Air Traffic Control Specialist, Staff Support Specialist
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Federal Aviation Administration
Watkins, CO (In Person)
$199,826 Salary, Full-Time
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Air Traffic Control Specialist, Staff Support Specialist Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Air Traffic Service, Air Traffic Operions, Denver District, Denver
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Summary Serves as a Staff Support Specialist in Denver District. Learn more about this agency Summary Serves as a Staff Support Specialist in Denver District. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/21/2026 to 06/04/2026 Salary $171,652 - $228,000 per year Salary above includes 30.52% locality re. The maximum salary is capped the stutory max. Pay scale & grade AT LI Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Wkins, CO Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary - 2 Years Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) 2152 Air Traffic Control Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus Yes - This position is represented byNATCA:
Staff Support Specialists. Announcement numberANE-ATO-26-098-98786
Control number 870139800 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to currrent permanent FAA employees - FAA-Wide Duties Help Responsible for tactical, stregic, and administrive support of multiple program areas such as training, quality control, quality assurance, traffic management, airspace and procedures, plans and programs, operional automion, military operions, special and security operions, safety management system, safety reporting and other areas of specialty identified collaborively the local level. The work requires a comprehensive knowledge of the ATC field and familiarizion with the many integral components of the industry which comprise the Nional Airspace System. Specialist must have the ability to apply this knowledge of the analysis, evaluion and development of new methods, studies, approaches, and procedures. The Staff Support Specialist must be knowledgeable of agency wide programs, facility goals and objectives. Must be able to communice clearly and tailor their message to the target audience. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents). Designed or Random Drug Testing required. This position may be extended or termined early. This position may not be made permanent Qualificions To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience as defined below: 1) Must have held an FAA 2152-FG-14/FV-J or above, regional or headquarters position for a least one year (52 weeks); OR 2) Must have been facility red or area certified for least one year (52 weeks) an ATS facility; OR 3) Must have held an MSS position for least one year (52 weeks) in an ATS facility Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Preview job questionnaire Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements This position is covered by the Department of Transportion's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. Any applicant tentively selected for this position subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designed position (TDP)" subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing. Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of sisfactory security and/or medical requirements, if applicable. 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 comparive process, then the best qualified list shall be considered the selection list. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements, if applicable, may be further evalued. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerion. This position is not covered by Public Law 92.297 for early retirement purposes. FAA Form 3330-43-1 must be signed by the applicant and a facility representive in order to receive considerion. Failure to upload or fax this completed form with signures from the applicant and a facility representive will result in loss of considerion and your applicion red as ineligible. Links toImportant Informion:
Locality Pay , COLA Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.IMPORTANT
Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Applicants must apply on-line via USAJobs and Avior systems to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applicions cannot be accepted. Additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion (e.g. SF-50 or FAA Form 3330-43-1) should be uploaded to your Avior applicion or faxed on or before the closing de of this announcement. Include your name and the announcement number on each of your faxed pages. Please redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. FAA Form 3330-43-1 MUST be signed by the applicant and a facility representive to receive considerion. If the applicant and/or a facility representive fail to complete or sign this form, or fail to submit it prior to the closing de, it will result in a loss of considerion. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. 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-3330-43-1
: Ring of Air Traffic Experience For AT Movement If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Agency contact informion Ke O'Shea Phone 1 (781) 238-7287 Fax 1 (781) 238-7283 kaitlyn.f.o'shea@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANE Regional HR Services Branch 1200 District AvenueAHF-E200
Burlington, MA 01803 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Applicants must apply on-line via USAJobs and Avior systems to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applicions cannot be accepted. Additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion (e.g. SF-50 or FAA Form 3330-43-1) should be uploaded to your Avior applicion or faxed on or before the closing de of this announcement. Include your name and the announcement number on each of your faxed pages. Please redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. FAA Form 3330-43-1 MUST be signed by the applicant and a facility representive to receive considerion. If the applicant and/or a facility representive fail to complete or sign this form, or fail to submit it prior to the closing de, it will result in a loss of considerion. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. 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-3330-43-1
: Ring of Air Traffic Experience For AT Movement If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Ke O'Shea Phone 1 (781) 238-7287 Fax 1 (781) 238-7283 kaitlyn.f.o'shea@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANE Regional HR Services Branch 1200 District AvenueAHF-E200
Burlington, MA 01803 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/21/2026 to 06/04/2026 Salary $171,652 - $228,000 per year Salary above includes 30.52% locality re. The maximum salary is capped the stutory max. Pay scale & grade AT LI Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Wkins, CO Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary - 2 Years Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus - This position is represented byNATCA:
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