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ACQUISITION & SUSTAINMENT MANAGER
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$142,488 - $185,234
per year
Type
Full Time
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GS-13 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves overseeing projects and contracts to maintain and improve public safety systems for Navy installations, ensuring everything runs on time, within budget, and meets security standards.
It requires managing teams, coordinating with leaders, and making quick decisions during emergencies to protect people and property.
A good fit would be someone with strong project management experience in government or military settings, especially in safety and emergency response, who can build relationships and think strategically.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent, including tracking project cost, schedule, and performance
- Extensive knowledge of Navy Emergency Management and Force Protection systems
- Strong critical thinking skills to connect information to actions in assessments
- Experience as a decision-maker in emergency management scenarios
- Ability to think strategically and coordinate with senior officials on life and safety issues
- Proven skill in building trust with diverse stakeholders, from operators to leaders
- Serve as Contracting Officer Representative (COR) on multiple contracts
Full Job Description
You will serve as a ACQUISITION & SUSTAINMENT MANAGER in the PLANNING AND INTEGRATION DEPARTMENT of COMMANDER - NAVAL INSTALLATIONS.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Demonstrates ability to track cost, schedule and performance of projects and mastery of program management experience.
2) Extensive knowledge of Navy Emergency Management and Force Protection system requirements and solutions.
3) Critical thinking skills; on the basis of assessment findings, clearly and rationally identifying the connection between information and actions.
4) Decision-maker in support of emergency management. 5) Demonstrates the ability to think strategically and coordinate with senior officials in resolving problems related to life and safety.
6) Displays ability to build trust amongst varied stakeholders across the spectrum of customers from operators to senior leaders.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:
- You will manage all sustainment projects, activities and contracts.
- You will serve as the contracting officer representative (COR) on multiple contracts.
- You will manage projects that oversee all aspects of Public Safety Systems sustainment tools and processes to include deployment, cyber compliance, life cycle management and maintenance.
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