Clarification from the agency

Your application will be considered if you are a: • GSA employee - must be employed in Federal Acquisition Service, Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) • GSA surplus or displaced employees in the local commuting area who qualify for the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) You must be serving on a career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service.

• Provides senior-level leadership and serves as the principal point of contact for assigned client sectors on matters related to property administration, project execution, and acquisition support. Translates customer mission needs into executable property and project management strategies, ensuring alignment with acquisition planning, contract structure, and regulatory requirements. Advises contracting officers, program leadership, and senior stakeholders as well as senior client officials on complex, high-risk, or precedent-setting property and project management issues.
• Ensures effective lifecycle management of government-furnished and contractor-acquired property, from acquisition through disposition, across multiple agencies, contractors, and locations. 
• Applies risk-based oversight principles to determine appropriate levels of surveillance and management attention across the portfolio. Ensures property-related deliverables are integrated with project management, financial, and acquisition activities to support accurate reporting and decision-making.
• Exercises responsibility for the fiscal health of the division by aligning resources, staffing, and workload with funded requirements and organizational priorities. Assesses financial impacts associated with property decisions, including loss investigations, property disposition, and asset transfers. Oversees tracking of client funding, contractor expenditures, and appropriations to ensure compliance and prevent lapses in obligated funds.
• Serves as an immediate supervisor for Property and Project Managers, providing leadership, direction, and accountability for execution of property administration and project management functions across the division. Assigns work and establishes priorities based on mission requirements, portfolio risk, regulatory complexity, and resource availability; ensures equitable distribution of workload and alignment with organizational goals.
  
  

Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
• Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

Qualifications

For each job on your resume, provide:

• the exact dates you held  each job (from month/year to month/year)
• number of hours per week you worked (if part time).    

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

The GS-15 salary range starts at $169,279 per year.  

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level or higher in the Federal service.

Specialized experience: is directing and managing enterprise-level property and acquisition management programs in a fee-for-service environment, while delivering integrated solutions to multiple customers or agencies. This experience must include:

• Overseeing the full lifecycle management of government-furnished and contractor-acquired property, from acquisition
  planning through utilization, accountability, and final disposition;
• Directing and evaluating physical inventories, loss investigations, and contract closeout activities to ensure accuracy, compliance, and defensible outcomes;
• Identifying, analyzing, and resolving highly complex acquisition and property management issues with significant financial, operational, and programmatic impact; and
• Managing financial resources and personnel by providing direction to a team of acquisition/property administration professionals.
  

How you will be evaluated

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

A panel of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will review the resumes of qualified candidates and assign a score for each of the five required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) based on the experience documented in the resume and narrative responses.

1. Knowledge of directing and evaluating the work of senior technical staff performing complex property management system analyses (PMSAs), physical inventories, reconciliations, and loss investigations. The incumbent applies professional judgment to assess the adequacy, consistency, and defensibility of subordinate findings and recommendations, particularly in high-risk, high-value, or precedent-setting situations.
2. Knowledge of project and portfolio management principles sufficient to oversee integrated cost, schedule, performance, and risk management for complex, multi-agency acquisition programs. This includes the ability to align property administration strategies with acquisition planning, contract structures, funding profiles, and mission priorities.
3. Ability to analyze financial, operational, and programmatic impacts associated with property decisions, including loss, damage, disposition, and asset transfers, and to advise senior leadership on risk exposure and mitigation strategies.
4. Knowledge in analyzing, interpreting, and implementing policies for acquiring, managing, and strategically overseeing government property held by contractors, from pre-award planning through contract closeout and disposition. This knowledge is applied to ensure effective stewardship of government assets, mitigate enterprise-level risk, and maintain compliance across multiple agencies, contractors, and geographic locations.
5. Knowledge of applying advanced leadership sufficient to manage a technically specialized workforce, establish performance expectations, mentor senior professionals, and ensure continuity of expertise across the organization.

Demonstration of these KSAs must be supported by your resume. Applicants should also make note of each KSA, as you will be asked to address them later in the application process.

Consideration will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3). You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume so that information will be taken into consideration during the selection process.  If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.

If you are eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) or GSA’s Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), your resume must clearly demonstrate experience in at least 3 of the 5 required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) to receive priority consideration.