Job opening: CONTRACT SPECIALIST
Salary: $82 830 - 107 680 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Oct 19 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.
Duties
You will administer contracts by assuring compliance with the terms and conditions of contracts.
You will analyze and evaluate cost or price proposals and accounting systems data.
You will monitor contractor performance in relation to the completion schedule required by the contract, ensuring timely submissions of technical progress reports, making visits to the contractor’s facility or work site, correcting labor standards.
You will be responsible for pre-award and/or post-award functions for a variety of supply and service contracts for several activities within an organizational component or in a geographical area.
You will verify that the contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract IAW the contract terms, conditions, and specifications.
Requirements
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final Secret security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
- You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
- This position requires the Procurement Integrity Certification: This position is required to comply with Federal Procurement Policy Act (41USC 423).
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- Incumbent may be required to work overtime.
Qualifications
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 GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
Communicating with people of various backgrounds, by writing in a clear and concise manner.
Experience of commercial business practices and market conditions that relate to the technical and program requirement to assist customers in developing requirements and to evaluate proposal responsiveness, contractor responsibility, and contractor performance.
Working with formal advertising sufficient to solicit proposals to procure a variety of requirements ranging from standard to specialize for services, supplies, and equipment.
Experience of contract functions in order to perform a variety of duties, such as determining contract types and the proper clauses, to comply with regulations and policy.
Experience executing contracts using FAR, DFARS supplement or equivalent is preferred.
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.
Education
Applicants must meet the following Basic Education Requirement of the Department of Defense Qualification Standard for Contracting Positions: (transcripts must be submitted)
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A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field;
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At least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitativemethods, or organization and management.
Applicants who meet the criteria for Superior Academic Achievement qualify for positions at the GS-7 level.
The following table shows the amounts of education and/or experience required to qualify for positions GS-7 thorough GS-12 covered by this standard.
NOTE: The education requirements listed above apply only to individuals entering DoD GS-1102 positions on or after October 1, 2000. Current civilian personnel 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 are exempt from meeting this requirement. Current military members who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent)-1102 or before September 30, 2000 are also exempt from meeting this requirement.
Contacts
- Address NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS
1002 Balch Blvd
Stennis Space Center, MS 39522
US
- Name: Margaret Ladner
- Email: [email protected]
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