Contract Specialist - DIRECT HIRE
What you'd do
This position is located in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Financial Management Division, Office of Acquisition (FA). These position(s) primary purpose are to support policy development, implementation, technical writing, and analysis in the area of acquisition policy and/or compliance activities of DEA-wide-level regulations and to support acquisition training throughout DEA and in coordination with the Department of Justice.
Major duties
As a Contract Specialist - DIRECT HIRE, your typical work assignments may include: Serves as a project leader coordinating acquisition activities and acts as official contract administrator during the life of the contract. Justifies and approves, pre-solicitation documents and statements of work, pre-award documents, and contracts and agreements. Analyzes a variety of policy issues identified through review of acquisition and procurement operations and government purchase card program, and related financial management areas. Identifies, oversees, and coordinates acquisition compliance issues including but not limited to audits, program reviews, and internal reviews. Performs or reviews activities related to procurement of goods or services with specialized, critical or scarce requirements using formal advertisement or negotiations.
What you need to qualify
For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility Applicants must meet all of the required qualification requirements described below by the closing of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education or if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. Basic Qualification Requirements A. 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 at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position. AND B. 4-year course of study leading to 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. AND Applicants applying for the GS-13 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of qualifying specialized experience that is at least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed at the GS-12 grade level. Specialized experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). 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. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Independently formulates agency acquisition policy based on the analysis of laws and regulations; 2) Analyzing a variety of acquisition policy issues identified through the review of agency acquisition and procurement operations, purchase card programs, and related financial management areas; 3) Serving as a program manager for key acquisition initiatives such as purchase card programs, the Contracting Officers' Representative (COR) program, Acquisition Career Management, and/or small business programs; and 4) Developing formal and informal training objectives and materials, and delivering training to coordinate and implement agency-wide operational improvements. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.
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