Supervisory Contract Specialist

Indian Health Service • Anchorage, AK

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About The Position

Serves as a Supervisory Contract Specialist responsible for pre-award and post-award functions involving highly specialized procurements of significant importance to Health and Human Services health, regulatory, or human services programs. The position supports Agency research programs through complex, high-dollar acquisitions for technical services, using cost-type and fixed-price contracts. It directly supervises four Contract Specialists and two Purchasing Agents. The role also provides authoritative procurement advice to Agency management and evaluates how legislative and policy changes affect acquisition programs.

Requirements

• Complete mandatory training prescribed by the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher contracting positions.
• At least four years of experience in contracting or related positions.
• At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower level, with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the work successfully.
• A four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree that includes or is supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in a combination of accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower Federal grade level performing work such as complex, high-dollar pre-award and post-award contracting involving multiple contract types for technical services supporting research or scientific programs; developing acquisition plans and preparing solicitation documents incorporating FAR and agency-specific policies; leading negotiations and performing cost/price analysis; and advising management on complex procurement and acquisition issues.
• Possess one of the following: current Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) Professional certification; Legacy FAC-C Level III Certification; or DoD Contracting Professional Certification and/or a most recent DAU/FAI Cornerstone on Demand Continuous Learning Individual Progress Dashboard. Applicants relying on DoD Contracting Professional Certification must have an active certification and attach a copy.
• Competitive-service merit promotion candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level; this time-in-grade requirement does not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• A confidential financial disclosure form is required.
• Successfully pass E-Verify employment verification and a federal background investigation.
• Applicants must meet qualification requirements within 30 days of the announcement closing date.
• Submit transcripts or course information to document education; official transcripts are required from selectees before an official offer. Foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
• Prior to appointment, present two valid forms of identification; a state-issued ID or driver's license must be REAL ID-compliant.
• Set up direct deposit for pay.
• A one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required upon selection or placement.
• A minimum six-month service agreement is required if recruitment or relocation incentives are authorized.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-award and post-award contracting functions on complex, high-dollar acquisitions involving cost-type and fixed-price contracts for technical services supporting Agency research programs.
• Directly supervise four Contract Specialists and two Purchasing Agents.
• Lead contract negotiations and conduct cost/price analyses, including reviewing cost breakdowns, to establish competitive ranges and obtain favorable terms for the government.
• Administer contracts, including ensuring contractor compliance, reviewing vouchers, negotiating modifications, and preparing contract close-out documents.
• Advise Agency management on complex procurement issues.
• Evaluate the impact of legislative and policy changes on acquisition programs.

Benefits

• Federal employees earn annual leave at a rate of 4, 6, or 8 hours per pay period, based on years of Federal service.
• IHS may credit newly appointed Federal employees for directly related previous non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining their annual leave accrual rate.
• Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior