Supervisory Contract Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serve as Chief, Contracting Division, and principal procurement official and primary contracting officer, responsible for acquiring commodities in support of synchronized Norfolk District and USACE HQ's mission, and exercising full breadth of authority through participation in acquisition planning, contract formation, partnering, administration, resolution of disputes, and claims by means of issuing Contracting Officer Decisions (CODs) and subsequent contract modifications.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the education/experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Supervisory Contract Specialist:: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.

OR Exemption: You are exempt from the education requirements above if (A) you are a current civilian employee in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000; OR (B) you are a current military member who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent)-1102 on or before September 30, 2000.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Applying highly developed professional knowledge of the theories and principles of contracting to execute contracting program for the organization; Administering contracts for Construction, Architect and Engineering, Environmental, Services, and Supplies; Developing strategies to maximize benefit to the Government (i.e., reducing Government risk, selecting proper contract type, decreasing contract cost, increasing value); Implementing team building strategies and methods to maximize team members' potential and productive work environment to meet mission goals.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Contracting Program Management, Technical Knowledge of Contracting, Process Improvement, Leadership Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).

Major Duties:

• Manage multi-million dollar contracting program for the organization.
• Administer all manner of fixed-price or cost-reimbursement type contracts on behalf of the United States.
• Participate in acquisition planning, contract formation, partnering, administration, resolution of disputes, and claims by means of issuing Contracting Officer Decisions (CODs) and subsequent contract modifications.
• Exercise independent judgment to accomplish the myriads of contracting responsibilities.
• Evaluate the status of the District's contracting programs through reports, program reviews and analyses, including goals and objectives.
• Develop long range organizational plans and goals through subordinate organizational chiefs and assign work to subordinates.
• Prepare recommendations for sustainment or denial of mistakes in bids, protests, justifications and approvals along with their related determinations and findings.
• Explain, advocate and express facts and ideas in a convincing manner.