This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Vendor Management Section (VMS), C5I Acquisition Support Branch (CAS), Business Operations Division (BOD), located in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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: EDUCATION: A. Basic Contracting Requirement: A.) 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. AND B. Completion of at least 4-years of experience in a contracting or related position At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level in the federal or private sector. 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. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Specialized experience must include the following: Provides advice and guidance to subordinate activities concerning a variety of procurement issues including monitoring and tracking of acquisition metrics, contract functions performance measures; and Locates and furnishes information on business firms for consideration as potential sources for current and future acquisitions.; and monitoring the operations of purchasing and contract activities to ensure compliance with acquisition statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures and to assess program efficiency and effectiveness in performing procurement functions.; and Provides training on/or relating to various phases of contracting. Analyzes Federal Acquisition Changes (FAC) published in the Federal Register for new/revised changes to acquisition regulations and the potential impact; and Performing pre-award and post-award procurement functions for acquisition programs. 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. 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 D, 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. 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.
You will serve as a Procurement Analyst and be responsible for supporting the procurement program and providing expert technical advice on procurement and acquisition policies. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Developing policies and procedures, providing advice and guidance to subordinate activities concerning a variety of procurement issues including monitoring and tracking of C5ISC acquisition metrics and contract functions performance measures Locating and furnishing information on business firms for consideration as potential sources for current and future acquisitions. Responsible for reviewing and monitoring the operations of USCG purchasing and contract activities to ensure compliance with acquisition statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures and to assess program efficiency and effectiveness in performing procurement functions. Providing technical advice and guidance on contracting policies and procedural matters to Project Managers, Contracting Officers and requesting offices. Managing the maintenance of procurement systems and sites. Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position. A. Must be able to obtain and maintain FAC-COR Professional certification within two years of entry into the position.