Supervisory Contract Specialist (Branch Chief)

This Supervisory Contract Specialist (Branch Chief) position is with Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (Department of Labor) in Phoenix, AZ. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM) provide the infrastructure and support that enables the U.S. Department of Labor to perform its mission. OASAM provides leadership and support for information technology, human resources management, procurement, business operations, safety and health, space management, civil rights, emergency management, security, budget, and performance. Key duties: • Available offices for this position are located in Washington DC; Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; and Philadelphia, PA. The advertised salary reflects the pay range for the above locations. Upon selection, the salary will be set in accordance with the selectee's assigned duty location. The selectee(s) will report to their assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and be eligible for telework as determined by agency policy. This is not a remote position. The GS-14 Supervisory Contract Specialist (Branch Chief) is responsible for the overall management and supervision within one or more separate and distinct contracting branches, actively engaged in all phases and activities relative to the procurement process. The Branch Chief leads an organization and/or program by managing change, solving problems and making decisions, managing politics and influencing others, taking risk and being innovative. Duties include, but are not limited to the following: Serve as a departmental technical expert and authority on all aspects of procurement and contract actions. Develop and establish positions on key issues of importance when negotiating regulatory and statutory authorities or justifying division strategies and operations to achieve compliance with established policies, regulations and requirements. Interpret policies, define objectives and make authoritative decisions which establish precedents or resolve technical and procedural problems. Advise customers on acquisition-related roles and in the development and implementation of strategies needed to assure supplies and services are available when needed to meet mission requirements, and advise senior leadership on problems involving the relationship of the work of the Divisions to broader programs. Plan and assign work to be accomplished by subordinate staff, adjusting work operations and program objectives to meet emergencies, changing programs, or production requirements within available resources and with minimum sacrifice of quality or quantity of work. Represent the organization in contractual matters with other Department and Federal agencies and in negotiations with private industry. Communicate procurement information to internal and external audiences regarding acquisition process and procedures. Share information from meetings with DOL Leadership in writing or in presentations with DOL Leadership, senior managers and OSPE staff. Ensure contractual documents are prepared in accordance with applicable regulations, grammatically correct, free of spelling errors, ensuring facts and ideas are appropriately organized in a logical flow. Qualifications: You must meet the Basic Education Requirements (the individual occupation requirement, IOR) AND the Specialized Experience to qualify for the Contract Specialist position, as described below. Please read these requirements carefully. Basic Requirements: 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. AND 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. 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, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D. Waiver: When filling a specific vacant position, the senior procurement executive of the selecting agency, at his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of Paragraphs A and B above if the senior procurement executive certifies that the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greater responsibility and authority, based on demonstrated analytical and decision making capabilities, job performance, and qualifying experience. With respect to each waiver granted under this Paragraph D, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position in an agency on the basis of a waiver, the agency may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within that agency without additional waiver action. Specialized Experience requirement: In addition to the basic requirement, to qualify for this position you must have at least 52 week of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 which is the next lower grade level of the normal line of progression of this position in the Federal government. Specialized experience is experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. Examples of qualifying specialized experience for the GS-14 Supervisory Contract Specialist includes the following (applicants must meet all to be considered qualified): Experience serving as a warranted Contracting Officer. Experience serving as business advisor for program officials on acquisition and administrative matters and recommending effective/efficient solutions. Experience applying appropriate policies, applicable laws, regulations, practices, procedures and effectively and managing the procurement of supplies and services of various sizes and complexity through all phases of the acquisition process. Experience mentoring or leading lower graded employees through pre-award and post-award contracting functions. Experience conducting acquisition file reviews and/or audits. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.