Management and Program Assistant

Federal Aviation Administration

Watkins, CO

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SKILLS
Administrative Management, Administrative Skills, Automation Systems, Aviation Industry, Calendar Management, Data Analysis, Digital Certificates, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Establish Priorities, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Government, File Management, Government, Legal, Mail Processing, Multitasking, Office Management, People Management, Policy Development, Prepare Correspondence, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Development, Process Improvement, Purchasing/Procurement, Record Keeping, Records Management, Regulations, Reporting Skills, Spreadsheets, Time Management, Training Program, Travel Planning, United States Citizen
LOCATION
Watkins, CO
POSTED
Today
Summary

Serves as a Management and Program Assistant for Atlanta Certificate Management Office (CMO).

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FV-E Duties: Receives visitors and callers. Ascertains the nature of the visit/call and directsthe individual to the appropriate office/team. Prepares various reports and composes and types routine correspondence such as letters and memorandums. Reviews outgoing correspondence for grammatical and procedural accuracy. May serve as the time and attendance focal point for the office. Verifies time and attendance information and reports discrepancies to manager. Ensures travel authorizations and other travel documents are prepared accurately and comply with regulatory guidelines. Reviews office procurement requirements for supplies, equipment, and services. Coordinates and prepares appropriate procurement requests utilizing various system applications. Assists in a variety of administrative programs such as the government motor vehicle program, property accountability, office training program, and personnel program at the direction of management. Examines current office practices and policies and recommends improvements. Keeps staff current on procedural changes. Utilizes a variety of software programs to accomplish assignments. Provides files and records management oversight. Performs other duties as assigned.

FV-F Duties: The incumbent will perform a combination of routine, multiple, and varying assignments under the limited direction of the Field Office and Frontline Management Team. Assists Office Manager and Frontline Management Team, as well as the Administrative Officer, in day-to-day operations, and may act as a lead for other support staff to coordinate multiple assignments for the Field Office. Performs back-up duties in the absence of the Administrative Officer. Work activities typically support multiple projects/programs and contribute to the objectives of the organizational unit. Applies experience and advanced knowledge to plan and perform administrative assignments for projects/programs. Has a broad understanding of how administrative assignments contribute to organizational activities. Responsible for compiling, tracking, and analyzing data; providing advanced computer assistance: scheduling meetings; preparing correspondence; providing written or oral explanation of organization policies; and coordinating the implementation of new office policies and systems. Utilizes a variety of software programs to accomplish assignments. Demonstrates considerable independence in planning time, and coordinates only as needed with the Office Manager, Frontline Management Team, and Administrative Officer to prioritize assignments and use assigned resources. Often helps others plan and identify resources to accomplish projects/programs/tasks. Contacts are typically internal and external. Internal contacts frequently involve the Office Manager, Management Team, and Administrative Officer, as well as internal Aviation Safety Inspectors and administrative personnel. Other contacts may frequently include Division Management and Functional Area Office personnel, Flight Standards Field Office Managers, and employees from more than one organizational unit and/or Line-of-Business to share information, coordinate efforts, and discuss assignments. External contacts are typically with customers and other parties on routine matters that relate to the project/program that is being supported. Established policies and procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow some discretion for the incumbent to select the most appropriate approach, or to recommend new approaches. May provide recommendations to improve work processes. Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of the Office Manager, Frontline Management Team, or Administrative Officer. Identifies and informs Office Manager, Frontline Management Team, Administrative Officer, and/or other employees of problems/issues that require their attention and helps them develop and recommend solutions. Performs other duties as assigned.

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).


Qualifications

To qualify for this position at FV-E, FG/GS-7/8, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-D, FG/GS-3/6 grade levels. 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 must demonstrate: using various office automation software systems/programs to create letters/memos, reports, spreadsheets; experience in performing a wide variety of administrative functions to include records keeping, travel administration, time and attendance management, organizing and managing files and records; scheduling meetings and other administrative functions in support of an office.

To qualify for this position at the FV-F, FG/GS-9/10, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-E, FG/GS-7/8 grade levels. Specialized experience must demonstrate: using various office automation software systems/programs to create letters/memos, reports, spreadsheets; experience in performing a wide variety of administrative functions with little to no guidance/direction from supervision/management to include records keeping, travel administration, time and attendance management, organizing and managing files and records; scheduling meetings and other administrative functions in support of an office; and experience and advanced knowledge to plan and perform administrative assignments for projects/programs.

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.

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

Note: This position is being announced as an FV-0344-E/F. If position is filled at the FV-E level incumbent may be promoted to the FV-F level without further competition. However the grade of a position is based on the duties officially assigned and actually performed by the incumbent of the position. These duties are affected by the Supervisor's willingness to delegate higher graded duties and incumbent's capacity to perform the duties. Therefore, the indication of maximum grade is to be considered neither guarantee nor a commitment that the position will so develop.

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 alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Some, all, or none of the applicants may be interviewed.

This is not a bargaining unit position.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.



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Federal Aviation Administration