** Transportation Specialist**

**Department of Transportation**

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

** Relocation expenses reimbursed**

No

** Telework eligible**

Yes as determined by agency policy

**Duties**

** Summary**

This position is located in the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs, Office of Legislative Affairs and Policy Communications and is a key member of the Congressional liaison team providing administrative and technical support, evaluating and reporting on surface transportation legislative activities, and responding to both Administration and Congressional requests.

**Responsibilities**

As a **Transportation Specialist**, you will:

Assist the Office Director and Congressional Affairs Team Leader with planning and coordination of governmental and congressional activities.

Serve as initial contact point within FHWA for a high volume of inquiries on all aspects of the agencys programs from Members of Congress or their staffs, Congressional committee staffs, Library of Congress, key officials of FHWA, and other agencies

Perform extensive and in-depth research to detailed technical inquiries regarding policy, legislative, and program delivery issues.

Provide technical assistance to other offices with respect to Congressional issues; Provide current and accurate information in response to inquiries; Gather data and other information and prepare briefings, fact sheets, and Questions & Answers for use by agency officials.

Review legislative actions and interpret issues to determine impact on highway program and policies. Monitor and track daily proceedings of Congressional activities and requests. The **ideal candidate for this position** is a mid-level professional with substantial experience responding to congressional inquiries and working directly with the congressional committees that have oversight and fund Federal Highway, analyzing and interpreting legislation that may impact the Federal-aid highway program and Title 23, and is able to provide technical assistance and communicate agency policy and legislative changes to a variety of audiences, including senior executives.

**Travel Required**

Occasional travel - Some travel is required for this position.

** Supervisory status**

No

** Promotion Potential**

13

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

Must meet specialized experience stated in Qualifications section

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

Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.

**CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:**

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

**PROBATIONARY PERIOD:** You must complete a one-year 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. ** Qualifications**

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualifications, which is experience that demonstrates a knowledge of the transportation function(s) of the position to be filled, for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.

**To qualify for the Grade 13**, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12, it must include:

Experience working with the Federal-aid Highway Program.

Experience analyzing, responding, and tracking Federal legislation and inquiries related to the Federal-aid Highway Program.

Experience communicating orally and in writing to a wide variety of audiences, particularly congressional offices.

**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:

Intergovernmental expertise, legislative development, analysis, and implementation

Technical Expertise Congressional issues

Communications/Interpersonal

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.

**For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4

**Students enrolled in a qualifying degree program can apply if the anticipated graduation date is within six months of closing date of the announcement. Graduation transcript must be received before start date.

Other applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.****

**Education**

*Undergraduate and Graduate Education:* Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.

**Additional information**

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

** 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.

If you meet the qualification requirements, your application will be scored based upon your responses to the vacancy questions. The top rated applications will be reviewed for the quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position.

Eligible Federal employees also seeking consideration for noncompetitive reassignment for this position, must indicate interest in the assessment. In eligibility question 14: select Yes/Other/Former Incumbency of a Position brought into the Competitive Service. Noncompetitive federal candidates must have competitive status on a SF-50, meet minimum qualifications, have served at the same grade or higher, and held or exceeded the promotion potential of this position.

Your application will be rated on the extent and quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position. The answers you select in the on-line process must be substantiated in your application package. If upon review, it is determined that your described work history, competencies, and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, your application may be updated on your behalf or you may not be referred to the selecting official. Please ensure that your work history provides enough details to support your answers. If referred, all relevant documents including performance appraisals and awards submitted with your application package will be forwarded to the hiring official for review. The Automated Staffing Office is ultimately responsible for determining your f