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Federal Aviation Administration

Air Traffic Control Specialist

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A Transportation Traffic Controller monitors vehicle movement at airports, seaports, rail yards and stations, and large distribution centers. Monitors the takeoff and landing routes and schedules for airplanes at a commercial airport or military airbase. Coordinates the movement of large merchant vessels or cruise ships in and out of port.

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Air Traffic Control Specialist (NOTAM) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ATO, Aeronautical Info Services, Aeronautical Info Group, Notice to Airmen Operions Team, AJV-A370 Summary The incumbent of this position serves as one of several Air Traffic Control Specialists (NOTAM specialists) who provide technical expertise in the administrion of the Federal NOTAM System and the NOTAM Entry System. The incumbent is responsible for reviewing and dissemining NOTAMs in accordance with FAA policy and procedures associed with NOTAM entry, the United Stes NOTAM System (USNS), and the Federal NOTAM System (FNS). Learn more about this agency Summary The incumbent of this position serves as one of several Air Traffic Control Specialists (NOTAM specialists) who provide technical expertise in the administrion of the Federal NOTAM System and the NOTAM Entry System. The incumbent is responsible for reviewing and dissemining NOTAMs in accordance with FAA policy and procedures associed with NOTAM entry, the United Stes NOTAM System (USNS), and the Federal NOTAM System (FNS). 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 No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $125,435 - $169,338 per year Salary shown includes locality pay of 33.94% Pay scale & grade AT HH 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:
Air Traffic - NOTAM ATCSCC. Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Announcement number
AAC-ATO-26-AJVA370-99871
Control number 882522400 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. Duties Help As a subject mter expert, the Specialist reviews NOTAM da for discrepancies and compliance with applicable directives. The incumbent performs routine quality control checks in concert with Internional Civilian and Military NOTAM offices to maintain the integrity of the
US NOTAM
dabase. NOTAM specialists are responsible for making recommendions on nional and internional procedures to cree NOTAM policy and are experts in maintaining and dissemining aeronautical da in accordance with domestic and Internional Civil Aviion Organizion (ICAO) NOTAM standards. The incumbent provides On-The-Job training to developmental NOTAM specialists and performs NOTAM Specialist in Charge (NSIC) duties as required. As a member of the Joint Air Traffic Operions Center (JATOC) the Specialist is responsible for fulfilling requests from ATCSCC personnel to assist with aviion reled investigions and special events. The incumbent receives administrive and operional supervision from the Operions Supervisor of the NOTAM Office. The specialist is allowed considerable discretion to determine innovive solutions to NOTAM situions not covered by directives. Work is reviewed typically through stus reports and updes to ensure technical compliance and alignment with Aeronautical Informion Services policies. May perform other reled duties as assigned. 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. Successful completion of a security investigion may be required. A one-year probionary period may be required. Must obtain Medical and security clearances. Please review Required Documents and Additional Informion. Qualificions To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess 52 weeks of specialized experience. Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized experience includes:
Experience in a military or civilian air traffic facility th demonstred possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the level of work of the specializion for which applicion is made. This experience must have provided a comprehensive knowledge of approprie air traffic control laws, rules and regulions; Experience reviewing, formting and dissemining high volume of NOTAMs using the NOTAM Management Service (NMS) and legacy systems (e.g. ENII, OASIS, AISR, etc.)
Medical & Security Clearance Requirement:
Prior to making firm offers for selections, medical, drug testing (Drug and Alcohol Testing Program) and security clearances verified as being current and approprie for the position. Selectee must pass a medical examinion prior to appointment and security (Secret Clearance). Applicants should provide examples of Specialized Experience in their Work History. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of the announcement. Educion Refer to Qualificions.
KSA INFORMATION
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the initial applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, 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 Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs), 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. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the KSAs and Other Factors listed in the announcement. 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. 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.
NOTES:
Applicants must apply online to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applicions cannot be accepted. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. If the Agency decides to interview any qualified candide 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. This position is not covered for early retirement purposes. Requirement for
Physical Certifice:
The person selected for this position must obtain medical clearance. Requirement for
Security Clearance:
Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of sisfactory security requirement. Position is covered by the FAA Air Traffic Specialized Pay Plan. Position(s) may be realigned based on approved reorganizion. Eligible for True Time and One Half. To confirm receipt of documents, please contact Caleb Weston Caleb.

A.Weston@faa.gov . 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 A Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) is required to verify area of considerion. Other supplemental documention accepted in combinion with your online applicion. These documents must be included in your applicion or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing de of this announcement. All emailed documents should reference the announcement number. 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 Caleb Weston Phone 1 (405) 954-5312 caleb.a.weston@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AAC Regional HR Services Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155 AHF-S210 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 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 A Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) is required to verify area of considerion. Other supplemental documention accepted in combinion with your online applicion. These documents must be included in your applicion or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing de of this announcement. All emailed documents should reference the announcement number. 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 Caleb Weston Phone 1 (405) 954-5312 caleb.a.weston@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AAC Regional HR Services Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155 AHF-S210 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 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 No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $125,435 - $169,338 per year Salary shown includes locality pay of 33.94% Pay scale & grade AT HH 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:
Air Traffic - NOTAM ATCSCC. Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Announcement number
AAC-ATO-26-AJVA370-99871
Control number 882522400