Supervisory Contract Specialist
What you'd do
A successful candidate in this position will serve as Contracting Officer, with oversight of Management & Operating (M&O) contract, construction and service contracts for complex, large-scale, long-term, multi-million dollar procurement acquisitions for nuclear weapons facilities.
Major duties
As a Supervisory Contract Specialist you will: Perform supervisory duties, such as assign work tasks to employees, determine employee work priorities, assess employee performance, and provide employee performance feedback, assistance, guidance, and mentorship. managing, planning and coordinating the execution of many administrative specialists at NA-LA in the areas of Intergovernmental/Tribal Affairs; Public Affairs; Serve as the Prime Contract Contracting Officer, performing a full range of administrative contract management functions and resolving complex issues having unusual sensitivity, political or public interest, or are precedent setting. Serve as a liaison with the M and O contractor Senior Manager of the Prime Contract to coordinate contracting actions, issue Contracting Officer direction, and receive M and O contractor requests and other information.
What you need to qualify
All applicants must meet the Individual Occupational Requirements (basic requirements) AND Specialized experience outlined below. To meet qualification requirements for the EN-04 level (GS-14 and GS-15 equivalent), a qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower pay band (EN-03 or GS-13 equivalent) in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as acquisition, planning/strategizing and contract forecasting. In addition, a candidate must have demonstrated experience in contract solicitation, source selection, contract negotiation and contract administration. Examples of Specialized Experience: 1) Experience in Contract Administration including administration of policy and procedures sufficient to oversee placement and/or monitoring of contractor performance on complex contracts covering major systems or extensive programs. 2) Experience in business and industry practices sufficient to evaluate, monitor, and maintain uniform management controls over a prime M&O contractor's performance, and to provide direction and leadership to the Government's principal pre-award and post-award representatives. 3) Experience in costing and pricing techniques to negotiate and act on a variety of pricing and special agreements, including final overhead rate agreements which have a financial impact on a large number of contractual actions, including as necessary, to ensure implementation and administration of cost accounting standards. 4) Knowledge and broad experience in understanding and executing Nuclear Security Enterprise interrelationships between program goals, objectives, and funding in order to accomplish NNSA mission objectives. 5) Skill in negotiation and persuasion adequate to obtain cooperation and understanding from DOE/NNSA. Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies. identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application! Acquisition Strategy Contracting/Procurement Teamwork Technical Competence "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
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