Lead Program Specialist

**Duties**:
Interprets and applies laws, policies, and regulations, which governs one or more programs in order to answer questions, provide advice and guidance to others, and solve problems. Applies change management techniques to complex organizational change initiatives, to include impact analysis, communications planning, change readiness assessment, and project planning. Develops change management and business process improvement methodologies to achieve greater efficiencies and effectiveness and to fulfill program objectives. Participates in the work of the program to compiles and analyzes program data use in providing feedback to management and aiding in management decision-making. Participates in and leads the work of the program, which includes monitoring work flow; and reviewing and evaluating work products, methods and procedures.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- US Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

**Qualifications**:
**For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Lead Program Specialist**

Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series 0301 (opm.gov)

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

You may also be considered for this vacancy based on eligibility under the 30% or More Disabled Veteran Program, Veterans' Recruitment Appointment, and Persons with Disabilities/Persons with Targeted Disabilities. To be considered for one of these special hiring authorities, you must identify your eligibility in your questionnaire in the Applicant-Preferred Conditions of Employment section. In addition, you must submit documentation that provides evidence of eligibility as indicated in the Required Documents section of the announcement.

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**Additional information**:
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
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.

**Leave Enhancement**: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, 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.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective 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 priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Duty Location Negotiable
- Location will be an approved FAA AVS facility. Will be determined at selection. This is not remote.

This is not a bargaining unit position.

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