Major Duties (Job Description)

• You will serve as a Contract Specialist within the Policy and E-Business Branch, located in the Contracts Directorate at the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command.
• You will ensure that the Command's contracting policies and procedures are in compliance with Federal, Defense, and Navy Marine Corps regulations, policies, and guides.
• You will assess contract actions assigned to Procurement Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists to ensure requisite levels of regulatory compliance and quality standards.
• You will coordinate and/or provide training to the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Contracting Workforce on applicable guidance, procedures, and best practices.
• You will assist the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) in providing business advice to the customer in formulating acquisition strategies from requirements definition through the life of the system to include pre-award and post-award functions.
• You will assist the PCO, using a wide range of complex contracting methods and complex and hybrid contract types (e.g. Cost-Plus mixed with Fixed-Price, Firm Fixed Price, Fixed-Price Incentive, Cost Plus-Fixed Fee contracts.
• You will research, interpret, analyze, and apply Federal, Department of the Navy guidelines, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and its supplements, business and industry practices, and market trends.
• You will participate in the Directorate's Procurement Performance Management Assessment Program (PPMAP) reviews.
• You will champion and implement continuous process improvement initiatives adopted across the Directorate, share best practices, and advocate for policy and procedure changes to improve overall contracting outcomes.

Qualification Summary

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or DP-02 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing business advice to the customer and support to the Contracting Officer in planning, negotiating, and administering contracts of various types and complexities. Applicant must meet the following Department of Defense qualification requirements for 1102 contracting positions: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf And the title 10 requirements found here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1724#=0&edition=prelim Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

NAVWAR is the Navy's systems command that designs, develops and deploys advanced communications and information capabilities from Seabed to Space.