This position is located in the Montana/Dakotas State Office, Business & Fiscal Services Branch in Billings, Montana. We expect to fill one vacancy at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available. This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans' preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/direct-hire-authority/#url=Fact-Sheet

Duties

Provide supervision to the procurement staff; establish work priorities, develop performance standards; and evaluate overall efficiency of the Acquisition Section to ensure effective and efficient operations. Provide oversight to the Cooperative Agreement and Charge Card programs and staff. Serve as contracting officer for contracts and intergovernmental orders greater than $250,000. Provide guidance to technical and administrative personnel on procurement planning: determining appropriate procurement method, contract preparation, development, award, administration, and termination. Research proposed legislation and current law, regulations directives, other issuances, and Bureau initiatives that may impact acquisition programs. Provide technical guidance on procurement activities and/or contracting actions to program managers, management, and procurement and contracting personnel. Review policy for proposed acquisitions pre-award and post-award actions at various phases of the acquisition process to ensure compliance with laws regulations and policies. Participate in internal control review; analyze activities and information of the office being reviewed; prepare reports of observations; and make recommendations for corrective action. Analyze and evaluate the diverse procurement matters; and develop and recommend contracting policies, procedures, guidance, and control measures for those contracting activities. Provide technical guidance, advice, and assistance to the subordinate Contracting Officers in the interpretation of policies and regulations and resolution of complex contract problems.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Be sure to read the How to Apply and Required Documents Sections.
• You cannot hold an active real estate license: nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• Direct Deposit Required.
• Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
• Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
• Supervisory Probationary Period: If you are selected for this position, you will be required to serve a one year supervisory/managerial probationary period if one has not previously been completed.
• If selected for this position, you will be required to annually complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450 within 30 days of reporting to duty. You will be required to provide this information annually.
• This position requires procurement duties. If selected for this position, you will be required to complete a Procurement Integrity Certification, OF-333 prior to appointment.
• You must be 18 years of age or older to be assigned to a hazardous position.
• May require a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience. BASIC REQUIREMENTS Completed 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 successfully perform 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. (You must provide your transcript(s).) -OR- Exception: 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 to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver. 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 stated 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 the above statement, 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. AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-13 In addition to meeting the basic requirements, you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples: Served as a senior level warranted contracting officer and applied a full range of contracting laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and contract types applicable to pre-award and post-award contract actions for a variety of complex multi-million dollar programs, services, construction, and supplies; developed pre-award and post award contracting training curriculum on pre-award and post award contracting guidance; managed acquisition and contracting workforce development contracting training programs for the contracting and procurement community. 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. If using education to qualify, you must submit copies of all transcripts or a list of college courses that include hours and grades from an accredited U.S. college/university. See Required Documents section for more information. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

See Qualifications section for Basic Requirements.

Contacts

• Address BLM Montana State Office BLM Montana State Office, MT-933 Branch of Human Resources 5001 Southgate Drive Billings, MT 59101 US
• Name: Denise Palmer
• Phone: 725-296-6383
• Email: [email protected]