Supervisory Contract Specialist

• Department: Department of Homeland Security
• Hiring Path: Public
• Number of Openings: 1
• Security Clearance: Q Access Authorization

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/time frames 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.

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