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Acquisition Quality Assurance Service Center Director
Federal Acquisition Service · Posted 3 days ago
Hybrid San Francisco, CA $150K – $197K Apply by Jun 10, 2026 Contracting ENTJESTJINTJISTJ Operations
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As an Acquisition Quality Assurance Service Center Director, you will guide centralized contracting officials and other members of the acquisition workforce in solving procurement problems and developing acquisition strategies. Location of position: FAS, Office of Centralized Acquisition Services, Office of Operations, Quality Assurance Service Center. Duty location to be determined upon selection. We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.
What You'll Do
- →Stays current with new and emerging procurement issues, problems, and changes and prepares program office supplemental guidance.
- →Researches and responds to new and updated federal, agency, and bureau guidelines (e.g., laws, regulations, policies).
- →Participates in the development and establishment of comprehensive program office acquisition and contract management quality control policies and other guidelines to facilitate ensuring compliance with federal statutes and regulations.
- →Conducts studies, research, analyses, and evaluations of program office acquisition operations to identify issues related to practices, processes, and procedures that deviate from prescribed policies, directives, or other guidelines.
- →Directs or recommends corrective actions for such deviations and monitors progress in their implementation.
- →Initiates, develops, recommends, and/or implements changes to acquisition policies, processes, and procedures.
- →As the principal program office subject-matter expert on procurement quality controls, provides authoritative advice and guidance to a wide variety of management and staff officials.
- →Extends existing contracting techniques and develops guidance for use by other contracting personnel in solving procurement problems involving a diverse range of program office issues, projects, and operations.
- →Applies a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods to assess and improve effectiveness of acquisition program and management processes, projects, and systems.
- →Reviews management acquisition goals and objectives, monitors the sequence and timing of key acquisition program events and milestones, and evaluates overall program office operations, progress, and contributions in terms of quality control for agency and federal centralized acquisition goals.
- →Provides technical and administrative supervision to a division through subordinate supervisors.
- →Evaluates the workforce in relation to current and projected volumes and types of activities and makes recommendations to higher-echelon management regarding current and long-range program and resource requirements.
- →Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, the capabilities of employees to ensure timely completion of milestones and mitigate risks.
Requirements
- ✓If selected, you must meet the following conditions: Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
- ✓If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or NonCareer SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office.
- ✓Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
- ✓Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
- ✓Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position.
- ✓Serve a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period, if required.
- ✓Note: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/ US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
Benefits
- ★You will have access to many benefits including: Health insurance (choose from a wide range of plans) Life insurance coverage with several options Sick leave and vacation time, including 11 paid holidays per year Thrift Savings Plan (similar to a 401(k) plan) Flexible work schedules Transit and child care subsidies Flexible spending accounts Long-term care insurance Training and development
Personality Fit
Job ID: 463660cf-4399-4f21-bae8-360525755aae
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