Technical Advisor--DHA
What you'd do
This position is being offered through OPM's Direct Hire Authority. See more about Direct Hire under Conditions of Employment below. This position is located in the centralized acquisition function for the Social Security Administration. The incumbent serves as an acquisition expert and program manager on acquisition assignments in support of Agency goals and initiatives. See QUALIFICATIONS and EDUCATION for more information about this position.
Major duties
Plans, negotiates, leads and/or administers complex procurements of goods, systems or services with specialized, state-of-the-art, critical or scarce requirements. Procurements are characterized by lack of previous cost data, a variety of cost and fixed-price contracts, multi-year contracts, use of subcontractors, frequent changes in terms, conditions or funding arrangements and similar difficulties. Collects and analyzes sensitive management data supporting government-wide acquisition initiatives pertaining to the implementation of major agency programs that may affect the workforce. Reviews, advises on, develops and recommends operating agency-wide acquisition processes and systems, procedures and policies; or equivalent assignment.
What you need to qualify
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS To meet Minimum Qualifications for this GS-14 Technical Advisor position you must demonstrate: (1) the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for the federal 1102 series including (2) at least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience (1) INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (IOR) A. Successful completion of all mandatory training* prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher-level contracting positions, including at least 4-years' experience in contracting or related positions. At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience (described below) and must have provided you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the work of the position. (*SSA does not currently have mandatory training requirements for progression to GS-13 or higher contracting positions.) AND B. Successful completion of a 4-year course of study resulting in a bachelor's degree 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 C. Exceptions: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. This also applies to positions at the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver. D. Waiver: When filling a specific vacant position, the senior procurement executive of the selecting agency, at his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of Paragraphs A and B above if the senior procurement executive certifies that the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greater responsibility and authority, based on demonstrated analytical and decision-making capabilities, job performance and qualifying experience. With respect to each waiver granted under this paragraph, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position in an agency on the basis of a waiver, the agency may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within that agency without additional waiver action. See EDUCATION for information on transcripts. (2) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE must have been gained in a federal position at or above GS-13 OR (if your position and/or experience is on another federal pay scale OR outside of federal service) by performing duties at a level of responsibility and difficulty equivalent to GS-13 or above. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is work that primarily consists of (1) performing cradle-to-grave contract functions involving highly specialized procurements of significant importance to the agency, including acquisition planning, negotiation strategies and contract administration AND (2) developing or interpreting procurement guidelines, policies, regulations and legislation. **If you have this experience, your resume must describe, in your own words, the specific duties you perform that demonstrate it. If your experience was gained in the federal government, you must upload an SF-50 documenting your grade at the time experience was gained.** Since Specialized Experience also has a time component, it must be evident that the duties you describe are at the required level for at least 52 weeks. Reviewers cannot assume you perform duties you don't describe. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (IOR and Specialized Experience) must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Information on this job series can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/contracting-series-1102/
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