Supervisory Contract Specialist; Branch Chief

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Location:

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Acquisition, Air Operations Branch, located in one of the following locations:
Washington, DC, Indianapolis, IN, Ashburn, VA.

Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP), Office of Acquisition, will allow you to utilize your expertise in procurement to provide expert business advice to senior leaders and provide direction/oversight on contracting policy, acquisition strategy development, and contracting execution. This position starts at a salary of $ (GS-15, Step
1) to $ (GS-15, Step 10). In this Supervisory Contract Specialist (Branch Chief) position you will become a key team member of Homeland Security professionals responsible for providing leadership direction and supervision to contracting professionals.

• Planning, organizing, and overseeing the activities of the branch.
• Exercising supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
• Serving as spokesperson for assigned programs and delivering presentations.
• Participating in special projects, initiatives and performing special assignments.

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service. Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below). All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English. You may be required to pass a background investigation. CBP follows the DHS Drug‑Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.

As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards. Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.

Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties. Please review further details via the following link. DHS uses E‑Verify, an Internet‑based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.

Learn more about E‑Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Financial Disclosure:
Financial Disclosure is required. Bargaining Unit:
This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.

Basic Requirement:
You must provide supporting documentation in your application to show you meet the basic requirement below.

A. Completion of all mandatory training 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 that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position.

B. A 4‑year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, that included or was 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.

OR

C. 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.

You qualify for this position if you meet the basic requirement, as described above and possess one year of specialized experience listed…