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Federal Aviation Administration

Operations Research Analyst

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Operions Research Analyst Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Air Traffic Organizion, Systems Operion, Office of Performance Analysis, AJR-G000 Summary This position is locion in the Air Traffic Organizion (ATO), within System Operions Services (AJR) in the Performance Analysis Directore (AJR-G). Learn more about this agency Summary This position is locion in the Air Traffic Organizion (ATO), within System Operions Services (AJR) in the Performance Analysis Directore (AJR-G). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Vint Hill Farms Military Installion, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $86,134 - $133,515 per year The salary listed includes the locality re of 33.94% for the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. Pay scale & grade FV H Promotion potential NA Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time 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. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1515 Operions Research Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by AFSCME Local 1653. Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number

AWA-AJR-26-7129CM-100592

Control number 885497700 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 current permanent FAA employees ATO-Wide Help This job is also open in another announcement to: Internal to an agency Duties Help The Operions Research Analyst performs a mixture of routine and multiple and varying assignments under limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader or more experience technical specialist. Collects, records and analyzes da by applying mhemical modeling, stistical analysis and other optimizing methods to provide informion th assist management with decision making. Applies experience and detailed technical knowledge in operions research, mhemical, stistical, econometric and scientific theories, principles, concepts, methods and techniques to accomplish assignments. Analyzes da using probability or stistics to identify trends or relionships among variables and assists with evaluing da resulting from applying mhemical or stistical tools, models and techniques. Assists with compiling, coding, cegorizing, auditing or verifying da which contributes to the identificion of recurring problems in aviion and aerospace industries including airline operions. Assists more experienced analysts with analyzing and identifying areas for improved efficiency of the operional performance of the NAS by designing, developing, adapting and applying stistical models, da analytics and other research methods. Assists in validing and testing performance reporting tools, while working with operional da sources such as Aviion System Performance Metrics (ASPM). Utilizes analytical software and tools, dabases and other automed systems to assist in defining da requirements and ghering and validing informion. Frequently refers difficult problems and work issues to a manager, program/project manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist when guidelines are not available or applicable. Contacts are primarily internal to the organizional unit, major subdivision, and LOB/SO, with some contact with customers and external organizions. Contacts are typically intended to share informion, provide da and/or written analyses, and discuss the stus of assignments. Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments but allow some discretion to select the most approprie approach. Typically receives guidance on selecting approach from a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist. May provide recommendions to improve work processes. Work is reviewed periodically during assignments and completion to ensure timeliness and technical compliance with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities typically support the activities of the organizional unit and may affect project/program objectives for the major subdivision and the ATO. In some area, the work may affect the safety and security of customers. 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). This position has a positive educion requirement. Transcript(s) required. Qualificions To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the

FV-G, FG/GS-5/9

level. This experience is typically reled to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion.

Specialized Experience includes:

- Experience compiling, coding, cegorizing, calculing, tabuling and verifying da. - Experience utilizing automed systems, analytical software and tools, and dabases to gher da. You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact

your ring or may result in you not being Answer all questions to the best of your ability.

DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD OR HAVE HELD THISPOSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FORUND ELIGIBLE.

You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you have this type of experience ler in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during the applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion. Applicants who fail to demonstre possession of any of the above criteria AND who do not provide the required documention will receive no further considerion for this position. Applicants may be asked to verify informion on your applicion for employment with the FAA. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of the vacancy. Educion This position has a positive educion requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certifices by the closing de of announcement to verify qualificions. If selected, an official transcript required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page). Failure to do so will result in loss of considerion. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Accredition may be verified the following website: www.ed.gov/accredition . Foreign educion must be evalued by a prive professional organizion specializing in interpretion of foreign educion credentials or an accredited U.S. educional institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired an American college or university. A copy of the evaluion results must be included, otherwise your foreign educion will not be

Basic Requirements:
Degree:

in operions research; or least 24 semester hours in a combinion of operions research, mhemics, probability, stistics, mhemical logic, science, or subject-mter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mhemics or stistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.

Evaluion of Educion:

The primary requirement of operions research work is competence in the rigorous methods of scientific inquiry and analysis rher than in the subject mter of the problem. Therefore, applicants should have sufficient knowledge of applied mhemics to understand and use the fundamental concepts and techniques of operions research methods of analysis. In addition, some positions may require knowledge of a specific subject area. Courses acceptable for qualifying for operions research positions may have been taken in departments other than Operions Research, e.g., Engineering (usually Industrial Engineering), Science, Economics, Mhemics, Stistics, or Management Science. The following are illustrive of acceptable courses: optimizion; mhemical modeling; queueing theory; engineering; physics (except descriptive or survey courses); econometrics; psychometrics; biometrics; experimental psychology; physical chemistry; industrial process analysis; managerial economics; computer science; measurement for management; mhemical models in social phenomena; and courses th involved applicion of operions research techniques and methodologies to problems of management, marketing, systems design, and other specialized fields; or other comparable quantitive analysis courses for which college-level mhemics or stistics is a prerequisite. Courses in theory of probability and stistics are highly desirable but are not specified as minimum educional requirements because to do so would possibly exclude some applicants who would otherwise be well qualified. 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 As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the initial applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA section, in your work history, please include informion th 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 evalued further to valide whether the level th you selected is approprie based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a human resource specialist as approprie.

This position is covered by the FAA Core Compension plan. Additional informion about Core Compension is available : https://www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/benefits . This Level 5 (Modere Risk; Public Trust) position requires favorable adjudicion of a Minimum Background Investigion (MBI) background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained.

AFSCME Interview Criteria:

Article 42, Section 13 stes: If the selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under considerion for the position th point in the process 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 to be the selection list. If it is determined th interviews are required and telephone interviews are not utilized, travel expenses incidental to these interviews paid in accordance with the Agency's travel regulions and this Agreement. Links to

Important 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 ALL applicants MUST submit the following: (1) resume with complete work history; and (2) a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action). For guidance on how to cree a Federal resume, http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf . Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. We cannot accept documents received via the email system. Documents sent via email will NOT receive considerion. This position has a positive educion requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candides newly appointed to the FAA in the 1515 series. College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 1515 series with the FAA. College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying a 1515 series. If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment. 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/ . 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 Christine McNeil Phone 1 (202) 267-3722 Fax 1 (202) 267-7032 christine.mcneil@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion HQ Employment Services Branch 800 Independence Ave, SW, Room 523 AHF-110 Washington, DC 20591 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 ALL applicants MUST submit the following: (1) resume with complete work history; and (2) a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action). For guidance on how to cree a Federal resume, http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf . Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. We cannot accept documents received via the email system. Documents sent via email will NOT receive considerion. This position has a positive educion requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candides newly appointed to the FAA in the 1515 series. College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 1515 series with the FAA. College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying a 1515 series. If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment. 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/ . 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 Christine McNeil Phone 1 (202) 267-3722 Fax 1 (202) 267-7032 christine.mcneil@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion HQ Employment Services Branch 800 Independence Ave, SW, Room 523 AHF-110 Washington, DC 20591 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Vint Hill Farms Military Installion, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $86,134 - $133,515 per year The salary listed includes the locality re of 33.94% for the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. Pay scale & grade FV H Promotion potential NA Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time 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. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by AFSCME Local 1653. Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number

AWA-AJR-26-7129CM-100592

Control number 885497700

Benefits

  • Dental Insurance
  • Other Retirement and Savings