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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).
- A one-year probationary period may be required.
- Successful completion of security investigation may be required.
- Please review Required Documents & Additional Information.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position at the FG-11 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one (1) year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the FG-9 level. 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 using Bentley MicroStation, Bentley Map, Bentley OpenCities, ESRI ArcMap, and/or ESRI ArcGIS Pro, or other mapping software to apply basic cartographic and geographic principles for creating, maintaining, and revising aeronautical or other map or chart products, aeronautical datasets, aeronautical information publications, or radar video maps.
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Education Substitution:Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. (Transcripts Required)
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Combination education and experiencemay be qualifying for this position. Refer to OPM's Operating Manual Qualification Standards at, http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/sec-iv/a/gs-admin.asp for more information.
To qualify for this position at the FG-12 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one (1) year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the FG-11 level. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized Experienceincludes: Experience as a technical specialist in the full range of complex technical aeronautical charting data; analyzing operational aeronautical/navigational practices, techniques, and methods; utilizing one or more applications of Bentley MicroStation, Bentley Map, Bentley OpenCities, ESRI ArcMap, and/or ESRI ArcGIS Pro for creating, maintaining, and revising aeronautical charting products, aeronautical datasets, aeronautical information publications, or radar video maps.
To qualify for this position at the FG-13 level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one (1) year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the FG-12 level. 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 as a subject-matter expert providing high-level technical aeronautical and operational advice to other specialist related to cartographic principles; ensuring quality control of complex aeronautical information procedures by providing subject-matter guidance to other specialists related to creating, maintaining, and revising aeronautical charting products, publications, or radar video maps; and recommending changes in policies, procedures, or specifications as it relates to aeronautical charting products, publications or radar video maps.
Applicants should provide examples of Specialized Experience in their Work History. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
Education
Refer to the Qualifications section.
KSA INFORMATION:
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.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and Selective Factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Quality Ranking Factor (QRF), if applicable, and the KSA’s listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
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Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
Additional information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
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. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
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1) Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications cannot be accepted.
2) Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.
3) Position may be filled at the FG-11, FG-12, or FG-13 level with full promotion potential to FG-13 grade level. *Identification of promotion in the vacancy announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting training qualification requirements, and recommendation by the supervisor.
4) If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified 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.
5) Selected candidates may be placed anywhere within AJV-A200.
6) To confirm receipt of documents, please contact Caleb Weston at Caleb.A.Weston@faa.gov.
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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 Help
A Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) or DD214 (member 4 copy) will be required to verify area of consideration. Other supplemental documentation, etc. will be accepted in combination with your online application. These documents must be uploaded to your application on USAJOBS or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement.
To qualify based on education, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts at time of application. Schools must be accredited by an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to employment.
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.