Supervisory Aviation Safety Specialist (Branch Manager)

Full Job Description

The incumbent will serve as a Supervisory Aviation Safety Specialist within the Flight Operations Group AFS-410.

To qualify for this position at the FV-K (FG/GS-15) level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-J (FG/GS-14) level.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position to be filled, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes: Experience leading complex projects related to flight technologies.

Experience coordinating cross-functional teams, managing timelines, and ensuring the successful implementation of new technologies or procedures.

Experience developing and implementing risk management strategies to enhance flight safety.

Experience could involve conducting risk assessments and developing mitigation plans to address identified hazards.

Experience collaborating with various stakeholders, including government agencies, industry partners, and international organizations, to advance flight technology initiatives.

AND Quality Ranking Factor: A well-qualified applicant will have the ability to develop FAA regulatory documents to ensure safe communication, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) in response to changes in the National Airspace System.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Major Duties:

Maintains responsibility for aviation safety activities within a complex National Airspace System (NAS) by applying safety-related technologies, procedures, and analytical methods.

Plans and evaluates compliance activities, analyzes safety data and trends, identifies hazards, and supports risk management strategies through models, automated tools, and standardized processes.

The work emphasizes analytical review, coordination, and process improvement rather than direct technical performance.

Results inform aviation safety programs and decision-making at the national and international level.

As a member of a higher-level leadership team (e.g., Division leadership team), contributes to problem-solving beyond own function.

Builds and maintains an effective office/branch leadership/management team; ensuring units are working together and beyond boundaries, exemplified by shared decision-making, commitment to sharing all relevant information, and considering input from all relevant stakeholders as necessary to create expected results.

Regularly called upon to identify problem areas and to develop and recommend new policies and procedures for resolution.

Supports effective problem solving by ensuring subordinates are accountable to address challenges and barriers, and are clear about roles and responsibilities for decision-making.

Confirms active collaboration occurs beyond the office/branch and that solutions fully consider and represent all relevant perspectives/interests.

Delegates work and empowers subordinates to decentralize decision-making.

Applies advanced knowledge of budget and human resource management, and other administrative policies and procedures, and an advanced understanding of the objectives of the major subdivision.

Manages and sets clear performance standards that promote accountability, a sense of individual responsibility, professionalism, and pride for organizational performance to next level managers (e.g.

assistant managers, front line managers, supervisory principle inspector, as applicable).

Ensures effective managerial work and work quality across all units and cross-organizational relationships while maintaining unit and individual well-being.

Responsible for the leadership, planning, prioritizing, direction, communication, tasking, training, and scheduling of work.

Also responsible for time and attendance, leave approval, performance evaluation, corrective and disciplinary actions, and sets front line office goals and objectives.

Makes effective resourcing decisions across several work units, teams, or groups; making certain that work units deliver expected output within required time frame and budget.

Adjusts resourcing plans as needed to meet changing work conditions. Holds other managers accountable to make good business decisions in meeting the needs of Flight Standards (FS).

Defines, plans, and organizes assigned budget, staff and other resources to accomplish objectives for more than one organizational unit or team.

Performs critical aspects of the budget planning process, including projecting short-term and long-term future needs and justifying resource requirements.

Is accountable of all assigned office equipment. Resolves all but unique problems without the intervention of higher level management.

Holds subordinate managers accountable for maintaining mutually productive partnerships with stakeholders as demonstrated by productive conflict and effective action taking to address issues impeding effectiveness.

Conducts analysis of the appropriateness and effectiveness of organizational programs, development, coordination, and monitoring of Division responses to industry, other agencies, Congress, and the public.

May serve as a focal point for Flight Standards providing recommendations, evaluations, and validating research and development requirements for new concepts or systems, and other programs necessary to support the conduct of flight operations in the global arena.

Other duties as assigned.