Contract Specialist

1 month ago


Phoenix, United States US Western Area Power Administration Full time

**Duties**:
**As a Contract Specialist, some of your duties will include**:

- Plan, negotiate, lead, award, and administer simple and complex procurements inclusive of all types under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
- Serve as a business consultant to program officials for procurement planning; assist with development of procurement objectives; coordinate actions within required regulations, policies, directives, and goals; conducts market research, prepare and maintain acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules; comply with socio-economic programs, determine contract type and acquisition methodology to be employed.
- Plan negotiation strategies, coordinate procurement actions with necessary personnel and executes necessary procurement awards to support the mission and operational needs of the Agency.
- Perform all aspects of contract administration. Responsibilities may include incremental funding, preparation of rate and cost adjustments, redirection of effort, coordination of time extensions, incorporation of change orders, issuance of stop work orders, issuance of cure notices or show cause letters, processing claims, settling disputes, termination for convenience or cause, monitoring of Government property reporting, direction of Contracting Officer Representative (COR), approval of payments, final payment, and contract close-out.

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

- Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
- You will be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period.
- **THIS POSITION IS IN THE BARGAINING UNIT: 1151**:

- This position is designated as Essential and the incumbent will be considered mission-essential personnel in the event of Continuity of Operations (COOP) or Emergency Response situations.
- Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a Contracting Officers Warrant with 12 months from the date of hire.
- Incumbent must submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE Form 450, upon selection and annually thereafter.
- Incumbent may be placed in a 24/7 on-call status during emergency situations.
- Incumbent must have a valid and current State driver's license.
- **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.**

**Qualifications**:
**BASIC REQUIREMENT**:
Completion of all mandatory training (FAC-C/DAWIA) prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher-level contracting positions, including at least 4-years experience in contracting or related positions. At least 1 year of this experience meets the specialized experience described below; and, I have a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, that includes or is 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**

**SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE**:Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent pay band. This experience includes all the following:

- Planning, negotiating, awarding, and administering procurements inclusive of all types under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
- Conducting market research, preparing acquisition plans, and determining contract types and acquisition methodologies.

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.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and Am


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