Clarification from the agency

Open to all U.S. Citizens. This position will be filled through Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA). All applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for further consideration. The "Rule of Three", Category Rating, Veterans Preference, and traditional rating and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy.

You will serve as a Procurement Analyst responsible for leading the team dedicated to supporting the ongoing implementation and maintenance of the USCG's recently implemented financial system, Financial Systems Modernization Solution (FSMS). Additionally, you may be called upon to lead other contracting programs, encompassing the initiation, execution, and oversight of current and future contracting-related systems. This position entails involvement in procurement policy development, business process standardization and implementation, training, and data management.

Being a USCG civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include:

• Lead a team of government and contractor personnel to effectively address both immediate and long-term objectives related to the support of FSMS and other contracting programs within your scope of responsibility.
• Oversee the overall management of assigned USCG contracting programs, including the compilation and analysis of statistical data, business case evaluations, and formulation of recommendations.
• Serve as the lead for the team responsible for the contracting components of FSMS. Responsibilities include creating and reviewing project management documents, representing the needs of the contracting community in interactions with DHS, USCG, and contractor personnel across various levels, acting as the primary point of contact for non-contracting areas of USCG, ensuring that deliverables meet deadlines established in the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), and performing other related duties.
• Organize, track, and participate in testing activities related to current, updated, and new features of FSMS or other contracting systems within your scope of responsibility.
• Review training materials and deliver training sessions to the contracting community.
• Develop, recommend, and issue contracting policies and procedures.
• Act as an agency-wide expert, providing advice to management and the contracting community on contracting and program procedures and policy interpretation concerning FSMS or other contracting systems within your scope of responsibility.
• Respond to a range of internal and external reporting requirements and information requests, either personally or in coordination with your team.
• Review, provide feedback on, and develop USCG's position regarding proposed legislation that may impact FSMS or other contracting systems within your scope of responsibility.

Conditions of employment

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Key Requirements:

1. Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
2. Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov
3. A one-year probationary period may be required.
4. This position requires a SECRET clearance.
5. Unofficial Transcripts must be submitted at the time of application.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience or substitution of education for experience or combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package.

You MUST meet all three of the following requirements: unless you are covered by an exception.

1) Completion of a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any field, that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.

NOTE: The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) does not grant Academic degrees; therefore, courses completed at the DAU are not creditable towards meeting the 24-semester hour requirement, in the fields identified above, unless the coursework has been evaluated by an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and appears on a college or university transcript.

AND

2) Completion of at least 4-years of experience in a contracting or related position, 1 year of which was directly related experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. Directly related experience must have involved working with contracting systems, ideally in a system support role; reviewing contracting system and business process related training material and/or delivering it to the contracting community; applying contracting principles, laws, regulations and procedures in support of the contracting community; applying knowledge of a procurement functional area sufficient to provide expert technical leadership, staff coordination, and consultation; formulating guidelines, implementing new developments, and providing policy interpretation; performing in-depth evaluations of the financial and technical capabilities; monitoring and providing input on the performance of contractor support; and anticipating problems and providing advice to project personnel on effective implementation and time frames required.

EXCEPTIONS TO QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants who have been in a GS-1102 position, at or above the GS-13 level, since January 1, 2000 without a break in service only need to meet the 1-year of directly related experience in order to qualify. The educational, training and additional years of contracting experience requirements do not apply to these individuals.

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3) Completion of all required training and experience to hold a current FAC-C Professional certification. Possession of certification must be indicated as part of application submission. A valid Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification is equivalent to a FAC-C at the same certification level, provided the FAC-C education and continuous learning requirements have been met. Certification requirements may be viewed at click here.

NOTE: The agency may obtain a waiver for any individual not meeting the training requirements. The Coast Guard Head of the Contracting Activity must obtain the waiver from the DHS Chief Procurement Officer prior to the extension of an employment offer.

NOTE: If you are currently employed with an agency other than DHS and seeking a lateral transfer AND you were promoted to an 1102 position at or above the GS-13 level (or equivalent) after 12/31/99 based on a waiver of the agency's training requirements, you will need to be approved for another training waiver before you can be hired into a GS-1102 position at or above the GS-13 level with DHS. If you were hired into your current GS-1102-13 or higher level position, with a non-DHS agency, based on an educational waiver, you will still have to meet the educational requirements stated in Qualification Requirements #1.

Waiver: When filling a GS 1102 vacant position for a GS-13 and above, the Senior Procurement Executive of DHS, at his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of paragraphs A and B of the OPM Contracting Series 1102, Hiring Qualifications if the Senior Procurement Executive certifies that the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greater responsibility and authority, based on demonstrated analytical and decision making capabilities, job performance, and qualifying experience. With respect to each waiver, the Senior Procurement Executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position at DHS based on a waiver, DHS may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within that agency without additional waiver action.

To qualify at the GS- 1102-14 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
Specialized experience should demonstrate the following:

• Experience implementing and maintaining contracting systems and associated business processes.
• Experience applying knowledge of a procurement functional area sufficient to provide expert technical leadership, staff coordination, and consultation.
• Experience leading a team of government and contractor support to accomplish complex taskings.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your résumé and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be referred for consideration. The following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities are needed to perform this job:

1. Knowledge of contracting laws, principles, and regulations to generate new procurement concepts, formulate acquisition policies, interpret procurement regulations, and provide agency authoritative advice on controversial issues related to national Government-wide procurement programs, and procurement systems.
2. Skill in applying a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of program effectiveness.
3. Knowledge of agency acquisition operations to provide oversight of program effectiveness and to serve as authoritative advisor to management and contracting staff on nationwide acquisition management.
4. Ability to review, analyze and evaluate legislation, regulations, and programs, develop procurement options and modify procurement strategies involving significant departure from existing programs to improve effectiveness of procurement processes, and systems.
5. Skill in written communications to develop acquisition regulations and other materials.
6. Developing and presenting of procurement-related training.

All applicants who meet the minimum qualifications in the job opportunity announcement, will be referred for selection consideration. While veterans' preference does not apply in EHA, preference eligible are encouraged to submit their supporting documentation (DD-214 stating disposition of discharge or character of service, VA letter, SF-15, etc.).

Applicants applying as CTAP or ICTAP candidates, and are determined CTAP or ICTAP eligible, must exceed the minimum qualification requirements to be referred under this selection priority placement program by attaining at least a rating of 85 out of 100. For those deemed eligible and who meet the minimum qualifications, we will compare your resume, optional cover letter and supporting documentation to your responses on the scored occupational questionnaire (True/False, Yes/No, Multiple Choice questions). Your resume and/or optional cover letter must support your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire. CTAP/ICTAP eligibles who are not determined well-qualified by scoring at least 85 will not be referred under the CTAP/ICTAP selection priority placement program; however, will be referred for selection consideration with other minimally qualified applicants.

Veterans' preference does not apply.