, industry and individuals on government and industry collaborative safety initiatives, data sharing safety programs based on causal analysis, vulnerability discovery, and prognostic analytical capabilities. The incumbent plans, promotes, and coordinates strategic activities that enables the CAST and ASIAS programs, and other similar programs, to achieve their goals on reducing the fatality risk in the National Airspace System (NAS) through leveraging proactive safety monitoring, and the identification of precursors through vulnerability analysis and implementation of proactive mitigation strategies.

Supports the Joint Implementation Data Analysis Team's (JIMDAT) industry and government co-chairs, in its mission to monitor and prioritize the CAST safety portfolio, and analyze the implementation and effectiveness of CAST safety enhancements (SEs). The incumbent leads technical groups that consist of FAA staff members, representatives of domestic and international airlines, manufacturers, employee groups, air traffic organizations, and airports to monitor CAST safety metrics, identify future safety threats and areas of study, conduct causal analysis, and develop SEs for newly identified safety threats as appropriate. The incumbent leads information sharing initiatives between ASIAS, CAST, and International Civil Aviation Office (ICAO) Safety Regional Safety Teams to promote and facilitate voluntary collection and sharing of safety information, and help entities address legal organizational barriers that discourage the collection and sharing of safety information. The incumbent prepares and provides technical support for the JIMDAT Co­ chairs, CAST Executive Committee and CAST members, including technical briefings for senior members of government and industry, review of materials for CAST meetings, managing CAST safety plans, CAST accident event sequences, SE effectiveness scoring and CAST portal information and training/outreach. As support to the co-chairs of the JIMDAT, ensures coordination of JIMDAT activities with the ASIAS Issue Analysis Team (IAT) tri-chairs, air carrier safety offices, and international safety organizations on key safety risk areas and mitigation strategies.

Supports the IAT tri-chairs in its mission to monitor and prioritize the safety analysis for commercial operations, to identify future safety threats, and guide the causal analysis for newly identified safety threats as appropriate and manage the production of CAST safety metrics. The incumbent prepares and provides technical support for the ASIAS executive board and ASIAS members, including executive summaries and briefings for senior executives of government and industry. The incumbent coordinates ASIAS safety analysis with air carrier safety offices and CAST.

Assignments vary in scope and duration and may be broad or specialized in scope, and involve any or all aspects of aviation safety and the Agency's relations with the aviation industry, other departments of government, or foreign governments. Represents AVS/AVP on committees, panels, and meetings dealing with CAST and ASIAS matters. This involves participation with executives and technical experts from both government and industry. Produces status updates on CAST- and ASIAS-related activities, to ensure the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety and the AVP Director are prepared for decisions in the CAST and ASIAS Executive Board meetings.

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.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)

Qualifications

To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Series, 1801, please refer to:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1800/general-inspection-investigation-enforcement-and-compliance-series-1801/

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-J, FG/GS-14. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience may include but not limited to: Experience in leading aviation joint industry/government safety teams/initiatives. Experience in identification and evaluation of trends or developments in aviation safety programs using advanced analytic and data visualization methods and programs. Experience in leading key safety strategic initiatives for the FAA that have had a significant impact on advancing aviation safety in the National Airspace System.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) 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.

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.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

If the selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under consideration for the position at that point in the process must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.

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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/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.

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, Skills and Abilities (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.

This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by AFSCME Local 1653.

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