Contract Management Specialist

Summary About the Position: Serves as a Contract Management Specialist on all aspects of acquisition and contracting activities for the Center of Military History (CMH). Provides advice to program officials in procurement planning meetings and advises program officials of the procurement objectives to be used. Position may be filled at either the GS-11 target GS-12 level OR the GS-12 level. Responsibilities Plans, organizes, and manages a procurement program to accomplish the placement of difficult, complex, and unique types of contracts. Develops contract provisions based on ambiguous requirements for acquisition of variety of highly sophisticated and complex support services. Acts as in-house expert on a range of procurement actions from initial requirements to acceptance of product. Reviews, coordinates, amends, and recommends approval/disapproval of acquisition documentation and reports submitted for TRADOC or Department of the Army (DA) higher approval. Negotiates complex and extensive contracts involving cost or pricing data, special or unusual contractual terms, and source selection procedures. Develops and executes the strategy for gathering and analyzing data to drive meaning results for the organization functional area missions. Reviews justifications for expenditures of contractual items. Prepares reports for management explaining how and why problems exist or were unforeseen, including well-founded recommendations toward resolution. Prepares cost analysis comparisons and justifications for procurement method recommended developing complete packages for higher approval. This position requires in-depth knowledge of how the Army runs and organizational data analytics methodologies in government and business. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Preparing acquisition documents and/or reports; 2) Reviewing acquisition documents to ensure adherence to terms and conditions or regulations; 3) Monitors contracting activities to ensure the quality of acquisition actions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Provides acquisition and/or contracting advice or assistance to ensure compliance with policies and regulations; 2) Prepares/provides procurement analysis/reviews of contracting documents in the capacity of a contracting officer 3) Analyzing/interpreting acquisition laws, regulations, policies, procedural requirements, and resolving issues/problems with contract operations are needed to perform in this position. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Contracting/Procurement Oral Communication Problem Solving Procurement Analysis Time in Grade Requirement: For GS-11: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent GS-09. To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and qualification requirements within 30 days from the date the referral list is issued. Time in Grade Requirement: For GS-12: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent GS-11. To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and qualification requirements within 30 days from the date the referral list is issued. Education Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Comptroller Career Program position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. Relocation Incentive may be authorized. Recruitment Incentive may be authorized.