Compliance Oversight Advisor

Full Job Description

The incumbent serves as a Compliance Oversight Advisor in the Air Traffic Safety Standards Oversight Division of the Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service (AOV).

The incumbent is responsible for evaluating the impact of proposed changes in procedures, equipment, and technologies within the National Airspace System (NAS).

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Office of Personnel Group Coverage Qualification Standard for General Inspection Investigation Enforcement and Compliance Series, 1801: General Inspection Investigation Enforcement and Compliance Series 1801 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: Experience evaluating the proposed changes in procedures, equipment, and technologies within the National Airspace System (NAS).

Experience providing advice on safety oversight issues such as risk assessments, technical reviews and safety assurance documents.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. All qualification requirements shall be posted on the vacancy announcements at the time the announcement is made.

Interview Policy: If the selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under consideration for the position at that point in the process must be interviewed.

If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. Major Duties:

Leads and/or participates in activities designed to determine compliance with air traffic operations, regulations, and requirements. Evaluates safety compliance and risk mitigation issues.

Identifies issues requiring management attention. Develops recommendations for modifying existing plans and programs. Develops new policies, plans, and/or programs.

Distills essential elements into concise decision briefings for management.

Provides advice on safety oversight issues as related to risk assessments, technical reviews, human/system performance measures and safety assurance documentation.

Synthesizes complex, interrelated concepts. Conducts detailed studies requiring application of inspection, safety management methods and techniques to examine programs and procedures.

Determines if the overall direction of policies supports AOV programs and objectives. Develops potential courses of action to enable the planning of short- and long-term efforts.

Monitors all phases of air traffic operations and recommends system safety improvements.

Incumbent performs multiple, varying and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist.

Acts as principal technical specialist or as a project manager or team leader for large work activities.

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of air traffic control procedures and operations, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and develop improved technical processes or systems.

Considers the objectives of the major subdivision and LOB/SO when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems.

Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Defines, organizes, and assigns resources to accomplish organizational objectives.

Allocates resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities.

Communicates results to all levels internally and externally. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or contractual documents for final approval prior to external distribution.

Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies. Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations.

Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches.

Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires.

Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally. Provides guidance to lower-level staff on how to solve difficult technical issues.

Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist.

Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues. Works with management to solve problems.

Work is rarely reviewed, typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.

Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions or LOB's/SO's and may impact on the objectives of the FAA.