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.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
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.

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: $123,884 - $192,056

Job Ident #: 796281100

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