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Supervisory Contract Specialist (Associate Division Director)
DHS Headquarters · Posted 15 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO). The primary purpose of this position is to direct and oversee the planning, negotiation, and execution of the acquisition and administration process for acquiring commodities, which ensure the successful operation of DHS, and to also serve as a senior contract specialist administering complex and major acquisitions. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.
What You'll Do
- →As a Supervisory Contract Specialist (Associate Division Director), GS-1102-15, your typical work assignments may include: Managing complex, sensitive, critical, and precedent-setting DHS procurement programs and initiatives that serve as a guide for other DHS procurement activities.
- →Serving as the primary point of contact for program officials on all acquisition and administrative matters affecting the major procurement of supplies and services.
- →This includes but not limited to assisting customers in developing statements of work, procurement strategies, evaluation plans, pricing methodologies, and major contract administration plans.
- →Establishing goals and office budget.
- →Directly supervising and coordinating the activities of subordinate staff consisting of contract specialists.
- →Developing performance standards, completing formal performance appraisals, and carrying out personnel management responsibilities to ensure productivity and efficient use of resources.
- →Serving as a Contracting Officer authorized to solicit contract proposals, negotiate, enter into, execute, and administer/terminate the most complex and sensitive public contracts for DHS.
- →Coordinating the extension of periods of performance, resolving delivery and acceptance disputes, approving partial and final payments, performing closeout of any necessary contract cancellations, and preparing and processing protest actions.
- →All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received.
- →This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first.
- →View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.
Requirements
- ✓This position requires specific coursework to meet the basic education requirement.
- ✓You must submit an official or unofficial transcript which list courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.
- ✓Your transcript(s) must clearly demonstrate the course(s) listed in the qualification requirement section.
- ✓If the transcript(s) does not clearly demonstrate this, you must submit a copy of the course description and/or other documentation demonstrating that the courses are equivalent.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions.
- ✓Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.
- ✓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 Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 66f06f31-93e6-491c-a91d-5d5021cfb1ce
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