Contracting Officer Rep Cor

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-13, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: Specialized experience is defined as evaluating acquisitions, procurement, or contract proposals for performance, efficiency, value, and continuing need.

Examples of this experience could include: Performing assignments independently in support of procurement activities, or the review of that activity.

The experience MUST be in all areas of the acquisition process from initiation through closeout of the contract, i.e.

cradle to grave contracting; OR Evaluating contract proposals and monitoring contractor performance; OR Identifying the need for acquisition/procurement services to support a program's mission.; OR Performing a variety of technical management roles, including monitoring the cost, schedule and performance parameters of all assigned contracts; including cost estimates, proposal instructions, and evaluation criteria 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-13 you must have been at the GS-12 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 Contracting Officer Rep Cor, you will: Perform both programmatic functional requirements and individual contract functions.

Regularly handle many of the complex, technical questions, and issues that other staffs are unable to resolve relating to the Office's programs as well as COR responsibilities and processes.

Serve as a project leader on special initiatives for the Program Office that leads to developments in improving contract oversight, processes that support programmatic and acquisition-related efficiencies, better strategies in the approach of strategic business and acquisition planning.

Consistently communicate and coordinate with OCPO throughout the development and delivery of the annual strategic acquisition plan, as well as the Program Office review and planning activities, as assigned.