This position is located in the Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary in Washington, D.C. with responsibility for delivering full lifecycle acquisition support utilizing the Enterprise Services shared services model focused on contracting quality and customer service excellence.

Duties

As a Contract Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Performs as a Contract Specialist and/or Contracting Officer supporting the ES shared service model for a full array of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) compliant contracts. Plans, develops, negotiates, awards and administers bureau specific and Department-wide innovative contracting solutions. Engages with the customer throughout the acquisition lifecycle to assist with development of requirements documents, acquisition strategies, proposal evaluations, performance evaluations and related acquisition documentation to enable mission fulfillment. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Contract Specialist ZA-1102-3/4 ZA-4 positions within the Office of the Secretary in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. BASIC MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS for ZA-03/04: A. Completion of all mandatory training prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher level contracting positions, including at least 4-years' experience in contracting or related positions. At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position. AND B. A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, that included or was supplemented by 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. OR C. Exceptions: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. This also applies to positions at the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D. OR D. Waiver: When filling a specific vacant position, the senior procurement executive of the selecting agency, at his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of Paragraphs A and B above if the senior procurement executive certifies that the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greater responsibility and authority, based on demonstrated analytical and decision making capabilities, job performance, and qualifying experience. With respect to each waiver granted under this Paragraph D, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position in an agency on the basis of a waiver, the agency may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within that agency without additional waiver action. For additional reference, please refer to the OPM qualifications standard for GS-1102: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/contracting-series-1102/ To qualify for the ZA-3 or GS-12: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-11 in the Federal Government performing duties such as: Performing procurement life cycle requirements to include researching market sources, preparing solicitations, evaluating proposals, drafting contract awards, and processing modifications. Supporting development of acquisition strategy for procurement of services and supplies. Utilizing procurement collaboration practices and techniques such as contract negotiations. To qualify for the ZA-4 or GS-13: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 or GS-12 in the Federal. You qualify for the Z-04 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience at the ZA-3 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Developing and implementing acquisition strategies for procurement of services and supplies. Serving as advisor for program office customers in collaboration with senior management to carry out assignments involving acquisition programs. Evaluating cost/price proposals utilizing cost/price analysis techniques.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Maria Lawrence-Jenkins
• Phone: 703-995-9679
• Email: [email protected]