Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: Serves as a Branch Chief overseeing the daily price/cost analysis, administration and operations of a cost/price acquisition branch of the Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA). ACC-RSA is the largest contacting center in the U.S. Army with more than 900 contracting and acquisition professionals.

Duties

Provide direction/guidance to a group of professional, technical, and support personnel engaged in managing, directing, coordinating, and controlling aspects of highly complex defense acquisition programs. Support Agency Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Program ensuring principles are reflected in aspects of personnel management. Assign work while establishing priorities based on workload. Evaluate performance of subordinates to give advice and counsel on both work and administrative matters. Interviews/recommends selections for positions, promotions, and reassignments. Studies regulatory issuances to determine impact on operations. Ensure subordinates properly analyze and apply contracting rules, regulations and procedures. Exercise responsibility in the application of contract and procurement laws, rules and regulations. Interpret contracting/rules from Federal, Department of Defense and Department of the Army to ensure compliance of agency contracting functions.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must file a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE, Form 450, upon entry onto the position and annually thereafter.
• This position is supervisory. A one year probation to assess your ability to perform supervisory duties is required unless previously completed. Are you willing to serve a one year supervisory probation period?
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. If the security clearance is denied or revoked, the individual may be denied or removed from the position, accordingly.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for Contracting Professional certification within 36 months as of entrance on duty.
• This position is Critical Acquisition Position (CAP). Incumbent must meet the requirements for CAP at time of hire.
• This is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP). This position requires a 3-year tenure agreement.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Supervisory Contract Price/Cost Analyst: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution OR Exemption: You are exempt from the education requirements above if (A) you are a current DoD employee, in any occupational series, who has served on or before September 30, 2000, as follows: (1) Served as a GS/equivalent-1102 position or contracting officer position with authority to award or administer contracts above the SAT in any Federal agency, OR (2) Served as a military member in a comparable military occupational specialty; OR (B) you are a current member of the armed forces who occupied a position within an occupational specialty similar to the GS-1102 series on or before September 30, 2000. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes providing technical advice for Contract Price/Cost Analysis and advise on complex sole source major weapon system procurement; review/analysis cost accounting procedures and processes for major contractors; facilitate efficient, cost effective, customer oriented procedures while maintaining high quality standards to enable contracting officers to obtain fair and reasonable prices on multi-billion dollar acquisitions; recommend balanced strategies for international and other agency acquisitions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NH-03-/GS-13). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Consider Socio-economic RequirementsContracting/ProcurementE-Business and Automated ToolsLeadership

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address AD-W6QK1A ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND REDSTONE DO NOT MAIL Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk