Staff Officer (Contracting Officer)

NATO•United States of America, Norfolk, MA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent serves as an HQ SACT Contracting Officer. This role is within the Office of Budget and Finance (BUDFIN), which is the executive agent for ACT in all matters of budget and finance policy and execution. The office is responsible for all matters pertaining to Budget and Finance at HQ SACT, JALLC, JWC, JFTC and subordinate SACT elements (STRE and SEE). The position is linked to a specific NATO project and is for a limited duration of 3 years.

Requirements

University Degree and 2 years function related experience in accounting, business finance, law, contracts, economics, business management or similar field or equivalent, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 4 years post related experience.
Acquisition University Contracting certification, degree may be substituted by equivalent education or experience.
Five years’ experience as a governmental or international organization contracting specialist with job titles such as contract specialist, contract administrator, cost and/or price analyst, contracting officer or procurement analyst.
Demonstrated ability to formulate, negotiate and administer contracts from simple supply purchase orders to foreign military sales contracts, and various forms of agreements using innovative and agile procurement methodologies.
Experienced in the interpretation of laws, executive orders and directives and the formulation of policies and implementation rules and procedures on matters of procurement and acquisition.
Specialized training in management of contracts, economic, statistical and/or financial analysis.
Comprehensive understanding of competitive, sole source and agile procurement procedures and industry best practices.
International contracting experience working with contracts in foreign currencies, various intellectual property rights clauses, a variety of cost estimating techniques.
Effective communication skills both oral and written.
English – SLP 3333 - (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)

Nice To Haves

Experience with NATO procurement policies.
Experience with Agile procurement methodologies and practices.
Project Management experience.
Experience with NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP) funding, procurement, and reporting requirements.
Experience with CIRIS.
Experience with Oracle Financial Software.

Responsibilities

Performs the duties of ACT Purchasing and Contracting Officer to plan, negotiate, award and administer contracts on behalf of ACT directly relating to the Command’s transformational mission in relation to military structure, forces, capabilities and doctrine for non-Research and Development requirements.
Implements acquisition strategy on assigned projects, develops acquisition plans, provides oversight on all contractual matters in the competitive bidding process including issuing Notification of Intent to invite bids from member nations, establish bidders list, draft release of IFIB, evaluate Technical and Price proposals, conducts pre-negotiation discussions, provides debriefs to industry and award contracts.
Acts as a Contracting Officer with a limited warrant for contracted services for Headquarters SACT mission support. The incumbent will bear the full authority and responsibilities and discharges his/her duties to enter into contracts and liability on behalf of ACT IAW warrant assigned.
Performs contract administration tasks including monitoring past performance, issuing contract amendments, stop work orders, settling claims and contract termination.
Coordinates, negotiates and administers contracts for authorized NSIP programmes.
Performs all administrative and contractual updates in CIRIS reporting system.
Performs duties with comprehensive knowledge of NATO Financial Regulations, NATO Procurement Policy and the ACT Financial Manual.
Performs all necessary actions for effective contracting ensuring compliance with the terms of the contracts and safeguarding the interest of the Nations in contractual relationships.
Applies knowledge of the uniform commercial code, knowledge of business and industry practices, agile procurement processes, sources of supply, cost factors, cost and price analysis, and price analysis techniques.
Ability to work independently and directly with senior international military staff.