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CONTRACT SPECIALIST
Defense Finance and Accounting Service · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) mission is to lead the Department of Defense (DoD) in finance and accounting by ensuring the delivery of efficient, exceptional quality pay and financial information.
What You'll Do
- →Awards contracts within delegated contracting officer authority or recommend award to contracting officer on contracts outside delegated authority.
- →Incumbent is also accountable for preparing rate and cost adjustments on a contract; redirection of effort on a contract; coordinating time extension for contract performance; incorporating change orders.
- →Serves as the principal contact for the contract and represents the agency in conferences with industry, state, and local governments pertaining to the procurement.
- →Determining when costs claimed under cost contracts are allowable.
- →Negotiates and deals with representatives of the private sector, government experts, or managers to procure extensive services and complex equipment.
- →Plans and conducts post-award conferences to ensure compliance with contractual requirements and to preclude unauthorized changes or alterations in contract provisions.
Requirements
- ✓Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: There is no substitution of education for the qualifying experience at the GS-13 grade level.
- ✓Selectee must have their Contracting Professional Certification (or be eligible for certification within 36 months of appointment) in the DAWIA Contracting Functional Area.
- ✓Acquisition workforce employees must achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every two years, in accordance with DoDI 5000.66.
- ✓Obtaining certification within the allotted grace period and maintaining CLPs before and after achieving certification are conditions of employment.
- ✓If certification is not received within 36 months of appointment as defined by DAWIA, and training not completed within the established guidelines, the incumbent might be removed from this position.
- ✓Additional information may be found at: https://www.dau.edu/back-to-basics.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7b409894-a767-4b05-9ab3-dfbb84d11be2
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