Administrative Officer
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ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST
Commander, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM)
Department of the Navy
GS-9 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves handling the final stages of government contracts, such as closing them out, adjusting funds, and keeping track of payments and records for the Navy's information warfare systems command.
You'll work with teams to ensure everything is properly documented and reported to leaders.
It's a good fit for someone with experience in contract administration who likes detail-oriented work in a structured government environment.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-09 level or equivalent in federal, private, or public sector
- Knowledge of various contracting methods, types, and procedures for pre-award and post-award functions
- Familiarity with statutes, regulations, and procurement processes, especially for non-standard actions
- Ability to perform contract close-out tasks, including de-obligating funds and processing modifications
- Experience collaborating with financial personnel for payment information and reporting
- Skills in directing subordinates on tasks like patent certifications, final acceptances, and record shipments
- Proficiency in maintaining databases, analyzing data, and creating reports for leadership
Full Job Description
You will serve as a ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST in the CONTRACTS DEPARTMENT of NAVWARSYSCEN PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or NO-03 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Knowledge of a wide variety of contracting methods and contract types sufficient to perform pre-award, post-award, contract price, cost analysis functions when the contract actions are not well defined or well precedence; knowledge of statutes, regulations, and procedures so as to be able to perform procurement functions that are not well defined or well precedented.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/contracting-series-1102/ 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 be responsible for contract close-out of all actions awarded by NIWC PAC Contracts Dept. to include contracts, task/delivery orders, purchase orders, grants and cooperative agreements.
- You will be responsible for performing administrative actions related to contract close out, e.g., modifications to de-obligate excess funding.
- You will work closely with NIWC Pacific Comptroller personnel to obtain payment information for locally entitled contract actions.
- You will provide direction to subordinate personnel for the processing of patent certifications and final acceptance requests by DCMA and ONR; provide direction for the shipment of contract files to federal records.
- You will be responsible for maintaining the close-out database to reflect the current status of each action and collecting, analyzing and creating report data for senior leadership, and data calls.
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