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Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
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Summary

Serves as a speechwriter for the Assistant Administrator for NextGen, ANG-1.

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Assistant Administrator for NextGen, ANG-1

Overview

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Open & closing dates
01/19/2018 to 02/02/2018
Salary
$100,858 to - $156,358 per year

Salary includes a locality payment of 28.22%

Pay scale & grade
FV J
Location
Washington DC, DC
1 vacancy
Travel Required
25% or less - The job may require up to 25% travel.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-Time
Service
Excepted
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
Yes
Drug test
No
Announcement number
ACT-ANG-18-MAQ1-55970
Control number
489033600

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Duties

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The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is a comprehensive overhaul of our National Airspace System (NAS) to make air travel more convenient and dependable, while ensuring your flight is as safe, secure, and hassle-free as possible. The NextGen Organization has a duty to communicate clearly and consistently as a corporate entity in responding to oversight bodies and other interested stakeholders.

The successful candidate will serve as a speech writer and communications expert to the Assistant Administrator for NextGen and to the Deputy Assistant Administrator for NextGen to ensure the proper messaging of NextGen-related issues. The candidate will be required to independently plan, schedule, coordinate, and submit completed staff documents and publications and will also participate in technical meetings and activities. For specific projects you may be called upon to work with contacts across the agency and oversight bodies to develop the project’s strategy, research key data, write, edit or design materials, and see the project through to delivery. The end product must be clear, concise, and targeted to its audience, and delivered on budget and deadline. The incumbent will effectively coordinate organization wide communications to include content control and coordination of the organization’s internal website.

Is a recognized subject matter expert and provides leadership for highly complex and challenging activities. May act as a principal specialist to develop new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and/or techniques to define and direct challenging projects/programs/activities

Applies experience and expert knowledge that are applicable to conduct functional activities for projects/programs that often require the development of new and innovative approaches.

Applies knowledge of FAA's policies and objectives to identify, define, and organize resources for large projects/programs/work activities.

Provides expert guidance and instruction both internally and externally to address diverse, complex issues which often cross multiple projects, programs, and/or functional areas. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with senior management to identify and resolve problems.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
  • Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Qualifications

To view the complete qualification standard, applicants should reference – U.S. Office of Personnel Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative and Management Positions.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1000/writing-and-editing-series-1082/

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 or FG/GS-13 in the Federal Service. 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 is not limited to: Experience writing and editing original material related to the aviation industry that included general aviation research and operational and/or performance topics for electronic and printed media; experience writing high-level speeches for various audiences.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History.

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

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Travel may be required.
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.

1. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative, 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, 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.

2. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the select official for consideration.

3. All, some or none of the applicants may be interviewed.

4. Selection may be made from this announcement or announcement number ACT-ANG-18-MAQ1-55973.

5. Current and former federal employees must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action. See Required Documents section.



This is a bargaining unit position.

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay , COLA

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.

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