Supervisory Contract Specialist

About the role

The selectee serves as a Supervisory Contract Specialist, responsible as an Assistant Chief and representative of management, as well as first line supervisor over Contract Specialists, Contracting Officers, and other administrative staff supporting the Procurement Division. Located in the Procurement Division, Arlington, VA.

This is a reimbursable Detail/Temporary Promotion not-to-exceed (NTE) one year, may be terminated at any time. It may also be made permanent without further competition.

What you will do

• Planning, developing, and establishing the best contractual strategy for an acquisition, soliciting responses from contractors, performing detailed analysis, negotiating, and awarding different types of contracts.
• Planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Providing advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters.
• Interpreting acquisition regulations and policies within the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as currently implemented by the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) and Justice Acquisition Regulation (JAR), while working under minimal supervision, and exercising reasonable initiative and independent judgment throughout the procurement process.

Education

It is your responsibility to provide documentation that you meet the education qualification(s) you claim. If you do not submit transcripts we will not use your education when determining if you are qualified for the position. Transcripts: You may submit official or unofficial transcripts as part of the application process.

If you are selected, you will be required to provide official transcripts to receive a final offer of employment. An official transcript is a copy of your permanent academic record and includes: Your full name. The name of the college, university, or other educational institution.

Your major and degree. The date your degree was awarded/conferred. Your cumulative grade point average (GPA).

Any honors you received. The dates you attended the school. A list of the courses you took, to include the total number of credits completed.

Academic degrees must be granted from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. To determine if a school or program is accredited, refer to the Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time basis.

If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirements for one year of full-time graduate study.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

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How you will be evaluated

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position.

If referred, all relevant documents including performance appraisals and incentive awards submitted in your application package will be available to the selecting official for review and consideration.

You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.

Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentative offer of employment.

Documents you must provide

• company or agency name, beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year), total hours worked per week, position title, duties performed, and, if the position is/was Federal, pay plan-series-grade level; Cover Letter optional.
• IMPORTANT NOTE: If more than two (2) pages are submitted, only the first two (2) pages of work experience will be reviewed to determine your qualifications.
• Other Supporting Documents, if applicable.
• Other supporting documents (Applicants should ensure that their personally identifiable information (PII) is protected.): Transcripts, if qualifying based on education.
• If you do not submit transcripts, as outlined in the Education section, we will not use your education when determining if you are qualified for the position.
• SF50 Notification of Personnel Action, if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service, that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.
• The SF50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure, type of service (Competitive or Excepted) and career status (career or career-conditional).
• No award SF50 will be accepted as proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service, including supervisor's signature and the official final rating of record.
• In cases where the performance appraisal is incomplete or unavailable, you may provide an explanation of the reasons.
• Incentive Award(s), if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service.
• Veterans' Documentation, if you are claiming preference and/or special hiring authority for veterans eligibility, you must submit official documentation of service and separation from active duty under honorable conditions.
• The member 4 copy of your DD214 is preferred.
• If claiming preference and/or eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must also submit official documentation of service-connected disability; and the Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15.
• Active Duty Service Members expecting to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days may be granted tentative preference and/or special hiring authority for veterans eligibility by submitting a "certification" document in lieu of a DD214.
• This "certification" is any written document from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date of the submission of the certification.
• For more information on veterans' preference and special hiring authorities for veterans click here.
• Any other Supporting Documentation required for verification as described in the announcement.
• This position is open to Competitive Merit Promotion, Non-Competitive and Special Hiring Authority eligibles.
• You must meet the requirements for one of the following eligibilities: Current permanent competitive service employees; former Federal employees who achieved career status in the competitive service; or former Federal employees who served on a career conditional appointment without achieving career status in the competitive service who was separated less than 3 years ago, must submit an SF50 that indicates career or career-conditional (Tenure field 1 or 2); AND status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field 1.)

What to expect next

We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process is complete. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation. We expect to make a final job offer within 120 days after the closing date of the announcement.

Additional information

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.

Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire CompetencyBased Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis.

If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision.

You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement.

To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

(***) The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and have a final assessment score of 85 or better.

You must provide proof of eligibility with your application.

Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. For additional information about ICTAP eligibility click here.

The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the agency with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your agency component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and have a final assessment score of 85 or better.

You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application.

For additional information about CTAP eligibility click here. Note: Multiple selections may be made from this announcement.