Public Notice for Community Planner (Direct Hire)

Department of Transportation 

Summary 

 At the FAA, the sky isn’t always the limit—it’s far simply the beginning. Exciting new possibilities are rising in aviation and aerospace. Significant investments are advancing the studies and improvement of self sustaining vehicles, environmentally pleasant electric powered aircraft, high-velocity and long-patience solar-powered aircraft, and new kinds of area vehicles. Success with those new technology and automobile sorts will introduce new methods to move human beings and items increasing aviation’s footprint in transportation. People are our strength. We are a various team of workers of over 45,000 positioned national and spanning over one hundred thirty occupations to encompass air site visitors manipulate specialists, aviation protection inspectors, engineers, scientists, technicians, and enterprise professionals. Join us in our venture to offer the safest, maximum green aerospace machine withinside the world. 

Duties 

 
This collection consists of expert positions involved with network making plans and with growing the artwork and technology of making plans to use to groups consisting of city or rural From neighborhoods and villages to Indian reservations, cities, counties, and regions, all the way to states and the nation. Community making plans paintings calls for information of making plans concepts, principles, techniques, and practices; the social, economic, political, and bodily factors worried in human settlements; and the dynamics of extrade inside those factors. Planners become aware of network needs, resources, and problems, and help residents to make choices on goals, policies, priorities, plans, programs, and techniques of implementation designed to create a physical, economic, And social surroundings wherein the human sports preferred via way of means of the contributors of the network might also additionally flourish. 

Requirements 

Conditions of Employment 

US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registration is needed for men born after 12/31/1959. This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required. Successful of of entirety of protection research can be required. A one-year probationary period may be required. Please Review Required Documents & Additional Information. Positions can be stuffed at any pay band level. Duty location may be negotiable upon request. 

Qualifications 

This document refers to qualifications based on the guidelines in HRPM, EMP-1.7 and the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards. 

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/community-planning-series-0020/ 

Basic Requirements for all positions (including FV-F). A) Degree: network planning; or associated subject including city affairs, architecture, panorama architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public management that blanketed as a minimum 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance OR B) Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a principal in one of the above disciplines, or a aggregate of associated guides totaling as a minimum 24 semester hours in any aggregate of the above disciplines of which as a minimum 12 semester hours had been withinside the making plans process, and socioeconomic and bodily factors of making plans, plus suitable enjoy or extra education. Note: Applicants with tiers in associated fields, consisting of the ones indexed above, who do now no longer have the 12 semester hours of designated route paintings should have had at least 1 12 months of labor enjoy in network making plans received below the supervision and steering of a network planner. 

In addition to assembly the simple necessities above, candidates should additionally meet the qualification necessities indexed under for positions at FV-G stage and above. Please notice that specialised revel in is revel in that has ready the applicant with the precise knowledge, skills, and capabilities to carry out effectively the obligations of the position, and that Are generally in or associated with the paintings of the placement to be filled. 

FV-G. Education. Three years of regularly better degree graduate schooling main to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience that is equivalent to the FV-F (FG/GS-7/9 grade level or equivalent in other pays systems) That supplied the knowledge, competencies and competencies to carry out correctly the paintings of the location being filled. Examples include experience in applying planning design principles, experience in evaluating planning plans, studies or reports, experience gathering and analyzing data from a variety of sources. 

FV-H. Specialized Experience. At least one year (fifty two weeks) of specialised revel in this is equal to the FV-G pay band (or FG/GS-10/eleven grade degree or equivalents in different pay systems) that provided The knowledge, skills, and competencies to carry out effectively the paintings of the location being filled. Examples can also additionally include: Experience in comparing making plans plans, research or reports. 

FV-I. Specialized Experience. At least one year (fifty two weeks) of specialised revel in this is equal to the FV-H pay band (or FG/GS-12 grade stage or equal in different pay systems) that provided The knowledge, skills, and capabilities to carry out correctly the paintings of the placement being filled. Examples include: Experience developing or approving airport layout plans; experience developing or reviewing planning consultant contracts and scopes of work; and experience providing advisory and technical guidance to the Public on airport planning, airspace, programming, airport layout standards, settlement administration, and in general, on all components of airport task implementation. 

FV-J. Specialized Experience. At least one year (fifty two weeks) of specialised equal to the FV-I pay band (or FG/GS-thirteen grade stage or equal in different pay systems) that supplied the knowledge, skills, And abilties to carry out effectively the paintings of the placement being filled. Examples include: revel in growing or approving airport format plans; growing or reviewing making plans representative contracts and scopes of work; imparting advisory and technical steering to the general public on airport planning, airspace, programming, airport design standards, contract administration, and in general, on all aspects of airport project implementation; and providing technical guidance to staff and representing management at technical meetings. 

FV-K. Specialized Experience. At least one year (fifty two weeks) of specialised equal to the FV-J pay band (or FG/GS-14/15 grade degree or equal in different pay systems) that supplied the knowledge, skills, And competencies to carry out correctly the paintings of the location being filled. Examples include: enjoy overseeing or main groups in growing airport format plans; overseeing/coordinating the improvement contracts, scopes of labor and assessing the first-class of deliverables; supplying professional degree advisory And technical steering to the pinnacle degree enterprise executives, managers and public area officers on airport planning, airspace, airport layout standards, settlement administration, and in general, on all factors of Airport mission implementation; and offering professional technical management and steerage to group of workers and representing the business enterprise in conferences with internal/outside officials. 

Education 

This role has a superb schooling requirement: Applicants need to post a replica in their university or college transcripts(s) and certificate via way of means of the last date of declaration to confirm qualifications. If selected, an legit transcript may be required previous to appointment. You may also add those files together along with your software in USAJOBS or fax it to fax range supplied withinside the declaration (please encompass declaration range on every page). 

Failure to accomplish that will bring about lack of consideration. Schools have to be authorized via way of means of an accrediting group diagnosed via way of means of the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation. 

Foreign schooling need to be evaluated via way of means of a personal expert business enterprise focusing on interpretation of overseas schooling credentials or an approved U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A replica of the assessment effects have to be included, in any other case your overseas schooling will now no longer be considered. 

Preview job Questionnaire 

Make certain your resume consists of targeted facts to help your qualifications and solutions to the process questionnaire. 

Additional information 

We can also additionally use this emptiness to fill different comparable vacant positions. Position can be situation to a history investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The individual decided on for this function can be required to report a economic disclosure assertion inside 30 days of access on duty. FAA coverage limits sure outdoor employment and economic investments in aviation-associated companies.  www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements 

The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to make certain that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communique permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the journeying public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a incredibly various personnel of men and women who sell a lifestyle of belonging via way of means of respecting the non-public dignity and really well worth of every character and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If those commitments coincide together along with your private beliefs and expert aspirations, please keep in mind becoming a member of the DOT family. 

Leave Enhancement: FAA groups can also additionally provide more advantageous annual depart accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to get hold of attention for any such benefit, applicants’ previous non-Federal carrier or lively obligation uniformed carrier have to without delay relate to the responsibilities of the placement to which appointed. Granting better annual depart is at the only discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such advantage isn’t always an entitlement nor assured to any newly employed employee. Applications will be accepted from any U.S. citizen. On-the-Spot could be used to fill this position. The ‘Rule of Three’, Veterans Preference and conventional score and rating of candidates does now no longer practice to this vacancy. 

NOTES: 

1) Applicants should follow online to get hold of attention for this emptiness announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed packages can not be accepted. 

2) Some, none, or all applicants can be interviewed. 

3) This position has a positive education requirement. Please see required documents. 

4) Please make sure you solution all questions and comply with all commands carefully. Errors or omissions may also effect your score or may also bring about you now no longer being taken into consideration for the job. 

5) Positions can be stuffed at any pay band level. 

6) This Public Notice will function a resume repository – positions might also additionally or might not be crammed from this announcement. 

7) Duty Location can be negotiable upon request. 

8) Bargaining and non-bargaining positions can be filled. This is not a bargaining unit position. 

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA 

How You Will Be Evaluated 

You could be evaluated for this process primarily based totally on how properly you meet the qualifications above. 

IMPORTANT: Applicants can be rated at the quantity and first-class of experience, education, and schooling applicable to the responsibilities of the position(s). All solutions supplied withinside the online procedure should be substantiated. Ensure that your software package/resume helps your responses. 

Required Documents 

Transcripts and different documentation might be frequent in aggregate together along with your on-line application. These files ought to be uploaded on your software on or earlier than the remaining date of this announcement. This role has a high quality schooling requirement; university transcripts are required for ALL applicants newly appointed to the FAA withinside the 20 series. College transcripts should be submitted from cutting-edge FAA personnel making use of for inner vacancies in the event that they have in no way held a role withinside the 20 collection with the FAA. College transcripts aren’t required from contemporary FAA personnel who’re presently occupying a 20 series. If selected, respectable transcripts are required previous to employment. 

How to Apply 

You must apply online to receive consideration. Your utility ought to have a standing of “Received” with the aid of using 11:fifty nine PM Eastern Time at the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you’re making use of for positions related to FAA registers, your software should have a standing of “Received” on every occasion a referral listing is created as a way to receive consideration for positions associated with register. 
When detailing your work experience or education, be clear and specific about your background and accomplishments. 
We strongly inspire candidates to make use of the USAJOBS resume builder withinside the advent of resumes. 
Please make certain EACH paintings records consists of ALL of the subsequent information: 
Job Title (encompass collection and grade if Federal Job) 
Duties (be specific in describing your duties) 
Employer’s name and address 
Supervisor name and phone number 
Start and cease dates consisting of month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) 
Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week) 
Salary 
Determining duration of General or Specialized Experience is depending on the above data and failure to offer ALL of this data can also additionally bring about a locating of ineligible. 
You might also additionally add finished files for your USAJOBS Account. This will offer you the possibility to make use of the uploaded statistics once more while making use of for destiny vacancies. Please see this guide, Document Upload Guide, for extra records on importing and re-the usage of the files on your applications. 
Amendment Date: 11/1/2024 
Amendment Note: Updated notes section. 

Next steps 

Once we get hold of your entire application, the Human Resources Office will behavior an assessment of your qualifications. Eligible and certified applicants could be cited the hiring supervisor for consideration. You might be contacted immediately if decided on for an interview. 
For commands on how to test the popularity of your application, please cross to: USAJOBS Help Guide. 
Important – If you’re making any adjustments for your application, you need to resubmit it. If you are making adjustments on your computer program and do presently now not resubmit it, your alterations will presently now not be taken into thought a portion of your computer program bundle, and best your formerly submitted program will be assessed. 
All certified candidates might be taken into thought independent of political alliance, race, color, religion, nation wide root, sexual orientation, sexual introduction, conjugal status, age, inability, or diverse non-benefit variables. DOT affords affordable hotels to candidates with disabilities. If you want an inexpensive lodging for any a part of the utility and hiring process, please notify the employer touch indexed withinside the Agency Contact Information segment of this announcement or the hiring manager. An worker with a incapacity ought to notify the decision-maker of the lodging request. Job candidates and personnel are required to observe up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting affordable lodging could be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional statistics on affordable inns approaches or on EEO Programs is to be had on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or with the aid of using contacting the neighborhood FAA Civil Rights Office. 

Fair & Transparent 

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. 

• Criminal history inquiries 
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy 
• Financial suitability 
• New employee probationary period 
• Privacy Act 
• Reasonable accommodation policy 
• Selective Service 
• Signature and false statements 
• Social security number request