Foreign Affairs Specialist

Federal Aviation Administration •

Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

This position serves as a Foreign Affairs Specialist in the Office of Safety Standards.

Duties

Serves as point of contact for activities in a geographic region. In this capacity, the incumbent coordinates the activities of individual countries in a region and makes recommendations to the AFS-50 Division Management Team, the Director of Flight Standards (AFS-1), the Executive Director Flight Standards Service (AFX-1), the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety (AVS-1), the Assistant Administrator for International Aviation (API), and other senior managers on the course of action for technical assistance, international training, bilateral agreements, ICAO initiatives, aviation technologies, and other activities.

Incumbent provides familiarity with the governing policies, procedures, and regulations. The management and/or program functions and studies in which the incumbent provides assistance include, but are not limited to, program planning documentation and reporting.

Incumbent is responsible for coordination with the Office of the Assistant Administrator for International Aviation on technical assistance, policy, and operational issues affecting Flight Standards Service areas of responsibility.

Incumbent will be responsible for coordinating with the Office of the Assistant Administrator for International Aviation on the development and oversight of FS-related Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements (BASA) and affiliated implementation procedures/annexes under BASAs.

Incumbent will be expected to represent FS at international forums and provides technical and issue papers upon request by AFS/AVS and technical divisions.

Incumbent is responsible for creating and maintaining a long-term strategic plan for the assigned region, as requested by management. Coordinates and facilitates the development of an annual technical assistance action plan for the region, whose primary goal is to strengthen the safety oversight organization of the civil aviation authorities. Acts as focal point for monitoring progress on the annual action plan and prepares monthly reports to management. Formulates any required budget requests to ensure completion of the action plan activities.

Incumbent compiles, cross checks, and consolidates tables, exhibits, schedules, and other management and/or program data and information in preparations of internal and external reports.

Provides international policy guidance to FAA regional and field office personnel participating in safety oversight activities involving the countries in the region through coordination with other technical division experts. Besides having responsibility for a geographic region of the world, the incumbent also acts as principal coordinator for any one of the following functional areas: International training, technical assistance, bilateral agreements, ICAO, aviation technologies, or other areas as assigned. In this capacity, the incumbent is responsible for developing, maintaining, or modifying the established office procedures for the assigned functional area and ensures consistency and standardization within the Division.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:
Requirements 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).
Designated or Random Drug Testing required.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements

Degree: major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, in international law and international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; or 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods.

Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, as shown in the degree section above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Experience: four years of appropriate experience in one or more of the fields listed in the degree section above in work associated with international organizations, problems, or other aspects of foreign affairs.

In addition to the above basic requirements, to qualify at the FG-12 level applicants must demonstrate in their application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11/FG-11/FV-G 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 for the FG-12: experience developing presentations, writing briefing papers, issue papers, reports, speeches and other correspondence on a variety of international activities that summarize technical international issues for management.

In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective placement 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.

Selective Placement Factor: experience in coordination and implementation of technical issues affecting international aviation. This includes the development and support of complex international programs, such as updating technical documents relating to international affairs/events, drafting bilateral agreements, and analyzing technical issues.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective placement 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.

You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience and the selective placement factor in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

This position may be filled at the FG-11, FG-12, FG-13 or FG-14 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, higher level work be available and recommendation by the supervisor.

Education

Applicants who are not currently in or who have not previously served in the 130 occupational series (Foreign Affairs Specialist) in the Federal Government and wish to qualify based on education, must provide a copy of an unofficial or official transcript with their application to receive further consideration for this vacancy.

Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.

Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.

Upon selection, if qualified based on education, you will be required to submit an official transcript prior to appointment. If you do not have an official transcript (original, with the raised seal), you should contact your school immediately to request it.

Foreign Education: For additional information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

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

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:

SF-15 : Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference

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.

Salary Range: $99,200 - $128,956

Job Ident #: 819315500

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