Management and Program Analyst

Federal Aviation Administration•Longmont, CO

About The Position

The Management and Program Analyst provides technical support for air traffic technical programs, projects, policies, and procedures, including planning and requirements, and airspace and procedures. The role applies advanced knowledge of cartographic processes to collect, evaluate, verify, and select information and to prepare and produce radar, video, aeronautical, and other charts and visual aids. The incumbent also prepares statistical graphs and pictorial illustrations for operational, support, and administrative personnel. The position develops accurate aeronautical and special-purpose charts, maps, graphs, and illustrations using computer mapping technology and traditional manual cartographic techniques. Products may depict navigational aids and hazards, minimum IFR altitudes, fixes, airports, warning areas, reporting points, obstructions, military operational areas, airspace and Center boundaries, Approach Control boundary variances, operational deviations, and related annotations. The incumbent compiles, analyzes, tracks, monitors, and reports programmatic and management data and actions. The role analyzes chart changes, Notices to Airmen, personnel requests, and procedural publication information, and updates operational and training information across multiple complex programs for several air traffic facilities. The employee works with limited instructions and considerable discretion, plans and adjusts priorities and resources, communicates changing mission needs, and may recommend solutions to routine procedural problems. Evening or night work may occasionally be required to support scheduled 56-day chart-update cycles.

Requirements

For the H-band: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-G or FG/GS-10/11 in the Federal Service, including cartographer experience and technical computer programming.
For the I-band: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H or FG/GS-12 in the Federal Service, including cartographer experience and technical computer programming.
Qualifications must be met by the vacancy announcement closing date.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
Must submit an SF-50.
Successful completion of a security investigation is required.
Education credited toward qualifications must be from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The selected candidate may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty.
FAA employees, their spouses, and minor children may not hold stock or other securities in an airline, aircraft manufacturing company, or supplier of components or parts to an aircraft manufacturing company, effective upon appointment.

Responsibilities

Collect, evaluate, verify, and select information for cartographic products.
Prepare, develop, construct, and produce radar, video, aeronautical, and other charts and visual aids.
Create statistical graphs and pictorial illustrations for operational, support, and administrative personnel.
Use computer mapping technology and traditional cartographic techniques to develop charts and maps to specified detail, scale, size, and quality.
Create charts and maps depicting air navigation features, hazards, airspace boundaries, and other operational information.
Compile, analyze, track, monitor, and report programmatic and management actions and data.
Analyze chart changes, Notices to Airmen, personnel requests, and procedural publication information.
Track and update operational and training information using multiple complex programs for several air traffic facilities.
Organize and adjust priorities to complete assignments according to facility needs, and communicate current and future cartography requirements.
Request expendables and equipment needed to perform cartographic duties.
Coordinate with internal employees and managers and external customers and other parties regarding assignments, resources, information, and technical findings.
Plan time and help managers and staff plan and use resources to accomplish projects, programs, and activities; identify and request additional resources when needed.
Occasionally work evening or night hours to support scheduled 56-day chart updates.