Senior Contract Specialist

This position is located at Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

This opportunity is also open to Status eligibles under announcement 24-HUD-949. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

As a Senior Contract Specialist, you will:

• Serve as a foremost contractual advisor for procurement matters relating to Department Programs, and is responsible for coordinating the planning, negotiation, award, and administration of numerous procurement actions valued at hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

• Plan, develop and establish long and short-range procurement and contracting plans, strategies and approaches for overall acquisitions.

• Serve as a lead contracts negotiator, including conducting fact-finding sessions, pre-proposal conferences, debriefings to unsuccessful offerors, and negotiating various terms and conditions for a wide variety of contract types.

• Distribute and balance the workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization, assure timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-14 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Serving as an advisor or lead in the planning and execution of contractual actions and phases for large acquisitions under tight deadlines; AND- Reviewing contractual actions to ensure they conform with statutory and regulation requirements; AND
• Collaborating in an integrated acquisition team environment and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to find mutually acceptable solutions; AND
• Preparing and training less experienced Contract Specialists and Contracting Officers Representatives in pre-award and post-award processes.

Experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.