Contract Specialist

**Duties**:
As a Contract Specialist (Contracting Officer), you will:

- Advise Fiscal Service and/or other ARC customer officials in procurement planning meetings in a business advisory role.
- Review requisition package requirements; ensure compliance with Government regulations and specifications, market conditions, ability of industry to modify existing equipment, and urgency of delivery requirements; determine proper procurement strategy.
- Oversee, prioritize, and generally manage workload of actions assigned to subordinate contract specialists.
- Justify anticipated acquisition strategy to bureau Small Business Specialist (SBS), Small Business Administration (SBA) Procurement Center Representative (PCR), and other SBA representatives as necessary.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- A one year probationary period may be required.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation. Periodic reinvestigation is required no later than five years after selection and at least every succeeding five years.
- Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required.
- Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
- File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.

**Key Requirements**:

- Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."
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- Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National

**Qualifications**:

- You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
- The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.
- **Selective Factor**: You must hold a certificate in either the legacy FAC-C Level II in Federal Acquisition in Contracting (FAC-C), or FAC-C Professional, or Department of Defense (DoD) Contracting Professional.
- **Specialized Experience: For the GS-12**, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes**:

- Experience with procurement regulations and experience in pre-award/award and administration of both simplified acquisitions and large contracts; AND
- Experience with procurement regulations and processes in order to purchase and administer commercial items and services; AND
- Experience evaluating bids and offers of contractors on the basis of competition.

**Education**:
**Education Requirements**:
A. A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field;
or

B. 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. Employees who occupy GS-1102 positions at grades 5 through 12 will be considered to meet the basic requirements for other GS-1102 positions up to and including those classified at GS-12. This includes positions at other agencies and promotions up through grade 12. However, employees must meet specialized experience requirements when seeking another position.

**Additional information**:
**OTHER INFORMATION**:

- We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- The following locations are represented by their corresponding NTEU chapter:
Parkersburg, WV - NTEU Chapter 190
Hyattsville, MD/Washington, DC - NTEU Chapter 202
Austin, TX - NTEU Chapter 214
Birmingham, AL - NTEU Chapter 220
Philadelphia, PA - NTEU Chapter 223
Kansas City, MO - NTEU Chapter 225
- This position is a moderate risk position.
- We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.
- Pay will be determined based on the duty location of the position.

Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes: