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Summary This position serves as a Foreign Affairs Specialist in the Office of Safety Standards. Responsibilities Serves as point of contact for activities in a geographic region. In this capacity, the incumbent coordinates the activities of individual countries in a region and makes recommendations to the AFS-50 Division Management Team, the Director of Flight Standards (AFS-1), the Executive Director Flight Standards Service (AFX-1), the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety (AVS-1), the Assistant Administrator for International Aviation (API), and other senior managers on the course of action for technical assistance, international training, bilateral agreements, ICAO initiatives, aviation technologies, and other activities. Incumbent provides familiarity with the governing policies, procedures, and regulations. The management and/or program functions and studies in which the incumbent provides assistance include, but are not limited to, program planning documentation and reporting. Incumbent is responsible for assisting in creating a long-term strategic plan for the assigned region, as requested by management. Coordinates the development of an annual technical assistance action plan for the region, whose primary goal is to strengthen the safety oversight organization of the civil aviation authorities. Acts as focal point for monitoring progress on the annual action plan and prepares monthly reports to management. Formulates any required budget requests to ensure completion of the action plan activities. Incumbent monitors, gathers, extracts, and assembles management and/or program information and data and enters data in proper format ensuring milestones are met. Recommends changes to and/or solutions to identified problems. Incumbent compiles, cross checks, and consolidates tables, exhibits, schedules, and other management and/or program data and information in preparation of internal and external reports. Assures externally and internally generated actions are assigned and properly logged. Develops and provides international policy guidance to FAA regional and field office personnel participating in safety oversight activities involving the countries in the region. Besides having responsibility for a geographic region of the world, the incumbent also acts as principal coordinator for any one of the following functional areas: International training, technical assistance, bilateral agreements, ICAO, aviation technologies, or other areas as assigned. In this capacity, the incumbent is responsible for developing, maintaining, or modifying the established office procedures for the assigned functional area and ensures consistency and standardization within the Division. Performs other international special projects as assigned by the AFS-50 Management Team. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications Basic Requirements Degree: major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, in international law and international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; or 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods. OR Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, as shown in the degree section above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR Experience: four years of appropriate experience in one or more of the fields listed in the degree section above in work associated with international organizations, problems, or other aspects of foreign affairs. In addition to the above basic requirements, to qualify at the FG-11 level applicants must demonstrate in their application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-9/FG-9/FV-F level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience for the FG-11: experience contributing to draft presentations, briefing papers, issue papers, reports, speeches and other correspondence on a variety of international activities that summarize technical international issues for management review. In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective placement factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration. Selective Placement Factor: experience in coordination and implementation of technical issues affecting international aviation. Such as coordinating training, international events, updating technical documents relating to international affairs/events. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective placement factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration. You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience and the selective placement factor in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. This position may be filled at the FG-11, FG-12, FG-13 or FG-14 level. Identification of promotion in the vacancy announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting training, qualification requirements, higher level work be available and recommendation by the supervisor. Education Applicants who are not currently in or who have not previously served in the 130 occupational series (Foreign Affairs Specialist) in the Federal Government and wish to qualify based on education, must provide a copy of an unofficial or official transcript with their application to receive further consideration for this vacancy. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation. Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered. Upon selection, if qualified based on education, you will be required to submit an official transcript prior to appointment. If you do not have an official transcript (original, with the raised seal), you should contact your school immediately to request it. Foreign Education: For additional information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Additional Information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family. This position is covered by the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. Any applicant tentatively selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designated position (TDP)" will be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA section, in your work history, please include information that 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 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. Concurrent consideration is being given to all candidates applying under Vacancy Announcements: AWP-AVS-25-BLW1354-93259, AWP-AVS-25-BLW1374-93260 and AWP-AVS-25-BLW1412-93261. If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA