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Procurement Analyst
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The VA Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) provides dedicated acquisition and program management expertise and support for life cycle management of enterprise-wide solutions in information and technology (IT) to its customers across the VA enterprise. Its largest customer and business partner for the VA Office of Information and Technology (OIT). This position reports to the Chief of the Plans/Training/Analysis Division under the TAC Operations Service located in Eatontown, NJ.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Develops organizational procedures to implement Federal contracting policy, VA Senior Procurement Executive policy and guidance, and Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) procedural documentation and best practices for a wide range of Information Technology (IT) contracting functions.
- →Serve as a Subject Matter Expert IT converting manual contracting business processes into automated business processes.
- →Analyzes new procurement policies and laws, and interprets changes for senior management prior to issuing updates to contract specialists for implementation in TAC organizational "OPS Alert!".
- →Utilizes 1102 expertise to resolve complex procurement challenges and coordinate with the OALC Office of Procurement for VA policy guidance .
- →Develop operating guidance and procedures for the complex issues that arise and uses them as a basis to provide training to the the Acquisition Workforce.
- →Interpret new legislation and provides synopses for senior level management, contracting staff, and interns.
- →Conduct training of interns and acquisition workforce.
- →Explain impact of new policies, regulations, and guidance to all levels of the workforce in varying modes of communication..
- →Participate as a member of VA-policy-led procurement task forces, or chairs these bodies working on high level procurement issues with agency-wide impact.
- →Write implementation procedures to abide by new and existing contracting policies that can be put into practice operational contracting specialists.
- →Manages the Technology Acquisition Desk Book and writes updated policy impacts to business processes and informs contracting staff via writing and training.
- →Prepare written contracting material for use in training.
- →Prepare briefings on complex procurement issues for use by senior procurement officials.
- →Work Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: Procurement Analyst/PD GS-12 PD# 44313-A and PD GS-13 PD#44300-A Physical Requirements: This work is primarily sedentary Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 6826ae59-eb73-42e9-84cf-323053efbe4e
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