Contract Specialist vacancy in Bahrain

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Acquisition Functional Area and category assigned to the position is required within established category timeframes.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

GS-09 Specialized Experience Statement:In addition to the Basic Education Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-07) grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying knowledge in procurement of supplies and services. i.e. developing solicitations, evaluating responses, and making award recommendations; 2) Performing pre-award functions (e.g., requirement review, determine the type of contract, method of solicitation, proposal evaluation criteria) in order to prepare solicitation documents and solicit proposals from prospective contractors; 3) Communicating positively and professionally by composing clear, concise, and effective original correspondence and memoranda. i.e. verbally provides advice, relays issues, remedies, and important information/dates to customers while keeping supervisor informed; 4) Performing cradle-to-grave administration of contracts including monitoring contract performance, preparing modifications, developing the necessary course of action to resolve issues impacting contract performance, and performing contract closeout; and 5) Maintaining contract e-files pertaining to all phases of procurement from solicitation to contract award, post award administration, and final retention of contractual documents. And possessing the ability to perform in a fast-paced environment, responsive to mission operational tempo, has great attention to detail while working on multiple tasks at a time. NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for this position.


GS-11 Specialized Experience Statement: In addition to the Basic Education Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Performing Pre-Award, Cost Price Analysis and Contract Administration; 2) Ensuring appropriate funding and required waivers, certifications, approvals and compliances have been obtained for purchase requests; 3) Evaluating responses to solicitations, including price reasonableness, adequacy of competition, compliance with solicitations, and probability of meeting requirements; 4) Administering complex contracts for procurements for supplies and services including performance of termination actions, until final delivery and payments are completed and the contract is closed and retired; and 5) Providing expertise as a specialist in a functional area of contracting by furnishing advisory, planning, or reviewing services on specific problems, projects, or programs. NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for this position.

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&num=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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following Basic Education Requirement of the Department of Defense Qualification Standard for Contracting Positions:

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.

NOTE: The education requirement listed above applies only to individuals entering DoD GS-1102 positions on or after October 1, 2000. Current civilian personnel in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000, are exempt from meeting this requirement. Current military members who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent) 1102 or before September 30, 2000, are also exempt from meeting this requirement.