Summary

Duties

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This Supervisory Scheduling Operations Officer position is located at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Directing broad analytical assignments involving scheduling, resource management, staffing allocations and utilization, funding, and deviations from standards to determine validated staffing requirements. Utilizing expert knowledge of organizational programs and objectives to design and conduct evaluations, and providing portions of the overall project to team members.
• Providing expert advice and guidance to team members, and consolidating and evaluating data in preparing final recommendations.
• Assisting executive and management decision makers and various stakeholders regarding schedule planning and concepts.
• Working closely with executive and management decision makers to develop, coordinate, implement, and maintain shift bidding and staffing strategies for a CAT X airport.
• Coordinating and establishing Scheduling Operations Officer (SOO) best practices and basic knowledge training.
• Identifying and responding to questions, challenges, and concerns regarding scheduling, shift bidding, and staffing applications.
• Utilizing agency modeling and optimizing programs to assist executive and management decision makers in determining staffing deployment strategies.
• Producing briefings regarding scheduling issues using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint products.
• Communicating TSA directives to executive and management decision makers and other stakeholders. Providing authoritative interpretation of TSA policies, as necessary.
• Assisting executive and management decision makers in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of aviation security policies.
• Developing and supporting programs, including the ability to define objectives, develop innovating approaches, identify required resources, communicate roles, coordinate teamwork and establish a management structure. Recommendations serve as the basis for new administrative systems, processes, policies and guidelines, and regulations.
• Evaluating, researching, and interpreting complex data, and in drawing appropriate conclusions from varied complex, or conflicting data.
• Determining new or changing information requirements to be addressed through examination of selected types of data or evaluation methodology, or management analysis to account for variance or new elements in findings sought through program evaluation.

Supervisory/Managerial duties include serving as a first line supervisor for the organization. This includes but is not limited to: assigning work, setting priorities, and reviewing and evaluating work and performance of subordinates; approving leave; coaching and developing employees; recommending corrective or disciplinary actions; assisting in budget planning and projecting short-term needs; managing projects within assigned resources; resolving routine problems that typically impact the objectives of the organizational unit; and when required, coordinating with customers outside the immediate organization.

Emergency Essential Position: This position is designated as an Emergency Essential (EE) position. This designation requires the employee to remain in a duty status if an emergency arises.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

1. You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National.
2. You must pass pre-employment drug screening AND you will be subject to post-employment random drug and alcohol testing.
3. You must complete a favorable Background Investigation (BI).
4. Selective Service registration is required.

If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentative offer of employment.

Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for TSA to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.

Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as:

• Determining staffing deployment strategies;
• Coordinating and establishing scheduling operations officer best practices and basic knowledge training; and
• Identifying and addressing challenges and concerns regarding scheduling, shift bidding, and staffing applications.

Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Additional information

Eligibility to apply for other Federal positions: TSA is an Excepted Service agency exempt from most of Title 5 United States Code, including regulations which apply to displaced Federal employees (CTAP/ICTAP) of other agencies, and employment with TSA does not confer "Competitive Status" that generally results from selection and service in Competitive Service agencies. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has established an Interchange Agreement, which allows most permanent TSA employees to apply and be considered for vacancies in Competitive Service agencies. Information from OPM on this or other Interchange Agreements is available at: www.opm.gov/

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including: health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; telework; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers. DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.

Employees who transfer to TSA from an agency that allows employees to maintain an annual leave balance higher than the maximum accumulation for the appointed position will have their leave ceiling set to the maximum accumulation for the appointed position (e.g., United States duty location - 240 hours, foreign duty location - 360 hours, or TSES position - 720 hours). TSA will not make a monetary payment for any leave forfeited under these circumstances.

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