Summary
Serves as the Branch Manager under the Organizational Services Division (AHD-200). The three positions include the Learning and Delivery and Operations (AHD-210), Workforce Readiness (AHD-220), and Organizational Leadership Branches (AHD-230). These positions will be subject to the AHR reorganization and duties may be subject to change.
Duties
Branch Manager, Learning Delivery and Operations: Provides enterprise operational leadership for the delivery and administration of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) learning programs. This includes direct oversight of scheduling, enrollment, student services, learning technology systems, compliance tracking, multi-million dollar training budgets, and procurement/contracts. The manager leads a team of technical and administrative experts to ensure that learning programs are delivered in an efficient, compliant, and highly customer-focused manner, supporting the overall mission of the Learning and Leadership Development Division. Branch Manager, Workforce Readiness: Responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to a team of training specialists and employee development experts. The manager directs the design, implementation, evaluation, and continuous modernization of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) core workforce readiness portfolio, which includes the foundational AHR Academy, non-supervisory training, pre-supervisory preparation tracks, and comprehensive manager development programs. This role ensures the alignment of skill-building initiatives with broader agency workforce transformation goals to attract, develop, and retain top talent across the FAA. Branch Manager, Organizational Leadership: Provides strategic and operational leadership to design, coordinate, and manage FAA enterprise-wide leadership development programs. These high-impact initiatives prepare high-potential employees, managers, and executives for increasingly complex leadership responsibilities. Additionally, the manager oversees executive candidate development pipelines, establishes program governance, directs a team of leadership development technical experts, and collaborates across offices to drive agency-wide Workforce Transformation initiatives.
Requirements
We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
Education
Education cannot be substituted for experience. Information regarding Knowledge, Skills, and Ability (KSA) Narratives: As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, 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, 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) or Other Factors 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.
How you will be evaluated
IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.