Supervisory Aviation Safety Inspector, Front Line Manager, Nashville FSDO, CESD19

Summary

Serves as a Front Line Manager within a Flight Standards office/branch.

Duties

• The Front Line Manager is responsible for aviation safety activities in a complex and dynamic environment.
• Manages and monitors individual and unit, group, or team performance standards with organizational initiatives, goals, and objectives by providing feedback, acknowledging achievement, and addressing performance deficiencies.
• Incumbent has full authority and responsibility to make all decisions and take action in the assigned program areas, subject to the manager's administrative review.
• Higher-level management reviews performance periodically by utilizing/reviewing work products, status reports, and organizational measures in place to ensure timeliness, policy compliance, and overall alignment with the Flight Standards Service.
• Directs the work of subordinate employees at the organizational unit level creating appropriate expectations for achieving intended results.
• Managerial duties include planning, organizing, setting priorities; assigning and allocating work for a unit, group, or team; monitoring and evaluating performance; coaching and developing employee capabilities; approving leave; and taking or recommending corrective/disciplinary action, as appropriate.
• Defines/redefines priorities as needed while meeting changing demands.
• Delegates the work that is appropriate for others under their direct supervision.
• Identifies relevant stakeholders associated with the work of the unit or branch and engages to receive feedback on unit performance, relationships and individual well-being.
• Creates partnerships exemplified by mutual respect, productive conflict, and effective action taking to address service issues.
• Encourages teamwork within the unit or branch exemplified by ensuring individuals are working with others beyond their area of expertise, specialty or job role to collect and consider other views and perspectives.
• Applies a comprehensive knowledge of the technical aspects of the directed work, typically governed by Federal Aviation Regulations, established guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Faces challenges or barriers, taking time to consider and discuss a range of relevant views from direct reports, peers and others.
• Takes actions to address impediments to success for individuals, unit, or team.
• Creates, communicates and reinforces clarity of direction for individuals.
• Views questions from direct reports as opportunities to clarify direction, learn, and grow.
• Builds and maintains external stakeholder trust and confidence.
• Works collaboratively to resource and achieve critical priorities effectively across functions and cultures.
• Works collaboratively with stakeholders and service providers in designing and providing a sound business case to next-level manager for fiscal and human resource needs that support individual direct reports and the unit, group, or team, aligning with the expectations of
• Contributes views, perspective, and experience as a member of the office, branch, or division leadership team.
• Anticipates changes that affect organizational vision, and assists in developing new policies and procedures.
• Develops strategies to implement organizational change.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude to achieving results, quickly recovering from setbacks, and learning from experience.
• Models creative thinking and innovation.
• Selects or recommends selection of non-supervisory employees for positions in the unit.
• Ensures direct reports are competent in their role and range of responsibility.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to enhance employee¿s knowledge and ability.
• Provides coaching for development and uses influence to support employee performance and growth while providing effective feedback.
• Demonstrates leadership and commitment to the FAA model EEO program.
• Ensures equal opportunity for all employees or applicants through compliance with applicable laws and regulations to eliminate discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Requirements

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent. This is a NTE 2 years position – this position may be extended, terminated or made permanent without further competition. Ingrade/Downgrade applications will be accepted. Interviews: All, some or none of the candidates may be interviewed. Selectee must report to the advertised facility. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS: 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. Your application/resume must have your official title, grade, series and employment dates in your work history. 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)/Leadership and Management Dimension (LMD) 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/LMD. In lieu of providing a KSA NARRATIVE response in the text box listed below each KSA/LMD, in your work history on your resume/application, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA/LMD. 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. Please also ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job); Duties (be specific in describing your duties); Employer’s name and address; Supervisor name and phone number; Start and end dates including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008); Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week); & Salary. Determining length of Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible due to an incomplete application. 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. Your work history (please include applicable date ranges) examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. 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, eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualifications will be placed in alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration. Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applications cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line application, e.g. SF-50, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS.

Required Documents

• GAO applicants MUST provide a copy of their valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certificate with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane ratings and Airline Transport Pilot Certificate or Commercial Pilot Certificate with instrument airplane rating.
• GAM applicants MUST provide a copy of their FAA Mechanic Certificate with airframe and power plant ratings.
• All Applicants MUST provide a copy of their most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) which verifies current position, title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record as shown below.
• If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of
• 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/.