Senior Competency & Workforce Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Oversee workforce and competency analysis to support an enterprise role-based competency and training framework for aviation safety management.

• Examine workforce roles, responsibilities, variations among workforce populations, and competency requirements.

• Create and enhance role taxonomies, role profiles, competency definitions, and proficiency expectations.

• Align competencies and proficiency levels with workforce roles while identifying elements that need validation.

• Develop behavioral anchors and observable indicators for various competency and proficiency levels.

• Organize and conduct stakeholder interviews, working sessions, workshops, and SME reviews.

• Evaluate stakeholder feedback and document findings, gaps, inconsistencies, and suggested refinements.

• Create a repeatable competency-validation methodology in collaboration with FAA SMEs and program leadership.

• Conduct gap analyses to compare role requirements, current training, and suggested competency expectations.

• Work alongside instructional designers to convert competencies into learning objectives, pathways, and assessment criteria.

• Ensure traceability from workforce roles and competencies to learning needs, assessments, and program suggestions.

• Propose assessment strategies to evaluate demonstrated competency beyond the completion of training.

• Prepare analyses, matrices, briefing materials, and recommendations for leadership and stakeholders.

• Travel as required to various FAA field locations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in job analysis, workforce analysis, competency modeling, or related fields.

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Workforce Development, Education, Business, Public Administration, or a related discipline.

• Must be a US citizen or a legal resident for three out of the last five years.

• Must fulfill eligibility criteria for a US Public Trust security clearance (moderate risk), which includes a soft credit check and criminal background check.

• Experience in conducting job, role, workforce, or competency analysis within a complex organization.

• Proven experience in developing competency models, role profiles, proficiency frameworks, or workforce development initiatives.

• Skilled in leading structured job analysis interviews, facilitating SME validation sessions, and synthesizing qualitative findings into competency requirements.

• Experience in translating workforce responsibilities into measurable competencies, behaviors, or proficiency standards.

• Strong analytical, written communication, and documentation capabilities.

• Ability to collaborate with technical SMEs, program leadership, learning professionals, and other stakeholders.

• Familiarity with SIOP competency modeling principles is preferred but not mandatory.

• Contract-approved educational substitutions may be applicable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Option for remote work.

• Flexible support for both work and personal commitments.

• Focus on employee well-being.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.