Supervisory Contract Specialist

Job Description

Responsibilities

As a Supervisory Contract Specialist, you will:

• Supervise a group of employees performing work up to the GS-13 level.
• Establish guidelines and performance expectations for staff and clearly communicate these through the formal employee performance management system.
• Plan work to be accomplished, lead and motivate personnel, elicit their support and cooperation, evaluate their performance, satisfy Equal Employment Opportunity requirements, and maintain good employee morale.
• Manage and direct the performance of a full range of complex procurement activities for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in support of USAID/W bureaus, offices, and overseas Mission programs worldwide.
• Provide expert procurement advice to senior officials on all acquisition matters, ensuring actions are executed in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, accounting standards, pricing practices and current business methods.
• Negotiate procurement of products and services under a variety of contract/assistance mechanisms.
• Manage procurement planning activities such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.
• Participate in strategy and planning phases, evaluation of offers, negotiations, contract award, and contract administration.

Travel Required

Not required

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• United States Citizenship is required.
• Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Time in grade must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
• Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Most recent SF-50 showing tenure code “1” or “2” (see Required Documents).

Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date. This means that you must have served at least 52 weeks at the next grade level (or equivalent) below the grade advertised on this vacancy announcement.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must (1) meet the Education Requirement for the series, (2) provide a copy of transcripts for verification, AND (3) meet the specialized experience requirements for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.

GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Examples of qualifying specialized experience at the next lower level for this position includes: (a) conducting cost proposal analysis for cost reimbursement type contracts (b) leading a competitive Request For Application (RFA) or competitive Request For Proposal (RFP) (c) negotiating procurement of products and services under a variety of contract/assistance mechanisms (d) executing contract awards within warrant authority (e) managing procurement planning activities such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.

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, relevant to the duties of the position to be filled, including volunteer experience.

CTAP/ICTAPcandidates will be referred to the selecting official if they are found well qualified. Well-qualified means an eligible employee who possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities which clearly exceed the minimum requirements of the position. A well-qualified employee must meet the qualification and eligibility requirements of the position, including any medical qualifications, suitability, and minimum education and experience requirements, meet all selective factors (where applicable); meet quality ranking factors and are assigned a score of 85 or higher; be physically qualified with reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position; meet any special qualifying U.S. OPM-approved conditions; AND be able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry without additional training.

A well-qualified candidate will not necessarily meet the definition of highly or best qualified when evaluated against other candidates who apply for a particular position. In the absence of selective and quality ranking factors, selecting officials will document the job-related reason(s) for qualification determinations.

Education

Basic Requirements for GS-14:

This position does have a positive education requirement of 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. Therefore,​ transcripts are required.

*Please be advised that an official transcript will be required if you are selected for the position. Please include a copy of your transcript (unofficial or official) that demonstrates that you meet the education requirement listed above prior to the closing date of the announcement. If you do not include this information prior to the closing date of the announcement, your application will be marked as incomplete unless submit an SF-50 that shows you are currently or previously held a position in the 1102 job series.​

Application Deadline: March 8, 2021