The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office whose mission is to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In our dynamic environment, the OIG conducts investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and mismanagement in DHS programs and operations.

Duties

The Supervisory Contract Specialist is a valuable member of the Office of Inspector (OIG), Office of Management (OM), Acquisitions Division. The incumbent will serve as the Director, with responsibility for the management, administration, and implementation of the OIG-wide acquisitions totaling almost $50 million annually, and the implementation of the OIG-wide acquisitions annual financial budget, transportation management and other special programs. Typical assignments include: Expertise and extensive experience executing all types of contractual actions, including advance acquisition planning, requirements definition, acquisition strategy, pre -solicitation conferences, due diligence, source selection plans, technical evaluation plans, negotiations, competitive range determinations, and ultimate source selection in coordination with the program offices. Full range of contract specializations in both the pre -award, award, and post - award environment, including the development of prototype procurements utilizing procurement initiatives and concepts such as performance -based contracting, partnering concepts, and strategic sourcing. Facilitates major acquisitions in support of organizational requirements. Provides advice, assists senior management on contractual matters, and provides procurement support services to OIG activities. Conducts a program of quality control to ensure that the OIG procurement program is executed in accordance with generally accepted procurement criteria established within the Federal Government.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position
• You must successfully pass a background investigation
• You must be able to obtain Secret security clearance
• Financial disclosure is required
• Selective Service registration required
• Completion of one year Supervisory Probationary Period may be required

Qualifications

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 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. 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. 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 1 and 2 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 4, 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. NOTE: If you are currently employed with an agency other than DHS and seeking a lateral transfer AND you were promoted to an 1102 position at or above the GS-13 level (or equivalent) after 12/31/99 based on a waiver of the agency's training requirements, you will need to be approved for another training waiver before you can be hired into a GS-1102 position at or above the GS-13 level with DHS. If you were hired into your current GS-1102-13 or higher level position, with a non-DHS agency, based on an educational waiver, you will still have to meet the educational requirements stated in Qualification Requirements #1. Minimum Qualifications for GS-15: You qualify for the GS-15 position if you possess one year of specialized experience at the equivalent to GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience at this level includes: Providing administrative and technical direction over subordinates who are responsible for acquisition programs, OIG's presence on acquisition related systems, and a wide variety of pre-award and post-award functions regarding the planning and conduct of the contracting process from the description of the requirements through contract delivery. Serving as the Supervisory Contract Specialist, with unlimited warrant authority upon Contracting Officer appointment, responsible for administering the most complex and major acquisitions which are OIG-wide in scope. 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 qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date 06/04/2024of this announcement. 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

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website:

https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/search.aspx.

All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

NOTE: You must attach a copy of your transcripts for verification.

Contacts

• Address Office of Inspector General 245 Murray Lane SW Washington, DC 20528 US
• Name: Dhymee Fields
• Email: [email protected]