Job summary

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: This Supervisory Contract Specialist, NH-1102-04 position is located in the Army Contracting Command (ACC), ACC New Jersey, at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.

Major duties

Serve as the senior Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Advisor to the PEO, PEO Program Manager, and Directors/Commanders of other assigned Customer organizations on Contracting and Acquisition Strategy issues pertaining to their respective missions. Participate as a fully empowered member of the ACC-NJ Board of Directors and serves as Command Representative to Contracting seminars, conferences, and other meetings with Contracting Leadership and technical experts to exchange viewpoints. Develop performance standards and rates employees and subordinate supervisors. Interview candidates for subordinate positions; recommends hiring, promotion or reassignments; performs disciplinary measures and deliver warnings, reprimands or initial removal proceedings as appropriate. Identify developmental and training needs of employees, implements via formal IDP and executes plan within budgetary and workload constraints.

Qualification

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Supervisory Contract Specialist: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees. (Transcripts are Required) OR Exemption: You are exempt from the education requirements above if (A) you are a current civilian employee in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000; OR (B) you are a current military member who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent)-1102 on or before September 30, 2000.In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) interpreting reliability and logistics criteria; 2) determining methods, instrumentation, and resources required to support testing; 3) participating in project(s) related to test and/or evaluation activities; 4) conducting criteria compliance, engineering analysis, and reporting of observer and instrumentation data; and, 5) developing and/or evaluating requirements or tools for data collection, reduction, analysis, and visualization concepts. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NH-03/GS-13).You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Acquisition Strategy Communications Contracting/Procurement Leadership

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Evaluations

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. You may claim Military Spouse preference. You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference.