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• You will plan and direct the Branch's functions and overall personnel management activities to include positions and pay, selection or participation in the selection of subordinate employees.
• Conduct day-to-day and long-range planning for the branch.
• Prepare performance standards and evaluate performance of subordinates.
• Advise acquisition personnel, Contracting Officers, Contract Specialists, primary customers and other personnel in all phases of the acquisition process.
• Support, participate in and provide technical assistance to project management teams when necessary.
• Review/approve negotiation positions, determine types of contracts, negotiate, justify negotiation position and other requirements.
• Explore, develop, and implement new and innovative contracting approaches and arrangements including electronic commerce.
• Hold an unlimited contracting officer's warrant and be responsible for execution of the Branch's largest and most complex contracting actions including formal source selection.

Conditions of Employment

• This position requires DAWIA Contracting Professional acquisition certification.
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• To avoid real or apparent conflicts of interest, you will be required to submit recurring Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports (OGE-450).

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. SeeProof of Eligibilityfor an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Reinstatement

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts isin this document.

Basic Educational Requirement for the 1102 occupation.

Degree:Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution.

-OR-

Exemption:You are exempt from the education requirements above if (A) you are a current DoD employee, in any occupational series, who has served on or before September 30, 2000, as follows: (1) Served as a GS/equivalent-1102 position or contracting officer position with authority to award or administer contracts above the SAT in any Federal agency, OR (2) Served as a military member in a comparable military occupational specialty; OR (B) you are a current member of the armed forces who occupied a position within an occupational specialty similar to the GS-1102 series on or before September 30, 2000.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience:One year of specialized experience which includes leading/providing technical advice and assistance to a group of contract specialists; AND having held a $500m warrant (past or present); AND servi g as a technical expert in contracting matters; AND performing contract negotiation, award, modification, pricing, and/or administration for pre-award and post-award activities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Administration and Management
• Communications
• Construction/Architect and Engineering (AandE)
• Contract Management
• Contracting Support
• Contracting/Procurement

Time in Grade Requirement:Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION:If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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. For further information, visit:

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in theReemployed Annuitantinformation sheet.
• This is a Contracting and Procurement Career Field (CF) position.
• Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for this temporary appointment will be appointed/converted to a Temporary appointment with no return rights back to a permanent position.
• Position may be filled as a Temporary Appointment NTE 120 days.
• Salary will be determined based on the duty location after selection. The salary listed reflects the 2024 Rest of US pay table (16.82% locality). Salary will be adjusted to meet the locality pay of the duty location upon selection. A complete list of salary tables can be found at:General Schedule (opm.gov)