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Contracting Officer Representative (COR)
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner · Posted today
Hybrid Alexandria, VA $122K – $158K Apply by Jul 13, 2026 General Business And Industry ENTJESTJINTJISTJ
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This position is located in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Asst Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
What You'll Do
- →HUD's Mission The mission of the U.S.
- →Department of Housing and Urban Development is to foster strong communities by supporting access to quality, affordable housing, expanding the housing supply, and unlocking homeownership opportunities for the American people.
- →The Department is committed to furthering the promise of self-sufficiency in every American while promoting economic development to revitalize rural, tribal, and urban communities across the country.
- →The Office of Housing provides vital public services through its nationally administered programs.
- →It oversees the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the largest mortgage insurer in the world, and regulates important parts of the housing industry.
- →The Office of Housing is committed to building and preserving healthy neighborhoods and communities through homeownership, rental housing and healthcare opportunities.
- →The Office of Multifamily Housing is responsible for the overall management, development, direction and administration of HUD's Multifamily Housing Programs.
- →HUD's Multifamily programs provide mortgage insurance to HUD-approved lenders to facilitate the construction, substantial rehabilitation, purchase and refinancing of multifamily housing projects.
- →MFH is widely responsible for production, asset management and portfolio oversight, and recapitalization of assisted properties, and field operations.
- →As part of the National Housing Act of 1934, Congress created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) which later became a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Housing in 1965.
- →As a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), you will: Function as an expert technical authority and consultant with responsibility for planning, formulating, implementing, and evaluating effective business planning and use of contracted products and services to accomplish program mission requirements.
- →Regularly handle many of the complex, technical questions, and issues that other staffs are unable to resolve relating to the Office's programs as well as COR responsibilities and processes.
- →Determine and describe program contracting needs, while complying with the Contracting Officer's recommendations and statutory and regulatory provisions including, but not limited to, competitive acquisition practices, small business opportunities and reliance on commercial products.
- →Periodically reassess needs for existing contracts in light of shifts in Departmental goals and plans and recommends corrective action as appropriate.
Requirements
- ✓The official duty station for this position will be in Alexandria, Virginia.
- ✓Failure to report to duty at this location may be grounds for a disciplinary action, including removal.
- ✓Key Requirements: Must be U.S.
- ✓Citizen or U.S.
- ✓A probationary or trial period may be required.
- ✓Continued employment is contingent upon supervisory certification that continued employment will benefit the Federal Service; the certification will occur no less than 30 days before the end of the probationary/trial period.
- ✓Must successfully complete a background investigation.
- ✓Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required.
- ✓Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- ✓Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- ✓If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
- ✓Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form i-9.
- ✓Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- ✓Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
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