Will serve as an ATCS (Staff Support Specialist) in the Fairbanks Flight Service Station (FSS) facility in Alaska. Duties Help Performs the full range of duties providing support to an AFSS f
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Air Traffic Control Specialist (Staff Support Specialist)
Job Description:

Will serve as an ATCS (Staff Support Specialist) in the Fairbanks Flight Service Station (FSS) facility in Alaska.

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Performs the full range of duties providing support to an AFSS facility. Responsible for the day to day and long term programs such as orders, goals, quality control and training, plans and procedures. Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Enters and maintains personnel training records in various computer-based systems (Trax, Staffing workbook, CEDAR, etc.).

Updates and maintains the training items in employee training folders (Pumpkins).

Works with management to develop the annual facility training plan.

Issues area knowledge training for all new employees.

Holds training meetings to establish the allocation of OJTI’s to new trainees.

Establishes and assembles accident reporting packages in APG4.

Continuously reviews work processes to ensure results meet the agencys mission and customer needs.

Perform other duties as assigned and as directed by management.

Job Requirements:
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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).
  • First page of FAA 3330-43 (unrated) must be submitted. Please do not include your social security number.
  • Must currently hold or have held an AFSS/FSS facility rating.
  • Position is designated as Moderate Risk; a background investigation may be required.
  • Position will be filled as a temporary promotion, temporary reassignment, or detail not to exceed 1 year.
  • This may be extended, terminated early, or made permanent without further competition.
Qualifications

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to an FV-G/AT-AG (D3)/FG/GS-11. Specialized experience is experience in an air traffic facility that demonstrates possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the level of work of the advertised position. Specialized experience is defined as: Comprehensive knowledge of appropriate air traffic control laws, rules and regulations; and experience with FAA platforms and programs such as OASIS, CEDAR and the eSRS program.

Applicants must be facility rated or previously have held a facility rating in a Flight Service Station (FSS). Applicants must indicate on their application package that they have held or currently have this rating. Applicants may be deemed ineligible if this is not clearly stated in your application package.

The FAA 3330-43 (unrated) is a required form which will be used when making qualifications determination. Please do not include your social security number on this form.

In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.

  • Do you currently hold or have you ever held an Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) or Flight Service Station (FSS) facility rating issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) while employed with the FAA at a federal AFSS/FSS facility OR possess a Flight Service Station facility rating issued by an FAA-authorized issuer?

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

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 position.

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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

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 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) 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.

If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed.

This position will be filled as a temporary promotion, temporary reassignment, or detail not to exceed 1 year. It may be extended, terminated early, or made permanent without further competition.

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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

In addition to a resume, applicants must complete and submit the first page of an unrated FAA Form 3330-43, Rating of Air Traffic Experience. Please do not include your social security number on the form.

If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online application, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documentation, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS. Supplemental documentation can also be faxed to 907-271-5367 on or before the closing date of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth.



If you are an 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 an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.



Forms:
  • FAA-3330-43 : Rating of Air Traffic Experience

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.

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Job Info
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Type
Contractor
Salary Range
$84,275 - $130,634
Company Details
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20591 USA
www.faa.gov/jobs
238 Open Jobs Available
Our continuing mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. We strive to reach the next level of safety, efficiency, environmental responsibility and global leadership. We are accountable to the American public and ...

Benefits:
TBD

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