CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Contract Specialist in the Training Systems Procurement Department of NAWCTSD ORLANDO.

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12/13 grade level or DA-05 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Planning, coordinating, and leading the negotiations with contractors to develop the contract prices and terms; 2) Performing acquisition planning for contracts and reviewing formal acquisition strategies, plans, and justifications to ensure policies and procedures are addressed; 3) Advising program officials of the procurement objectives to be used, and assists in the preparation of statements of work; 4) Conducting reviews of contracts to confirm that laws and regulations are properly implemented; 5) Conducting reviews of and approving price reasonableness determinations, including Business Clearance Memorandums (or similar document); 6) Participating on a prior source selection as the Source Selection Authority (SSA), part of the Source Selection Advisory Council (SSAC) or Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB), or as an evaluator; and 7) Have been delegated (currently or previously) a Contracting Officer warrant at or above $1M.

Applicant must meet the following Department of Defense qualification requirements for 1102 contracting positions: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf And the title 10 requirements found here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1724&num=0&edition=prelim 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 the life-cycle acquisition of system and non-system training devices, research, and development related to training devices and related general acquisition requirements.
• You will manage the planning, development, and establishment of contractual strategy for assigned acquisition programs.
• You will direct full range of contract administration actions required for acquisition programs, including the issuance of contractual modifications, incorporation of changes, exercise of options, investigation.
• You will provide the leadership necessary to maintain an effective and productive workforce while ensuring a continuous flow and exchange of information between employees.