Job Summary

**Applicants please note: Additional selections may be made across the Department of Health and Human Services through this vacancy announcement.**

Job Description

THESE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE: 12/04/2024 Do not cut and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, you MUST meet all of the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 1. SELECTIVE FACTOR: In order to meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you MUST possess a Level III Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer's Representative (FAC-COR) or equivalent certification such as Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III or FAC-C Professional Certification. As verification that you meet this selective factor requirement, you MUST provide BOTH a copy of your current FAC-COR certification showing Level III AND a copy of your Continuous Learning Individual Progress (CLIP) Dashboard from Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD) as part of your online application package by the closing date of the announcement. Please refer to the FAI Employee Task Aids for assistance in obtaining the required documentation. OR Current DAWIA certification OR Acquisition Career Record Brief (ACRB) showing proof of a DAWIA certificate (which shows that you are currently certified through at least the closing date of this announcement) OR DOD Contracting Professional/Foundational Certification along with your DAU transcript. 2. In addition to the above mandatory selective factor, to qualify for this position your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of the minimum qualifying specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-14 level in the federal service. MINIMUM QUALIFYING SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, an applicant's one full year of specialized experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for successful job performance. Examples of minimum qualifying specialized experience equal to the GS-14 level include performing the following types of tasks on a regular and recurring basis: Serving as a Contracting Officer Representative responsible for leading, reviewing and analyzing federal contract, acquisition, and/or procurement management, programs and operations based on new or evolving federal legislative and policy changes. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; community; student; social). If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. Applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate the required minimum qualifying specialized experience will be evaluated based on the occupational assessment competencies listed below. A COMPETENCY is defined as a measurable pattern of knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to perform work roles or occupational functions. LEADERSHIP - Inspires, motivates and guides others toward goal accomplishment; coaches and mentors subordinates; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations; models high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, and respect for individuals by applying these values to daily behaviors. ACQUISITION PLANNING - Develops and guides program management through a comprehensive plan for fulfilling acquisition needs in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost in accordance with Federal and Departmental regulations, policies and procedures. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - Designs, implements and manages multiple or ongoing programs/projects, and directs the related resources, personnel and activities. TO PREVIEW THE OCCUPATIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE, please click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12599197 Current status candidates must meet Time-in-Grade (TIG) by the closing date of this announcement. To allow us to verify that you meet TIG requirements, provide any of the following SF-50s: Please Note: Current year pay adjustments are not acceptable for verifying TIG (ex. 2024 general increases cannot be used to verify TIG). Competitive or Career-ladder promotion to your highest grade (this does not include 120 day temporary promotions) Regular Within Range Increase (WRI) or With In Grade (WGI) increase at your highest grade (this does not include quality step increases (QSIs). Competitive career/career-conditional appointment to your highest grade. SF-50 at your highest grade held, that is at least one year older than the announcement closing date of 12/04/2024. Not sure which SF-50 to submit? Check out our video... Go here to watch the video on the SF50s to submit in your application package.