Job opening: Contract Specialist, GS-1102-12
Salary: $83 854 - 109 011 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Sep 11 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Director of Logistics, Commercial Support Services Branch, Norfolk, VA.
Duties
This position is located in Director of Logistics, Commercial Support Services Branch. This position supports Commercial Support Services Branch procurement of the most complex supplies, services, telecommunications equipment procurement, and oil spill clean-up services.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- You must submit official transcripts to rec'd consideration upon selection.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- A one-year probationary period may be required.
- This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
Qualifications
Applicants must meet the following basic requirements: Completed a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field; OR Completed at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management. NOTE: Applicants who have been in a GS-1102 position at a GS-12 or lower grade level since January 1, 2000 without a break in service only need to meet the additional requirements in order to qualify. IN ADDITION to meeting the basic education requirements applicants must have:
Applicants applying at the GS-12 level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience which may have been gained in work such as procurement, purchasing, rental, or lease of supplies, services, and equipment through open-market methods, placement of purchase orders, placement of orders under blanket purchase agreements or under indefinite delivery contracts such as Federal supply schedules, or other purchase procedures pertinent to contracting. Devising techniques to cover a range of contracting actions; reviewing and evaluating the quality of buyer's decision on a wide variety of contracts; and preparing oral and written communication to provide guidance and decisions to explain and defend decisions. NOTE: The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) does not grant Academic degrees; therefore courses completed at the DAU are not creditable towards meeting the 24 semester hour requirement, in the fields identified above, unless the coursework has been evaluated by an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and appears on a college or university transcript." 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.
Education
This position does have a positive education requirement. Provide official transcripts in order to receive consideration upon selection. 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]
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