The Management Analyst (MA) serves as the Contracting Officer's Representative (MA/COR). The incumbent serves as a senior professional contributor on the Office of Project Management/COR Team, within the Loan Guaranty Service's (LGY) and particularly its COR team unit. The COR supports acquisition and contract development, management, and compliance, ensuring that complex and interconnected projects are resourced consistent with project plans and ongoing operational priorities.

Duties

Specific duties include: Strategic Leadership and Implementation: In acquisition projects and contract management, the incumbent must successfully conduct activities, resolve complex and highly visible problems, and make experiential technical decisions which can broadly affect the Policy and Operations works of LGY. Translates potential project needs and goals into actionable acquisition strategies, in collaboration with and under the guidance of appropriate Contracting Officers, and recommends methods and approaches back to Program leaders. Serves as a resource acquisition/contract Subject Matter Expert (SME) Provides relevant technical and professional support and knowledge to the PA and DDP. Operational Excellence: LGY Acquisition Development and Contract Management Conducts A Market Surveys, Sources Sought, Governmental Least Cost Estimates, and other foundational research in support of acquisition. Contributes substantive elements of proposals, translating Program business and technical requirements to market-facing opportunities Manages and facilitates all aspects of contract start-up, including electronic, physical, and access security, as applicable; compliance with all FAR requirements; and compliance with all contractual obligations as validated by the Contracting Officer. Monitors contractor's performance to ensure fulfillment of terms and conditions of the contract, including tracking contractor deliverables and quality. Identifies and mitigates risks to procurement, and facilitating resolutions with the Contracting Officer, Contractor, and Program Office, as applicable. Plans, schedules, sets agendas, and facilitates Contractor/Program Office meetings, including spend plans, milestones, deliverables, and risk mitigation. Project Management and Process Improvement: The COR leads projects associated with the assigned acquisition and contract domain, often in support of large and complex acquisition activities and management of large contracts and ensures completion of associated activities. Project management of these initiatives is considered 'full life cycle.' Solely or collaboratively develops project plans to support time delimited initiatives and specific acquisition projects utilizing accepted project management tools and techniques. Completes, maintains, and shares, as appropriate, any appropriate project management artifacts including Stakeholder Registries, Project Charters, Project Plans, Resource Plans, Work Breakdown Structures, Risk Identification and Mitigation Plans, Lessons Learned Registries, Deliverables Registries, as identified in consultation with project management professional(s). Plans, schedules, and leads all project meetings, and provides appropriate follow-ups to participants and other stakeholders. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday, 6 am - 6 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is a virtual position Position Description/PD#: Management Analyst; PD # 41711-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:10/11/2024. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50 that indicates proof of status, and shows Time in Grade (for example, you were a career or career-conditional employee) and identifies your position title, series, grade, step, salary, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50. If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below GS-13 Grade Level: Specialized Experience is definedas applying skills in diverse concepts, practices, regulations, policies, and procedures defined to the real estate and mortgage industry. The incumbent should understand the structures of home loan programs and the interdependencies, methods, and performance measures across organizations that influence them. Other core capabilities include expertise and demonstrable experience with: Advanced Interpersonal and Communication Skills Advanced Organizational and Situational Awareness Advanced Understanding of Federal Acquisition Regulations Sound Knowledge, Understanding of, and Experience Applying Business Ethics 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. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. Physical Requirements: The work is principally sedentary. Work also may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. No special physical effort or ability is required to do the work. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Contacts

• Address VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Christin Barneswilson
• Phone: 410-230-4400 X2282
• Email: [email protected]