This position is located in DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, U.S. COAST GUARD, DEP COMDT FOR MISSION SUPPORT, DIR OF OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS, OFFICE OF BASE OPERATIONS (DOL-3), BASE KET PROC & CONTR DEPT (S).

Duties

This position is responsible for procurement to support SILC-COCO-BSS and all Areas of Responsibility (AOR) including but not limited to: the acquisition of supplies, services, minor construction, or emergency response to procure any commodity/service required to support the AOR.Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: 

Requirements

• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Qualifications

Qualifications for GS-06: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level. Examples include: Determining price reasonableness, cost / price analysis, scheduling of timely deliveries. Applying purchasing methods and procedures to perform purchasing work. Working with suppliers to ensure the lowest possible price. Qualifications for GS-07: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level. Determining price reasonableness, cost / price analysis, scheduling of timely deliveries. Applying specialized technical purchasing methods and procedures to perform complex purchasing work. Using negotiation techniques to negotiate both pre-award and post-award changes. Experience advising about various socio-economic policies and programs sufficient to assist small and small-disadvantaged business firms of opportunities and procedures for obtaining federal contracts.  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 2401 Hawkins Point Rd Bldg. #1, Stop #4 Baltimore, Maryland 21226 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]