This is a Virtual Position. Virtual positions are where an employee works outside of original hiring duty station at VA-owned or leased space. The original hiring duty station for this position is the Southeast District Office in Decatur, GA and your work duty location will be any NCA cemetery/office space (SED Office) that is located in the SED area (Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida).

Duties

The purpose of this position is to serve as a Contract Analyst for the National Cemetery Administration's Southeast District with responsibility for performing professional work involving the drafting of requirements of supplies and services IAW procedures outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations, VA Acquisition Regulations, Public Laws, and Agency policy. Additionally, this position assists district level and cemetery personnel in facilitating requirements for acquisition packages; procurement management and oversight responsibilities. Some examples are equipment, construction, services, headstones and markers for cemetery operations, maintenance and services procured. Other unique requirements include intra/interagency agreements and strategic sourcing. The incumbent will be required to possess those requisite skills and experience to effectively deal with an assortment of contracting issues at a full performance level. Incumbent is required to perform all acquisition package work up to the point of submission of contract for solicitation. Serves as liaison between centralized contracting, cemetery, finance, and budget. The incumbent assists the requiring activities by serving as a member of acquisition planning teams at the Southeast District Office and the Southeast District Cemeteries. In this role the incumbent aids requiring activities in performing market research, reviewing specifications and statements of work, and reviewing acquisition milestone plans. The incumbent will ensure that specifications and statements of work are prepared in a manner which adequately describes the Government's requirements without restricting competition. Advises technical personnel as to inadequate, ambiguous, or vague specifications to avoid Government liability. Performs a complete review of all contracts for the SED office and SED cemeteries with emphasis on sole-source recommendation requirements and conducts necessary market analyses to test the noncompetitive assumptions of requisitions. Prepares required findings and sufficiently documents determinations in this regard. Work schedule: Required to work Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. May include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time. Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday. All staff is required to work Memorial Day and Veteran's Day each year. Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery. Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is a Virtual Position. Virtual positions are where an employee works outside of original hiring duty station at VA-owned or leased space. The original hiring duty station for this position is the Southeast District Office in Decatur, GA and your work duty location will be any NCA cemetery/office space (SED Office) that is located in the SED area (Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida). Position Description Title/PD#: Procurement and Resource Specialist/PD1600577 The full performance level of this position is GS - 13. Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

• Subject to a background/security investigation.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all specialized experience and time in grade requirements within 45 days of the closing date of this announcement, 08/07/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements within 45 days of the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If your most recent non-award SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional non-award SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience, as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: preparing and executing contracts on all procurement requirements; completing needs assessments; reviewing appropriate technical specifications; preparing required documents for procurement, and acquisition segments to include review of a statement of work; vendor negotiation of goods and/or services, and agreement of associated costs; evaluating contractor work; setting deliverable timetables; and verifying invoice payments. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: CommunicationsComputer SkillsContract AdministrationPlanning and EvaluatingProblem Solving 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The subject position is primarily of an administrative nature in an office setting, however where travel to work sites is required there may be light physical work required, such as walking over uneven surfaces, or assisting technical personnel in taking measurements or elevations. Government travel for training, meetings, or customer interactions will be required in this position. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address NCA Southeast District Office 1700 Clairmont Road 4th floor Decatur, GA 30033 US
• Name: NCA Human Resources Center
• Phone: (317)916-3660
• Email: [email protected]