Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Water Acquisition Program Specialist. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Lower Colorado Basin Region, Phoenix Area Office, Native American Affairs Office located in Glendale, AZ. Full time telework or remote work is not available for this position.

Duties

The primary duties of this position are: Plans, designs and carries out implementation activities for the Firming Program. Leads multi-disciplinary/multi-agency water acquisition teams(s), providing technical leadership and staff level coordination. Recommends ways to resolve differences, conflicts, and facilitates negotiation and compromise among diverse interests. Develops and tracks work and activity plans, budgets, resources and work accomplishments to ensure successful implementation of the Firming Program. Recommends appropriate allocation of funds for the purchase of firming water supplies; and reviews, verifies, and analyzes financial reports to ensure that the funds are being spent in accordance with annual work plans. Prepares, processes, and administers water purchase contracts and agreements. Participates on multi-disciplinary, multi-agency negotiating teams to identify applicable contract provisions. Serves as Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR), carrying out contract administration responsibilities. Drafts contract administration correspondence and related materials concerning general contract matters and issues. Tracks and accounts acquired water. Reviews delivery schedules for compliance with water service, conveyance, and purchase agreements.

Requirements

Qualifications

Specialized Experience Requirements: In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-12 level, your resume must reflect one year of full time experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-11 level in federal service administering water acquisition contracts in the southwestern United States. You must be clear when describing your experience, human resources may not make assumptions in determining qualifications. If your resume does not clearly reflect all of the above experience, your application will be marked as ineligible. 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. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Applicants eligible under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) are not required to meet time-in-grade restrictions in order to be considered. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time in grade and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 03/11/2024.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Lower Colorado Basin Bureau of Reclamation 6150 West Thunderbird Rd Glendale, AZ 85306-4001 US
• Name: Nicole Wilson
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]