Supervisory Contract Specialist

This vacancy is for a GS-1102-14, Supervisory Contract Specialist with the United States Coast Guard's Deputy Commandant for Systems (DCS), Director of Contracting and Procurement/Head of Contracting Activity (HCA), Contracting and Procurement Office - Headquarters (HQ COCO) located in Chesapeake, VA.

You will serve as a Supervisory Contracting Officer managing a branch of Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists overseeing the start-to-end contracting and procurement process, developing contracting strategies of various complexities with complete responsibility to plan and execute all contractual actions and phases as assigned. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical supervisory duties and work assignments include: Supervises contracting staff and oversees all contracting activities within the assigned area of responsibility, including pre-award and post-award phases for a variety of acquisition types primarily for services and supplies. Plans, directs, coordinates, and manages day-to-day operations of their branch, establishing workload priorities, formulating goals and long-range planning activities, and implementing policies and procedures. Assigns work to subordinates based on organizational priorities, assignment difficulty, and employee capabilities; sets and adjusts short-term priorities and monitors schedules for completion of work. Evaluates work performance of subordinates, provides direction, leadership, counseling, and guidance, and oversees staff training and development. Initiates and/or recommends personnel actions such as recruitment, promotion, awards, disciplinary actions, performance appraisals, and reassignment; ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Provides advice and assistance to senior management on organizational planning, staff development, and management issues; compiles and drafts reports for higher-level review to include ensuring that data calls are addressed timely. Performs procurement oversight for complex, high-dollar value solicitations and contractual actions; serves as Contracting Officer with signatory authority up to an unlimited warrant. Exercises significant responsibilities in advising management officials of higher rank on contracting issues, ensuring standards are maintained and equity in contractor assessments, and making decisions on non-routine, costly, or controversial matters, including training needs and requests. Provides meaningful and timely performance reviews and evaluations of subordinate employees. May serve as lead Contracting Officer/Senior Contract Specialist for cradle-to-grave contracting and procurement activities, analyzing team members' workload, assigning/reassigning procurement actions based on priorities, skill levels, and individual abilities, articulating and communicating to team members the assignment, project, problem to be solved, actionable events, milestone expectations, and/or program issues under review, and deadlines/timeframes for completion. Serve as a coach and mentor, providing developmental guidance to staff as needed, engaging in activities that influence a mindset of continual learning and personal/professional development. Build collaborative cross-boundary and cross-functional partnerships with a focus on fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation. Serve as a senior business advisor, consultant, and liaison to top management officials, policy makers, and non-governmental organizations and instructions on challenging, new developments in contracting/procurement initiatives. Communicate and articulate timely and effectively, at the appropriate levels, issues, concerns, and potential impacts of high visibility actions requiring senior and executive leadership knowledge, engagement, and/or insight. Represents the organization at functional and administrative meetings and conferences; establishes and maintains effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, senior officials, and external representatives of government agencies and private industry. Manage acquisitions involving diverse areas including complex acquisitions, state-of-the-art systems and subsystems, engineering and technical support service. Act as the chairperson or as a participant on formal Source Solution Evaluation Board (SSEB) for competitively negotiated procurements subject to relevant Federal Action Regulations Parts. Possess active knowledge, understanding, and proactive learning of the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) and the associated supplemental regulation, policy, procedures, and guidance. Conduct in-depth compliance and evaluation of complex, unusual, or unprecedented contract activities with awareness and consideration of potential political implications. Maintain complete authority for all contractual actions and phases; using automated systems to research sources; collecting data on contractors' past performance and documenting contractors' performance on current contracts; prepare solicitation instructions, and direct the efforts of technical, cost, and business management evaluation teams.

Perform proactive and collaborative procurement planning through program and stakeholder partnerships. Develop, execute, and oversee procurement objectives; coordinate contractual actions involving multiple complex, multi-million to billion dollar contracts and relevant schedules. Perform Contracting Officer and contract administration activities for significant, highly specialized procurements; administering the contract for a complete state-of-the-art system; and directing the full range of contract administration actions required of the system acquisition, including the issuance of contract modification, exercise of options, investigation and resolution of contractor related issues, concerns, and delays. Maintain the knowledge, skills, abilities and qualifications to obtain and retain Contracting Officer authority at the unlimited warrant level. Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position. Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting Professional (FAC-C) or DAWIA Level III equivalent is required for this position. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Do NOT include the following types of information in your resume: Social Security Number (SSN) Date of Birth (DOB) Photos of yourself (if included on your resume you will not be considered for this position) Personal information: such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc. Key Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen. Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov A one-year probationary period may be required. To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. 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.

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. Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution. Once selected & prior to appointment, applicants must provide an official college transcript. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the U.S. (see FOREIGN EDUCATION below). College Transcript: If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Transcripts should be legible and detailed, showing course number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours, and grade earned. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.