This position is located in the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) with one vacancy in Ann Arbor, MI.

Duties

As an Acquisition Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: - Analyze and provide recommendations on acquisition policies, procedures, and practices. Conduct data analysis on various topics and datasets, extract relevant data points for management, and assist with project planning for a wide range of acquisition program efforts. Participate in compliance reviews and audits, develop corrective action plans as needed. Identify, develop, and lead acquisition and administrative training sessions. - Serve as a purchase card holder and approving official, adhering to purchase card program laws, rules, and regulations. Ensure purchase requests are authorized, reconcile transactions in the accounting system, and maintain purchase card files. Collaborate with laboratory, scientific, and administrative staff to develop technical requirements for contractual support. Input data into local and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) systems, monitor financial reports for accuracy, reconcile financial information, review and process invoices, and ensure costs are reconciled. - Perform pre-award and post-award activities for the office. Review contracts, work directives, and ordering instruments to extract schedules of deliverables and services while maintaining records of performance and delivery against those schedules. Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data related to procurement and contract operations. Establish requirements for acquisition packages and review documents for accuracy, adequacy, and completeness, ensure conformity to project requirements. Resolve major issues in unusual procurement situations and address inquiries from attorneys, price analysts, or contract specialists during solicitation or modification development. - Implement contractor support and surveillance programs that integrate with contractor quality programs, ensure mission requirements are met through quality contractor provided products and services. Monitor contractor performance through in-depth reviews and analyses, verify progress and recommend revisions as needed throughout the acquisition life cycle. Develop and recommend actions to resolve contract issues and achieve program goals. Ensure contract budget requirements are included in the laboratory budget. Note: These duties are described at the full performance level of the ZA-3; The ZA-2 is developmental leading to such performance.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZA-2 or (GS-7) level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year {52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-1 or (GS-5) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Providing contract administration assistance such as evaluating contract proposals, preparing contract awards, or participating in contract closeout activities; and Assisting with acquisitions tasks or planning for an office or program. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: One full year of graduate-level education. OR SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Demonstrated by a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with one of the following. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your application clearly states how you meet one of the provisions below: - A grade point average (GPA) of 2.9 or higher based on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses, or those completed in the last 2 full years of undergraduate study; - A GPA of 3.5 or higher based on a 4.0 scale for required courses completed in a major field of study, or those courses completed in a major field of study during the last two years of undergraduate study; - Class standing of upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision of the college; - Membership in a national Scholastic Honor Society certified by the Association of College honor Societies, excluding freshman honor societies. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of one year is qualifying for combination. To qualify at the ZA-3 or (GS-11) level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-02 pay band or (GS-09) grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Assisting in the preparation, award, and post award processes of acquisitions for a variety of program efforts; Participating in preparing or coordinating acquisition and administrative training sessions for an office or program; and Assisting with planning or coordinating contract activities and evaluating performance or work completed. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or LL.M., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only graduate-level education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain active FAC-COR II Level Certification. Position Requirement For the ZA-3 Level only: This position requires the submission of a Financial Disclosure Form, SF 450. Financial Disclosure is required to participate personally and substantially through decision or exercise significant judgment in Government action regarding contract administration and/or monitoring.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website. You MUST provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation by the closing date of the announcement will result in lost consideration. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Applicant Inquiries
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]