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SUPERVISORY ADMINISTRATIVE/TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

Naval Sea Systems Command

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$119,630 - $183,782

per year

Closes

January 20, 2026

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team in a Navy contracts department, overseeing the full process of buying goods and services for naval projects, from planning and negotiating deals to managing them after they're signed.

It's a supervisory role where you'll guide employees, ensure high-quality work, and handle complex financial and legal aspects of government purchases.

A good fit would be someone with strong experience in contracting, leadership skills, and a detail-oriented approach to following rules and optimizing costs.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11/12 or NT-04 in federal or equivalent service, leading technical and administrative contracting functions
  • Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NMCARS), and related procurement guidance
  • Experience managing pre-award and post-award contract actions, including acquisition planning, solicitation, evaluation, award, and administration
  • Proficiency in various procurement vehicles such as cost-plus-fixed-fee, time-and-materials, fixed-price, fixed-price incentive, commercial, and non-commercial contracts
  • Skills in cost and price analysis, complex negotiations, cost realism analysis, and advising on technical, past performance, small business, and cost evaluations
  • Supervisory experience, including overseeing employees, distributing workloads, training in team building, and ensuring quality of contract documents
  • Meet Department of Defense (DoD) qualification standards for GS-1102 contracting positions and Title 10 requirements

Full Job Description

You will serve as a BRANCH HEAD in the CONTRACTS DEPARTMENT of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA. Not a high-grade position; therefore, the salary may be limited to a GS-13 Step 10 (currently $155,521).

The Secretary of War has ordered a hiring freeze subject to certain limited exceptions. This position is subject to the DoW hiring freeze.

Offers of employment related to this vacancy announcement will not be executed until the position has an approved exemption.

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NT-04 pay band (GS-11/12 grade level equivalency) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: As a professional contract specialist leading technical and administrative contracting functions to ensure optimization for acquisition programs.

Examples of Qualifying Experience may include managing contracts and leading pre-award and post-award actions; demonstrated knowledge of the FAR, DFARS, NMCARS, and related procurement instructions and guidance; procurement vehicles, including cost plus fixed fee, time and materials, fixed price, fixed price incentive, commercial, and non-commercial; leading procurement through all phases of the procurement cycle, from acquisition planning, solicitation development, evaluation, award, and post award administration; advising technical, past performance, small business, and cost boards; performing complex cost realism analysis; leading negotiations; drafting source selection decision documents supporting the award recommendation; and performing debriefs.

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 supervise and oversee employees within their assigned branch.
  • You will manage various acquisitions and project requirements, including evaluating costs and performance in support of customer needs.
  • You will perform and assign work to the employees on various cost and price analysis, policy interpretation of contracts, post-award procedures, cost reimbursement, and incentive awards.
  • You will negotiate complex requirements and strategies for various products and services.
  • You will be responsible for ensuring that work assignments of the branch members are carried out by performing a range of duties, including distributing and balance the workload among employees.
  • You will train or arrange for training of branch members in methods and techniques of team building.
  • You will ensure the quality of documents set to Contracts Review Board and higher-level approvals through development and reviews.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/9/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/9/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12861671-26-REM