Supervisory Transportation Analyst - Washington, United States - Department of Transportation

Description

** Supervisory Transportation Analyst**

**Department of Transportation**

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

** Relocation expenses reimbursed**

No

** Telework eligible**

Yes as determined by agency policy

**Duties**

** Summary**

The position is located in the Office of Policy & Planning, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in Washington, D.C. You will serve as the Chief, Program and Policy Development Division the mission of which is to coordinate the development and advancement of policy, legislative proposals, and budget formulation, as well as oversee the development of discretionary grant programs, including Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Development and Project Selection process.

**Responsibilities**

**The Supervisory Transportation Analyst**:

+ Coordinates across FRA to ensure an integrated, consistent approach to analyzing and recommend national rail policies and legislative proposals, including reauthorization proposals, policy input to the Presidents annual budget submission to Congress, and other DOT policy proposals.

+ Oversees the formulation of strategies for developing grant programs authorized by Congress (e.g., Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or the FAST Act) including program structure, policies, application/program evaluation criteria, and application of technical assistance approaches.

+ Directs a team of transportation industry analysts developing policy proposals, program guidance, and geographic information systems to inform policy development.

+ Provides leadership as it relates to the use of Federal and State laws, regulations, rules and practices as assigned by Congress and delegated by the Secretary of Transportation and the FRA Administrator. The **ideal candidate** possesses an in-depth understanding of policy development, discretionary grant programs, and preparing agency Congressional Budget Justifications. The candidate should also have experience managing multiple personnel and stakeholder relationships, and require little to no training in the development of complex transportation policies and programs. S/he should possess a high amount of energy, passion for the job, and be willing to achieve the organization's goals.

**Travel Required**

Occasional travel - Occasional travel - Some travel is required for this position.

** Supervisory status**

Yes

** Promotion Potential**

15

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

+ You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for consideration.

+ You must meet specialized experience to qualify.

+ Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.

+ Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.

**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:**

+ **SELECTIVE SERVICE:** Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.

+ **GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD:** This position involves travel. A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.

+ **PROBATIONARY PERIOD:** You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).

+ **SUPERVISORY PROBATIONARY PERIOD:** You must complete a one-year supervisory probationary period (unless already completed).

+ **TIME-IN-GRADE:** Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.

+ **ETHICS/CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT:** All employees are subject to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, set out in Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 2635, including restrictions on owning financial interests that may conflict with performance of their duties. Some employees, like those involved in contracting or regulating non-Federal entities, are subject to Executive Branch Financial Disclosure requirements set out in Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 263. Please note that you may be required to file an annual financial disclosure. ** Qualifications**

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualifications.

**To qualify for the Grade 15**, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equal or equivalent to the GS-14, it must include:

+ Experience developing, analyzing, and reviewing transportation policies and developing transportation programs and associated agency budgets.

+ Experience coordinating work activities to develop new policy proposals and goals associated with the developing Federal financial assistance programs. **KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):** Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

**Customer Service**: Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers. Delivers high-quality products and services; is committed to continuous improvement. Flexibility Is open to change and new information; rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.

**Decision Making**: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

**Oral Communication**: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. For all types of consideration, 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.

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**Education**

**Additional information**

**This vacancy may be used by any DOT agency to fill similar positions within 90 days.**

***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*.**

** How You Will Be Evaluated**

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

**DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.** If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

**To compete with other competitive status government employees:** If you meet the qualification r