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Air Traffic Control Specialist (Staff Support Specialist) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Air Traffic Organizion, Eastern Service Area North, New York District, New York Center, (ZNY) Summary Incumbent serves as a Staff Support Specialist (MSS-1) in an Enroute facility. 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. Learn more about this agency Summary Incumbent serves as a Staff Support Specialist (MSS-1) in an Enroute facility. 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. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Ronkonkoma, NY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $181,423 - $228,000 per year The salary range cited above includes a locality re of 37.95%. Pay re for FAA employees, including locality pay is capped by law $228,000 Pay scale & grade AT LI 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 2152 Air Traffic Control Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by
NATCA:
Staff Support Specialists. Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Announcement number
AEA-ATO-26-BKY-99198
Control number 873624400 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 FAA Wide - Open to current permanent FAA employees. Duties Help 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. Specialists must have the ability to apply this knowledge to 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. While not required, hardware/software experience is desirable. Some travel required. For the assigned
Facility/Duty Locion:
1. Performs daily functions of maintaining and or improving operional merial and or resources within the assigned area(s) of specialty.
2. Communices intra / inter facility as well as among various lines of business and industry.
3. Makes recommendions for new projects/studies, taking into account available resources and the accomplishment of facility goals and objectives.
4. Applies expertise toward the completion of projects/studies and facility reports.
5. Analyzes and evalues the effectiveness of equipment, facilities, and procedures.
6. Conducts investigions, evaluions, and briefs facility personnel.
7. Develops methods to improve customer service and the quality of support provided.
8. Collabores freely among facilities, provides feedback and consults with other Staff Support Specialists regardless of duty locion.
9. May perform duties outside of the facility commensure with grade and experience. Depending upon facility structure, reports to an assigned MSS-2, 3 or 4, who provides administrive direction for facility assignments, in terms of broadly defined missions or functions within areas of specialties. The incumbent is responsible for planning, designing and completing work assignments independently. Results of the work are technically authoritive and are normally accepted without change. Work is evalued in terms of results achieved and effectiveness in assigned program areas. 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. FAA Form 3330-43-1 required. See below under Required Documents. Position is not covered under
P.L. 92-297
for early retirement purposes. Qualificions Candides must show Specialized Experience, which is defined as: 1) Must have held an FAA 2152-FG-14 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;
NOTE:
An employee who has been facility red or area certified for least one year (52 weeks) in an ATS facility th is upgraded, is considered to meet the qualificion requirements of the upgraded positions, since the employee has been performing the higher-graded work; OR 3) Must have held an MSS position for least one year(52 weeks) in an ATS facility;
NOTE:
There are no restrictions on who can apply to MSS vacancies those facilities with 3 or less MSS levels. In addition to the qualificions listed above for MSS positions, the chart on MSS positions used to determine which career level applicants are qualified to make applicion. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Educion Not applicable 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.
Interview Policy:
Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed. Requirements for
Security Clearance:
Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of sisfactory security requirement. Position is not covered under
P.L 92-297
for early retirement purposes. 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 In addition to uploading a resume and all other required applicion forms, applicants must complete and submit the FAA Form 3330-43-1, Ring of Air Traffic Experience for AT Movement with their bid. The form must include from and to des of experience, position title, series and grade/level of all positions held. The form must be submitted either by uploading a copy as an tachment with the bid package through USAJOBS, by the closing de of this announcement. Applicants considered ineligible if the form is not completely filled out and received in HR by the closing de of this announcement.
NOTE:
Applicants are reminded th FAA Form 3330-43-1 is required. No references made from your Official Personnel File, so informion must be current and up to de.
NOTE:
Applicants are required to submit a copy of their SF-50 with the informion below, NOT SF-52. 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 Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. 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 Brenda K. Yee Phone 1 (718) 553-3453 Brenda.
Yee@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AEA Regional HR Services Branch 1 Aviion Plaza, Room 207 AHF-N610 Jamaica, NY 11434 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 In addition to uploading a resume and all other required applicion forms, applicants must complete and submit the FAA Form 3330-43-1, Ring of Air Traffic Experience for AT Movement with their bid. The form must include from and to des of experience, position title, series and grade/level of all positions held. The form must be submitted either by uploading a copy as an tachment with the bid package through USAJOBS, by the closing de of this announcement. Applicants considered ineligible if the form is not completely filled out and received in HR by the closing de of this announcement.
NOTE:
Applicants are reminded th FAA Form 3330-43-1 is required. No references made from your Official Personnel File, so informion must be current and up to de.
NOTE:
Applicants are required to submit a copy of their SF-50 with the informion below, NOT SF-52. 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 Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. 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 Brenda K. Yee Phone 1 (718) 553-3453 Brenda.
Yee@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AEA Regional HR Services Branch 1 Aviion Plaza, Room 207 AHF-N610 Jamaica, NY 11434 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 Posted this month • Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Ronkonkoma, NY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $181,423 - $228,000 per year The salary range cited above includes a locality re of 37.95%. Pay re for FAA employees, including locality pay is capped by law $228,000 Pay scale & grade AT LI 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
NATCA:
Staff Support Specialists. Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Announcement number