Government Information Specialist

Federal Aviation Administration • United States, United States • 5d ago

Summary Serves as the Flight Standards national lead for the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) programs. Provides program and process guidance to other assigned FOIA coordinators. Prepares reports on program area to senior leadership of Flight Standards organization. Serves as the Flight Standards liaison with National FOIA office on Flight Standards issues. Responsibilities Major Duties and Responsibilities: Technical Analysis and Review: Serves as the national Flight Standards lead for FOIA and PA. Reviews work of lower graded team members for accuracy and compliance with FOIA/PA regulations and policies. Identifies gaps in resources; communicates concerns and presents recommendations for resolution to managers. Freedom of Information Program: Works closely with FOIA program office in AFN on up to date guidance, concerns with Flight Standards FOIA responses and appeals to FOIA responses. Determines training needs at the Service level. May liaison with AFN personnel to conduct training seminars and general guidance meetings from an agency perspective. Analysis and reporting: Analyzes data regarding Flight Standards FOIA responses and develops reports for branch and senior level management regarding trends, concerns and potential issues. Utilizes data to develop strategies for program area improvement recommendations to branch manager and senior leadership. Applies knowledge of FAA policies, Department of Justice guidelines and other relevant policies to ensure recommendations are in line with agency guidelines. The incumbent is the recognized expert and adviser in the implementation and administration of policies, systems, and management tools needed to manage and control the national AFS Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) program and access to/dissemination of Privacy Act (PA) data. Incumbent is a recognized subject matter expert on FOIA program and provides guidance and leadership to lower graded employees. Works closely with team members to review existing procedures and policies. As team lead, exercises broad discretion in working with other team members to develop changes to existing Flight Standards policies regarding the Flight Standards FOIA program. Reviews incoming national FOIA requests to determine assignments to FOIA coordinators for responses. Guidelines consist of national directives, handbooks, administrative and office procedures, past practices, direct verbal instruction from management or higher-level officials. Has broad discretion to resolve issues without the assistance of a manager or more experienced professional. Assists in the development and recommendation of solutions. Develops original complex responses to all requests utilizing research, contacts and records obtained from a variety of resources. Incumbent is responsible for making the final determination on release of records. Calculates appropriate projected response date to requests. Work assignments are vital to the effective and efficient administration of FOIA responses and PA information for Flight Standards. Determination of records to be released is vital to Flight Standards and the Federal Aviation Administration as it ensures records are released to public where possible in the spirit of FOIA/PA regulations and protects records that can't be released under U.S. Department of Justice statues and legal interpretations. Contacts are with public officials, media, citizens, and attorneys outside of the FAA. Inside of the FAA contacts are the Office of Public Affairs, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, National FOIA office and Flight Standards offices. Incumbent works closely with National FOIA office regarding appeals and pending litigation issues regarding Flight Standards FOIA responses. Also consults with National FOIA office and General Counsel's office when questions regarding new legal interpretations or overall guidance on redactions arise and handling of PA. May consult with Public Affairs office on controversial release of documents. Contacts members of the general public, as required, regarding FOIA requests. Contacts with Flight Standards offices to search for records associated with requests and to obtain technical responses and explanations from Subject Matter Experts in preparation for responses. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To qualify for the FG/GS-14 you must demonstrate in our application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13 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 Experience with programs and processes with the National FOIA office on Flight Standards Issues Experience with developing reports to address trends, concerns, and potential issues Experience leading and/or facilitating the activities of a large group. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. Education 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 person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements All or none of the candidates may be interviewed. 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 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 WORK HISTORY THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE 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. 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 alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA

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