Supervisory Workplace Adjustment Program Specialist (Temporary Opportunity Promotion/Reassignment)

The position serves as the Supervisory Workplace Adjustment Program Specialist for the Enterprise Workforce Management Branch (ABI-130), People Services Division (ABI-100), Office of Business Integration (ABI), Aviation Safety (AVS) organization and manages a team of professionals ensuring agency program compliance.

Major duties
The Supervisory Workplace Adjustment Program Specialist directs the work of subordinate employees at the organizational unit level. Work usually includes routine project/program tasks based on established policies, procedures, and guidelines. Managerial duties affect employees in one organizational unit and include setting priorities; assigning tasks; monitoring and evaluating performance; coaching and developing employee capabilities; approving leave; and taking or recommending corrective/disciplinary action, as appropriate. Uses assigned budget, staff, and other resources to accomplish project/program objectives. Manages budget and requests additional resources, as needed. Contributes to budget planning process and projects short-term future needs. Supervisory duties and responsibilities include: Manages and oversees employment matters affecting people with health-related and/or medical issues and serve as an advisor to ABI-1/2 on workplace adjustments and disability issues. Serves as the Point-of-Contact and the Decision Maker for the AVS organization on all workplace adjustment matters; Works with and provide supports to AVS employees and management officials. Investigates employment matters affecting people with health-related and/or medical issues and serve as an advisor to ABI and AVS leadership on workplace adjustments and health-related or disability issues. Collects, prepares, and reports data (used for barrier and trend analysis) on accommodations to identify and eliminate barriers as required by federal, state and local law. Provides advise and general guidance on workplace adjustments, delivering disability accommodation-related training, coordinating requests for reasonable work arrangements, requesting and reviewing medical documentation, advising managers and providing coordination about the approval or denial of employees' requests for workplace adjustments. Engages in an interactive process with supervisors, managers, applicants, and employees on determinations of workplace adjustment requests, whether these requests are received from agency officials, including managers or from employees. Responds to questions and addresses concerns from the requester regarding the process, rules, and regulations governing workplace adjustments. Determines the need for medical documentation; reviews submitted medical documentation; and advises decision-makers regarding approval of requests based on medical documentation. Provides guidance to managers and supervisors on statutory and regulatory requirements of workplace adjustments and related issues. Maintains confidentiality of all medical documentation submitted or obtained for the purpose of determining whether an accommodation should be granted. Provides guidance to employees with disabilities and their supervisors to assist with identifying internal and external resources available to help facilitate the selection of an effective accommodation. Provides advice, guidance, and recommendations on determining effective workplace arrangements; whether additional information is needed from requester, and whether a particular medical issue is covered; whether the requester is a qualified individual with a disability requiring an adjustment; and whether a request for presents an undue hardship to the agency. Applies a comprehensive knowledge of the work directed, a detailed knowledge of budget, human resource, and other administrative policies and procedures, and a detailed understanding of the objectives of the organizational unit. Contacts are primarily within the organizational unit/major subdivision with subordinates, peers, and higher-level managers to discuss the status of projects/programs and to share information. In some areas, may also have frequent contact with customers to explain policies, procedures or for other project/program purposes.

Qualifications
To view the complete qualifications standard, applicants should reference-U.S. Office of Personnel Management Group Coverage Qualification Standard for the Supervisory Workplace Adjustment Program Specialist Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series 0301 To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-J, FG/GS-14 in the Federal Service. 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 includes: Experience managing or leading projects/programs or teams to achieve objectives related to employment/workforce management people services activities. Experience interpreting and/or reviewing employment policy, case management, and/or workplace adjustments/guidance. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Demonstrated Abilities; Leadership and Management Dimensions listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration. 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.

How to apply
Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position. You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register. RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.