Community Engagement Officer

Federal Aviation Administration •

El Segundo, California, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

This position serves as a Community Engagement Officer (CEO) for the Office of Airports (ARP), in the Regional Airport Divisions (ADO). This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling the ARP related activities necessary to deliver an effective community outreach program primarily in support of ARP objectives and the Regional Administrators Office.

Duties

In addition, the incumbent provides similar noise related support to other ARP regions located within their respective Service Areas.

I BAND DUTIES:

Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Provides guidance and technical support for complex and challenging activities. May act as a contributing specialist on large work activities.

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge applicable to aviation noise policies and regulations to plan and conduct functional activities for projects/programs. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines.

Represents ARP as a member of the FAA Noise Matrix Team which focuses on noise outreach. Provides input to the Regional Administrators (RA) CEO and other FAA LOBs when actions in ARP program areas could potentially impact noise outreach, or when other LOB activities could potentially impact ARP activities. Provides technical support to the Regional Administrators and their CEOs with planning, organizing, messaging, and developing community outreach plans and programs on airport noise, as needed.

Serves as a liaison between the Regional Administrators and ARP on matters pertaining to airport noise and related community engagement. Coordinates with the respective Regional Administrators, Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Service Center, Office of Energy and Environment (AEE), Office of the General Counsel (AGC), and other Regional/Headquarters LOBs/staff offices on assignments programs and projects. Identifies concerns with major projects/ policies/issues. Reviews and recommends approvals of major reports on projects, programs and other work activities for internal distribution.

Works closely with the RAs, ATO, and other CEOs to help reduce/manage conflicts that may occur between the timing of airport planning, environmental reviews, airspace procedure implementation, or construction activities. Collaborates with subject matter experts on Title 14 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 150 and Part 161, Airport Noise Compatibility Planning and Airport Access Requirements.

Provides information to stakeholders as needed. Works with Airports District Offices on noise complaints related to ARP programs. Coordinates responses for the FAAs Noise Complaint Initiative portal and reports activity quarterly. Identifies and resolves challenging problems or issues that often cross organizational boundaries and impacts the accomplishment of strategic objectives.

Participates in community outreach activities led by the RAs office including Aviation Roundtables, Congressional Outreach, and public meetings representing the ARP line of business. Keeps up-to-date on current training regarding FAA noise programs and policies to effectively communicate with the public.

Contacts are internal and external to the organization. May act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures. May be called upon to communicate FAA positions on policies and procedures internally and externally.

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

Work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities.

Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivisions, and/or LOB/SOs and may affect the objectives of the FAA. In some specialties, the work often affects internal and external customers.

J band duties under "Qualifications"

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Interviews: If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed

Qualifications

To qualify at the FV-I level, you must demonstrate in your resume specialized experience equivalent to FV-H, FG/GS-12. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for the FV-I level includes: Experience coordinating community outreach activities with internal/external stakeholders. Experience providing guidance on policies, procedures and requirements related to noise compatibility (Title 14 CFR Part 150) and airport access (Title 14 CFR Part 161) to the general public.

To qualify for this position at the FV-J level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13 level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience in managing, briefing and coordinating community outreach activities and at least one of the following: (1) Experience in explaining policies pertaining to the environmental evaluation of airport projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). (2) Experience in explaining policies pertaining to noise compatibility (Title 14 CFR Part 150) requirements to the public. (3) Experience in explaining policies pertaining to airport access (Title 14 CFR Part 161) requirements

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

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.

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J BAND DUTIES:

Is a recognized subject matter expert in airport noise and provides leadership and technical support for highly complex and challenging activities under minimal direction of a manager or executive. Identifies and resolves challenging problems or issues that often cross organizational boundaries and impact on the accomplishment of strategic objectives.

Represents ARP as a member of a FAA Noise Matrix Team of various FAA Lines of Business (LOB) focused on noise outreach. Provides technical input to the Regional Administrator's (RA) CEO and other FAA LOBs when actions in ARP program areas could impact noise outreach or when other LOB activities could impact ARP activities. May develop new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and/or techniques associated with challenging projects/programs/activities. As needed, also provides technical expertise to the Regional Administrators and their CEOs with planning, organizing, messaging, and developing community outreach plans and programs on airport noise.

Reports to the ARP Regional Deputy Director or Regional Planning and Programming Branch Manager. Contacts are internal and external. The position requires close coordination with the respective RAs, Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Service Center, Office of Energy and Environment (AEE), Office of the General Counsel (AGC), and other Regional/Headquarters LOBs/staff offices.

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.

Applies experience and expert knowledge that are applicable to his or her discipline to conduct functional activities for projects/ programs that often require the development of new and innovative approaches. Identifies and resolves challenging problems or issues that often cross organizational boundaries and impact on the accomplishment of strategic objectives.

Serves as a liaison between the RAs and ARP on matters pertaining to airport noise and related community engagement. Works closely with CEOs assigned to the RAs, ATO, and other FAA staff offices, including AEE, AGC, and the Office of Communications (AOC) to ensure that FAA's outreach strategies are executed in a strategic manner that considers FAA priorities, responsibilities and jurisdiction.

Works closely with the RAs, ATO, and other CEOs to notify and help reduce/manage conflicts that may occur between the timing of airport planning, environmental reviews, airspace procedure implementation, or construction activities. Participates in community outreach activities led by the RA's office including Aviation Roundtables, Congressional Outreach, and public meetings representing the ARP line of business.

Works with Headquarters, Regional, and Airports District Office subject matter experts with outreach on Title 14 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 150 Airport Noise Compatibility Planning. Coordinates with Headquarters, Regional, and FAA Airports District Office subject matter experts on 14 CFR Part 161, Airport Noise and Access Restrictions. Provides information to internal stakeholders and external audiences on this topic on an as-needed basis.

When requested, assists the Regional Environmental Protection Specialist in the review of Title 14 CFR Part 150 studies, noise analysis associated with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews, and Title 14 CFR Part 161 proposals at noise sensitive airports in the region.

Serves as the ARP point of contact for data collection and coordinator of ARP responses into the FAA's Noise Complaint Initiative portal. Reports and coordinates related activity on a quarterly basis to ARP Regional Management.

Receives training on current FAA noise programs, models and environmental and noise policies to ensure a technical understanding of the principles to convey to the public.

Work typically is reviewed only at completion for success in achieving planned results. Has broad discretion to ensure the alignment of organizational goals and policies and the requirements of the projects and/or other work activities.

Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivisions, and/or LOB's/SO's and often impact on the objectives of the FAA. In some specialties, the work regularly affects internal and external customers.

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience.

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

Applicants must apply on-line, through USAJOBS, to receive consideration; Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applications cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line application, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS. Supplemental documentation and college transcripts can also be faxed to (424) 405-7365 or emailed on or before the closing date of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth.

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 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).

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: $102,294 - $195,774

Job Ident #: 815150300

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