Supervisory Contract Specialist

Summary

This position is located within the United States Coast Guard, Program Executive Office (PEO) AIR, AIR-C, Contracting Office in Elizabeth City, NC.

Duties

The incumbent serves as one of two Deputy COCO positions and manages and supervises a geographically dispersed staff of civilian employees and associated workload in support of the AIR Domain. The Deputy COCO serves as a senior contracting professional responsible for providing continuity and strategic oversight across the Portfolio Manager(s) and mission partners (e.g., Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), Aviation Projects Acquisition Center (APAC), Training Centers, Air Stations) assigned to them. This role manages and optimizes contracting activities for lifecycle support of Coast Guard aviation assets within the portfolios. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Collaborates and manages two of the CG-AIR's four portfolios that consists of approximately six contracting branches. Plans, organizes, and assigns work, establishes priorities and assures that realistic completion schedules are developed, documented, communicated to all personnel, and followed. Evaluates performance of duties. Provides guidance to subordinates as required on work and administrative matters. Reviews work products and resolves controversial policy issues. Verifies that developmental and training needs are met. Supports office development and training initiatives. Recruits candidates, interviews, and selects personnel for vacancies consistent with Directorate and office SOPs. Hears and resolves employee complaints. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests for all employees and approves timecards in the time and attendance system. Carries out EEO policies and communicates support of these policies to subordinates. Ensures impartiality in determining qualifications, selection, assignments, training, promotions, details, discipline and awards to employees. Confirms the accomplishment of affirmative action objectives by adhering to nondiscriminatory employment practices in regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap. Ensures merit promotion of employees and recruitment and hiring of applicants; fair treatment of all employees; encouragement and recognition of employee achievements; career development of employees and; full utilization of skills. Coordinates efforts with EEO officials during the development and execution of policies affecting civilian personnel and participates in the development of an affirmative action plan and efforts regarding staffing, motivation, and training to develop all employees. Manages CG-AIR, which includes contracting for over 7,500 transactions annually, the administration and award of the contract portfolio valued in excess of $4B annually. Manages the acquisition process from acquisition strategy development, acquisition planning, solicitation preparation and issuance, proposal evaluation, contract award and administration and performs business and administrative oversight to include policy compliance and solicitation/contract quality assurance. Plans Advance Acquisition Plans and uses the Acquisition Planning Forecast System for early review of specifications, work statements, and schedules, with correction of deficiencies, identifications of potential problems and recommended alternatives and solutions. Collaborates, advises, and coordinates efforts with various disciplines on acquisition to develop and select appropriate contract types. Reviews solicitation and award supporting documentation, including required Determinations and Findings (D&F's) and other approval forms for signature by the applicable authority which may include the Secretary of DHS.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience or substitution of education for experience or combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: To qualify at the GS-15: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service. Directly related experience must have involved applying contracting principles, laws, regulations and procedures sufficient to plan, develop, implement, and maintain all aspects Applying contracting principles, laws, regulations and procedures sufficient to plan, develop, implement, and maintain all aspects of one or more major systems contracts; applying knowledge of a procurement functional area sufficient to provide expert technical leadership, staff coordination, and consultation; formulating guidelines, implementing new developments, and providing policy interpretation; performing in-depth evaluations of the financial and technical capabilities, or the performance, of the contractor anticipating problems and providing advice to project personnel on effective implementation and time frames required. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Specialized experience must include the following: 1. Knowledge of contracting and acquisition principles, laws, statutes, Executive Orders, regulations and procedures. 2. Knowledge of cost/price analysis and contract types, methods, and techniques for complex supply and service contracts. 3. Knowledge of negotiation techniques to conduct contract negotiations. 4. Ability to communicate orally. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. EDUCATION: A 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. 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. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qual