Procurement Analyst

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: - Experience interpreting and applying policies, procedures, and regulations governing contracts, simplified purchases or interagency agreements; AND - Experience developing, planning and implementing training curriculum internally and externally within an organization.

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 Procurement Analyst, you will: Provide expert policy advice on contracting policy and approaches.

Initiates, develops, and recommends contracting policies, procedures, guidance, and controls for contracts and the various program portfolios.

Coordinate with acquisition and program managers to implement training strategies to ensure the organization's talent pool is capable to effectively and efficiently address the changing contracting requirements to support HUD's mission.

Plan and provide training and staff development programs, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences, and workshops.

Leverages technology and maintains an agile and dynamic training environment that attracts the acquisition workforce to self-development.

Confer with management and conducts surveys to identify training needs based on projected production processes, changes, and other factors.