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Contract Specialist (Recent Graduate)
National Institutes of Health · Posted 53 days ago
About the Role
This is an excepted service appointment under the NIH Pathways Recent Graduate Program. NIH Recent Graduates receive on-the-job training for one year and complete at least 40 hours of formal interactive training while in the program. Assignments are aimed at developing the employee's skills and knowledge to progressively perform more difficult duties.
What You'll Do
- →Perform specialized contract award and administration work.
- →Research, interpret, and apply the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures governing NIH acquisitions to plan, manage, and participate in various aspects of contracting.
- →Evaluate bid responsiveness, contractor responsibility and performance.
- →Apply knowledge of contract types, methods, and techniques.
- →Apply knowledge of contract administration and termination techniques sufficient to administer and close out contracts.
- →Coordinate and conduct negotiations on assigned programs.
- →Apply critical thinking and judgment skills to various work assignments to identify and troubleshoot potential problems and to develop remedies and solutions.
Requirements
- ✓You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts.
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package; however, official transcripts will be required prior to receiving an official offer.
- ✓Please note that unofficial transcripts attached to the application must reflect that the degree or certificate has been awarded or conferred.
- ✓The date that the degree was awarded or conferred must meet the program criteria at the time of application.
- ✓Applicants must have graduated with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- ✓We do not round the GPA.
- ✓All documents must be received at the time of application.If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education webpage on the Click here for information on Foreign Education
Personality Fit
Job ID: 11132d73-fc0e-4960-9a4c-24067071a989
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