Supervisory Contract Specialist,
Company: U.S. Coast Guard
Location: Elizabeth City
Posted on: January 22, 2023
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Job Description:
Summary This position is located in the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Procurement & Contracting
Department (DOL-9), BASE Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Responsibilities This position serves as the Procurement and
Contracting Department Head, known as the Senior Field Contracting
Officer (SFCO) at Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Being a
Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard
team. Typical work assignments include: Developing final price for
negotiation position and participates as lead or member on thee
negotiating team ensuring best value. Conducting formal evaluation
of employees' performance, recommends appropriate incentives,
initiat4es corrective actions, assures safety practices, and keeps
employees informed of management and personnel policies. Conducting
extensive and sophisticated cost and price analyses. Identifying
and analyzing procurement issues and policies Coordinating the
development of local procurement/contracting policy to ensure the
best, most efficient and economical methods are in place.
Monitoring contract administration until final delivery and ensures
payments are completed and that the contract is closed and retired.
You MUST provide college transcripts in order to receive
consideration Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S.
Citizenship is required. You MUST provide college transcripts in
order to receive consideration. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be
registered for Selective Service. A one-year supervisory
probationary period may be required. Obtain/Maintain Contract
Officer warrant up to the Simplified Acq threshold All
qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the
announcement. This is a supervisory position, under provisions of
the Civil Service Reform Act, first time supervisors and/or
managers will be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
Qualifications Basic Requirements for GS-13 All applicants must
meet all three requirements listed below; unless you are covered by
an exception: 1) Completion of a 4-year course of study leading to
a bachelor's degree with a major in any field, that included or was
supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of
the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law,
contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing,
quantitative methods, or organization and management. NOTE: The
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) does not grant Academic
degrees; therefore, courses completed at the DAU are not creditable
towards meeting the 24 semester hour requirement, in the fields
identified above, unless the coursework has been evaluated by an
accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education, and appears on a college or university transcript. AND
2) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 1 year of which was directly related
experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service.
Directly related experience includes all of the following: In
addition to the basic education requirements above, the following
additional experience is required: Applicants must have at least
one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in
the Federal service. Directly related experience must have involved
applying contracting principles, laws, regulations and procedures
sufficient to plan, develop, implement, and maintain all aspects of
one or more major systems contracts; applying knowledge of a
procurement functional area sufficient to provide expert technical
leadership, staff coordination, and consultation; formulating
guidelines, implementing new developments, and providing policy
interpretation; performing in-depth evaluations of the financial
and technical capabilities, or the performance, of the contractor
anticipating problems and providing advice to project personnel on
effective implementation and time frames required. EXCEPTIONS TO
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants who have been in a GS-1102
position, at or above the GS-13 level, since January 1, 2000
without a break in service only need to meet the 1-year of directly
related experience in order to qualify. The educational, training
and additional years of contracting experience requirements do not
apply to these individuals. AND 3) Training refers to the May 7,
2014, Memorandum on Revisions to the Federal Acquisition
Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) from the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy. Applicants must meet the FAC-C requirements and
be certified at Level III at the time of application. Possession of
certification must be indicated as part of application submission.
Applicants not certified may still apply and be selected but must
achieve certification within 24 months of appointment. A valid
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification
is equivalent to a FAC-C at the same certification level, provided
the FAC-C education and continuous learning requirements have been
met. Certification requirements may be viewed at click here. NOTE:
For positions at the GS-7 through GS-12 applicants who are
qualifying bases on experience must possess at least one year of
specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower
level, that provided the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform
successfully the work of the position, in addition to meeting the
basic requirements Education This position has a positive education
requirement. YOU MUST PROVIDE TRANSCRIPTS TO BE CONSIDERED. If you
are including education on your resume, report only attendance
and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required
Documents section for detail. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education
completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet
Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your
foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited
educational institutions in the United States. It is your
responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See
Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Additional
Information Applicants will be required to complete questions
contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the
time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form
could pose a problem with suitability for employment
determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment
for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to
the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information
in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on
any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of
employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment. DHS
uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility
of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn
more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at
click here All Federal employees are required to have Federal
salary payments made by direct deposit. Moving expenses will be
paid For Veterans' preference eligibility, visit Veterans'
Employment Resources. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and
persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents,
experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS
mission. See the required documents section of the announcement.
More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if
additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade,
and unit occur within 60 days from the date the certificate was
issued. If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application
and hiring process, please contact 410-636-7207. Decisions on
granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case
basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation
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