Project Manager

Federal Aviation Administration •

Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

Serves as a Safety Culture Team Member working with the Safety Culture Program Manager, applying knowledge of organizational effectiveness and psychology principals related to Safety Culture.

Duties

The project manager is a recognized subject matter expert in strategies that helps team optimize its workflow, ensure success, and measure the culture and climate of a large, diverse organization. Provides leadership for highly complex and challenging safety culture activities under the minimal direction of a manager or executive. Acts as a principal specialist to develop new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and/or techniques to define and direct challenging safety projects involving the Safety Culture program initiatives. Conducts functional activities for projects/programs that often require the development of new and innovative approaches. Reviews and assesses current practices that promote safety culture to develop a comprehensive, phased communication plan.

Applies experience and expert knowledge of project management principles, methods, and tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including identifying requirements, determining the scope, cost, and time, adapting specifications, plans, and approach to meet expectations and objectives. Identifies, defines, and organizes resources for large projects or other work activities. Acquires and allocates resources to accomplish activities within established schedules and budgetary requirements. Works with program managers in the implementation of health and safety objectives for all employees. Shares responsibility for the performance of programs/projects that frequently affect more than one LOB/SO or the FAA as a whole.

Develops innovative and effective decision processes and methods to execute the work activities within the project plans for the Safety Culture program. Applies knowledge of change management principles, strategies, and techniques required for effectively planning, implementing, and evaluating in the organization. Uses techniques and principles such as appreciative inquiry to ensure consistent and unified safety messaging within AVP and AVS. Identifies and resolves challenging problems or issues that often cross organizational boundaries and impact on the accomplishment of strategic objectives.

Provides support to cross-organizational teams to plan, organize, coordinate, resolve issues, and schedule programs associated with the collection and analysis of data aimed at assessing individual and group values, attitudes, and competencies. Manages and monitors the data collection using a variety of methods, including safety culture workshops, interviews, and survey development. Predicts, identifies and evaluates potential risks and proposes alternate ways to either avoid or minimize impact.

Applies strategic communication practices to support teams in the analysis and evaluation of current practices that promote safety culture to develop a comprehensive and phased communication plan. Assesses existing safety practices and communication efforts to enhance and promote a positive safety culture within the organization. Analyzes alternative approaches in the process of providing guidance and instructions to management concerning major aspects of technical, operational, and administrative program requirements to ensure understanding and compliance with appropriate policies, regulations and strategic goals.

Contacts are internal and external. Collaborates with national labor organizations to learn and share industry best practices to successfully modify and develop safety promotion material. Often represents the major subdivision and LOB/SO as a principal point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures. Formulates and recommends to senior management positions on major projects/ policies/issues. Prepares, reviews, and recommends approvals of major reports on projects, programs and other work activities for internal and external distribution. Develops briefings to convey strategic vision and/or organizational policies to internal and external audiences.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
This is not a remote position. You will be required to report to the duty location. Telework eligible.

Qualifications

To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative Series, 0301, please refer to:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/miscellaneous-administration-and-program-series-0301/

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13. 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 with the collection and analysis of data aimed at assessing individual and group values, attitudes, and competencies. Experience assessing existing safety practices and communication efforts to enhance and promote a positive safety culture within the organization.

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

Applicants should provide examples of the specialized experience in their work history.

This is not a remote position. You will be required to physically report to the duty location. This position is telework eligible.

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

Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50). Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to monique.heriegel@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All emailed documents should reference the announcement number.

If you want consideration for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documentation that must be submitted at time of application can be found at Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).

All Veterans: If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit either a DD Form 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member 4 Copy or equivalent), or a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions. If you are claiming 10 point preference, you must also submit a completed SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference, and supporting documents outlined on the SF-15. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.

If you are claiming 10 point preference but fail to submit the supporting documents outlined on the SF-15, you will be tentatively assessed as a 5 point preference eligible provided your DD Form 214 reflects that you have the service required to qualify for preference. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.

Veterans currently on active duty claiming veterans' preference: You will be granted tentative preference if you submit a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions and your application shows that you have the required service. Prior to being appointed, you must provide to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office a DD Form 214 documenting discharge/release and showing that the service was honorable or general. If you are on terminal leave, you must provide documentation certifying authorized terminal leave.

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: $123,884 - $192,056

Job Ident #: 796283100

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