Contract Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. Washington D.C.

is a potential duty location for this position; however, the Washington D.C. office is expected to relocate to Alexandria, Virginia.

Selectees may be required to report initially to Washington, D.C and later report to Alexandria, Virginia.

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-14, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Serving as an advisor or lead in the planning and execution of contractual actions and phases for large acquisitions under tight deadlines; AND - Reviewing contractual actions to ensure they conform with statutory and regulation requirements; AND - Collaborating in an integrated acquisition team environment and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to find mutually acceptable solutions; AND - Preparing and training less experienced contracting professionals in pre-award and post-award processes.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Time-in-Grade: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-14 you must have been at the GS-13 level for 52 weeks.

Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Major Duties:

HUD's Mission The mission of the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development is to foster strong communities by supporting access to quality, affordable housing, expanding the housing supply, and unlocking homeownership opportunities for the American people.

The Department is committed to furthering the promise of self-sufficiency in every American while promoting economic development to revitalize rural, tribal, and urban communities across the country.

This position is located in the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO).

The OCPO is responsible for awarding and administering contracts and purchase orders for HUD's program offices in order to achieve HUD's mission, goals and objectives.

OCPO is primarily staffed with Contract Specialists and Contracting Officers, with support by other staff (e.g., procurement and management analysts, and procurement technicians).

OCPO provides vital procurement and logistic services to HUD's program and support offices, and leadership in applying fundamentally sound business practices to the Department's acquisition of goods and services.

As a Contract Specialist, you will: -Plan, develop and establish long and short-range procurement and contracting plans, strategies and approaches for overall acquisitions.

-Provide expert advice to senior program personnel on procurement and contracting matters affecting program planning for each assigned client and or program.

-Serve as a lead contracts negotiator, including conducting fact-finding sessions, pre-proposal conferences, debriefings to unsuccessful offerors, and negotiating various terms and conditions for a wide variety of contract types.