LEAD Contract Specialist Security Clearance

Position: LEAD CONTRACT SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
Location: Scott Air Force Base

Duties Help
* Provides oversight of proposed complex contractual actions with up to unlimited Contracting Officer authority.
* Leads team to integrate the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, values, and goals in daily work processes.
* Ensures adequacy of acquisition planning, competition in contracting, price/cost analysis, and small business utilization.
* Administers sophisticated contractual techniques such as complex contract structures with incentives and cost sharing arrangements.
* Assures standards are maintained and laws, policies, procedures, and regulations are adhered to. Requirements Help Conditions of employment
* Must be a U.S. Citizen.
* This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
* Obtain/Maintain Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Certification (DAWIA).
* The incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450 Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. Qualifications Basic Education Requirement: A bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.

NOTE:

The education requirements listed above apply only to individuals entering DoD GS-1102 positions on or after October 1, 2000. Current civilian personnel 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 are exempt from meeting this requirement. Current military members who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent)-1102 or before September 30, 2000 are also exempt from meeting this requirement.

Time in Grade:
For entry at the GS-13 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in the Federal Service. Specialized

Experience:

For the GS-13, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-12 if outside the Federal service, is required. Specialized experience is defined as experience in soliciting, negotiating, and administering contracts to procure IT products, services and IT operational capability for customers.

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it relates to how closely or to what extent an applicant's background, recency of experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Candidates must clearly demonstrate the possession of knowledge, skills and abilities, or competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate level to be qualified for the position.

Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume. No separate statements addressing KSA's or competencies are required.

Competencies:

* Attention to Detail
* Influence/Negotiation
* Decision Making
* Reasoning Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement. Education Basic Education Standards for positions in the 1102 series:

A. Bachelor's degree from an accredited education institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees All applicants must provide a copy of your transcripts. Failure to provide this information will result in disqualification. Education Exemptions:
The education requirements listed above apply only to individuals entering DoD 1102 positions on or after October 1, 2000. Current DoD employees or Armed Forces members, 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, are exempt from meeting this requirement.

Failure to provide SF-50 or career brief (for Armed Forces members) dated prior to October 1, 2000 will result in disqualification (this includes DISA employees). To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. You must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions that are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education Foreign

Education:

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services at the time of application. National Association of Credential Evaluation Services . Additional information
* A one year probationary or trial period may be…