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SUPERVISORY CONTRACT SPECIALIST (Title 5)
Army National Guard Units · Posted today
On-site Austin, TX $109K – $142K Apply by Jun 20, 2026 Contracting ENTJESTJINTJISTJ EngineeringTrades
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This position is located within the USPFO at Camp Mabry in Austin, TX. This position performs first level supervisory duties over GS-12 Contract Specialists. The purpose is to serve as a Warranted Contracting Officer and to supervise personnel engaged in procuring various supplies, services, information technology, Architect-Engineering Services, and construction. Texas is one of 9 states with NO state income tax.
What You'll Do
- →As a SUPERVISORY CONTRACT SPECIALIST (Title 5) with the Texas National Guard, your duties will include, but will not be limited to: Exercises direct supervisory and personnel management responsibilities.
- →Provides supervisory responsibility for subordinate acquisition workforce personnel.
- →Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management.
- →Selects, as assigned, or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and Equal Employment Opportunity objectives.
- →Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards.
- →Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses.
- →Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments.
- →Recommends awards when appropriate and reviews within-grade increases when eligible and follows up on the status when required.
- →Listens to and resolves employee complaints at the lowest level and refers unresolved complaints to higher level management.
- →Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems.
- →Plans the overall approach to meet contracting program objectives for a variety of requirements with multiple complexities.
- →Analyzes difficult/controversial contracting issues, determines, recommends and/or implements course of action which may depart from previous approaches for long-term contract performance or short-term contracts with extremely stringent time frames.
- →Provides business advice and assistance to technical personnel involved in the development of the performance work statement/statement of work/statement of objectives or data requirements.
- →Reviews a diverse variety of requisition packages for adequacy and compliance with administrative, regulatory, and procedural requirements and consistency with current market practices and conditions.
Requirements
- ✓Appointment Factor(s): This is a Title 5 Excepted Service position.
- ✓Applicants who meet one of the DoD Priority Placement Program categories below are eligible to apply with this preference.
- ✓(See Required Documents section) Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Remarks: Veterans' preference is applicable to this position.
- ✓Texas National Guard is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- ✓Direct deposit is mandatory.
- ✓Trial period required (see additional information) DAWIA Certification - All personnel selected must meet certification requirements, DAWIA Level I - Professional certification, within 36 months of placement in the 1102 series.
- ✓The GS-1102-13 position requires applicants to be DAWIA (Level I - Professional) certified in Contracting or have Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) (Level I - Professional).
- ✓Any applicant selected will receive a tentative offer of appointment contingent upon passing a Contracting Officer Review Board (CORB) as this position is required to hold a warrant as a condition of employment. *GS-1102-13 Position - To meet HCA CORB requirements, eligible candidates for GS-1102-13 position require CORB validation prior to appointment.
- ✓The HRO will forward the tentative offer/selection package, to include a copy of the vacancy announcement and the selectee's resume/certification/documents, to the HCA Functional Manager.
- ✓Once the CORB is complete the HRO will be notified by the HCA POC of the results of the CORB.
- ✓If the candidate passes the CORB and has a tentative offer, the HRO will determine the enter on duty date.
- ✓Positive Education Requirement: Must have a Bachelor's degree.
- ✓Note: The minimum education requirements listed above applies to individuals who initially accessed, promoted, reassigned, changed-to-lower grade or detailed in the NG Title 5 Excepted or Title 32 Dual Status Contracting Program, Occupational series GS-1102, as of the effective date of this qualification standard.
- ✓Applicant must attach a copy of college transcript to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0113966e-eb6e-49b2-b596-0310e5063a20
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