Management and Program Analyst (PM/COR)

Federal Aviation Administration •

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

The incumbent serves a Management & Program Analyst within AMA-930.

Duties

Serves as management and program analyst for multiple projects across the organization and its customers with primary responsibility for project outcomes under the minimal direction of the manager. Leads or personally performs complex or controversial studies which result in authoritative recommendations to improve Academy training programs, management policies, processes, and/or resource utilization.

Responsible for the preparation, quality and maintenance of project deliverables utilizing project management techniques, tools, and methods. Assists customers in defining project scope, requirements and deliverables; plans project activity, tasks, milestones, budget, resources and performance or success measures. Responsible for ensuring that assigned projects deliver in accordance with planned schedule, approved budget and agreed upon success factors. Communicates regularly with Academy staff, stakeholders and customers to ensure that resources are utilized in the most effective and efficient manner to meet program/project requirements. Serves as a liaison between functional counterparts, customers, and FAA Academys management in communicating issues, challenges and results of studies/analyses.

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of assigned projects, as well as functional policies and procedures and understanding of the customers required outcome, in both technical (e.g. NAS systems) and functional (e.g. end user) requirements. Project assignments may include research, application or infrastructure development/maintenance, financial, and operational systems. Serves as a program manager and principal specialist to develop new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and techniques, to define and direct challenging program activities.

Coordinates the various elements of projects including overall coordination of project plan development, project plan execution, and change control. Responsible for communicating, tracking and reporting project performance to sponsors, stakeholders and FAA Academy managers. Monitors metrics on project performance and the value being provided to our business lines and missions. Coordinates risk identification and manages risk mitigation. Develops and maintains project management-related standards such as templates, processes and best practices. Coaches, provides training and support on standardized project methodology and tools.

Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach or develop new approaches. Assignments require interpretations of internal and external policies and extrapolation from precedents.

Serve as Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for contracts and provide guidance and direction toward completion of contract deliverables.

Contacts are internal as well as external to FAA. May act as a key point-of-contact related to a single project or to a program (group of related projects). Develops/prepares technical reports, briefings, presentations or contractual documents, and communicates the overall results of a project to the FAA Academy management and other external parties. Incumbent furnishes advice and guidance to customers and team members; provides support to proposed alternative methods of doing business, develops change management plans; and influence managers or other officials to accept and implement findings. Addresses and resolves conflicts and controversial matters through consultation with customers, peers, manager, and coordinating the work with others as required.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)
A one-year probationary period may be required.
Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
See Required Documents & Additional Information.

Qualifications

To Qualify at the FG-13 (FV-I) level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the FG-12 (FV-H) level. 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 includes: experience applying project management principles; experience analyzing and recommending program functions; experience developing and preparing reports; experience communicating findings and solutions to target audiences.

AND

QRF: A well-qualified applicant will have experience as a COR level 2.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy 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 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.

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.

Required Documents

Supplemental documentation, i.e., Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50), DD Form 214 (Member 4 Copy), etc., will be accepted in combination with your online application. These documents must be uploaded with your application or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.

Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/. If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional information is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf.

Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for EVHO, MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

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.

Salary Range: $103,409 - $134,435

Job Ident #: 789489800

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Management and Program Analyst (PM/COR)

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