Contracts Specialist - Senior​/Expert

NRO Contract Specialist

For sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched, and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America's advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.

The NRO is seeking strategic minds to join our Office of Contracts! We're looking for professionals with experience in negotiation, contract management, federal regulations, and financial acumen to manage diverse portfolios at the NRO! Do you enjoy negotiating and managing contracts? Are you a finance, accounting, business, marketing, economics or other relevant field of study professional looking for an exciting challenge?

Does managing and overseeing multi-million-dollar acquisition and procurement contracts for reconnaissance satellite systems to ensure the safety and security of the United States interest you? The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes for consideration against current and future opportunities for senior/expert level, Contracts Specialists, occupational series 1102.

This is a full time position. Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match.

As a Contract Specialist at the NRO, you'll oversee acquisitions spanning facilities management, cutting-edge research and development initiatives, services, and sophisticated reconnaissance satellite systems critical to national security. Duties will include the following:

• Lead a team of Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists in providing contract support to NRO program offices. Providing guidance, coaching, and assistance to team members on acquisition issues.
• Serve as chief negotiator and team lead, plan negotiation strategies to ensure attainment of goals and arrive at an agreement in the Government's best interest in technical and cost areas.
• Serve as a liaison with program offices, providing advice on acquisition issues and long-range strategic planning.
• Audit or review major acquisitions, present findings, recommend corrective actions and policy or procedure improvements.
• Provide budgetary, finance and accounting, management analysis oversight of expenditures to ensure propriety and compliance with financial, fiscal, and auditing directives.
• Analyze productivity, workload, and program accomplishment of subordinate team members.
• Provide technical guidance and assistance to all components to improve the execution of the contracting mission and to advance process improvements to standardize procedures.
• Develop procedures and documentation for both internal processes and administrative controls.
• Perform procurement planning and identifying large-scale subsystems, components, equipment, and services to be acquired by contract.
• Implement policy and procedures, coordinating and requesting personnel actions, interviewing candidates for positions, appointments, promotions, and reassignments.
• Develop organization-wide contracting policies and procedures necessary to implement acquisition directives and regulations.
• Apply objective criteria for evaluating proposals of competing offer to provide the best contractual terms for quality, quantity, timeliness, flexibility, and price.

This position requires minimum education of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees AND 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) in addition to the requirements below.

A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Knowledgeable in the use of program analyses techniques to review program performance and plans for improvements.

Employee must meet, or be capable of meeting, the Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the position. The incumbent in this position will be required to obtain and maintain a Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) in Contracting Certification Level III. DAWIA requirements may be located at the Defense Acquisition University website.

Other Information

• Overtime Statement:
  May be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Travel Statement:
  May be required to travel in military or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
• Financial Disclosure:
  May be required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and will be required to file annually.
• Geographic Mobility Agreement:
  May be subject to directed reassignment as required to address mission effectiveness, and/or career development.
• Information Assurance (IA):
  Must achieve the appropriate IA certification within six months of assignment.
• Emergency Essential:
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