This position is located in the Director of Operational Logistics (DOL), Office of the Procurement and Contracting (DOL9), Simplified Acquisitions and Utilities Division (DOL94) in Norfolk, VA.

Duties

You will serve as a Purchasing Agent responsible for procurement to support Director of Operational Logistics (DOL), Office of Procurement and Contracting (DOL9) and all areas of Responsibility (AOR), acquisition of supplies, services, minor construction, or emergency response to procure any commodity/service required to the AOR.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• A one-year probationary may be required.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).

Qualifications

GS-5: Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 grade level (in the Federal sector). Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include: working with data/files related to purchasing; providing administrative support to purchasing agents/contract specialists; acquiring supplies and services through small purchases, delivery orders or purchase orders; maintaining purchase order logs, purchase order files and reference materials. OR Four years above high school OR Combining Education and Experience: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements at grades GS-5 and below GS-6: Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level (in the Federal sector). Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include:  working with data/files related to purchasing; providing administrative support to purchasing agents/contract specialists; screening purchase requests for completeness  and adequacy and determining how the purchase should be made; purchasing a variety of goods and services which are subject to the Federal Acquisition regulations (FAR). GS-07:  Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience includes: preparing routine correspondence, evaluating contractor performance; receiving requests, initiating process, maintaining files and monitoring inventory for the agency; coordinating solicitation and delivery schedules with requesting activity; providing contract administration for purchase orders until closed; preparing all appropriate documents for the contracting officer;  and purchasing a wide variety of routine goods, services, and non-routine technical items and services through a simplified acquisition procedure. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]