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Supervisory Contract Specialist

Federal Housing Finance Agency
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)

Summary

This position is for a Supervisory Contract Specialist in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Contracting Operations Section. In this role, the incumbent will serve as the subject matter expert on acquisition and will supervise a staff performing a full range of contracting and procurement operations.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Posted this week · Apply by 06/15/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 15, 2026
Location
Work site options
Telework eligible
No
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$170,539 - $289,915 per year
Pay scale & grade
EL 15
Promotion potential
None
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
Yes
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Other
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type
Financial disclosure required
Yes
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
OCFO-26-02
Control number
872136200

Duties

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Office of the Chief Financial Officer

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) provides leadership and oversight of the Agency's budgeting, financial management, strategic planning, contracting, internal controls, and enterprise risk management functions. The OCFO ensures fiscal integrity, promotes effective resource allocation, strengthens risk and performance oversight, and supports data-driven informed decision-making to advance the Agency's mission and strategic goals.

Position Overview

The Supervisory Contract Specialist will serve as the Manager of the Contracting Operations Section. They will be the subject matter expert on acquisition and the supervisor of a staff performing a full range of contracting and procurement operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, planning, overseeing, and supervising agency-wide acquisition and contracting functions. The Supervisory Contract Specialist is also responsible for developing plans, programs, and procedures relevant to acquisition and contracting.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

  • Serve as the lead for the Agency's acquisition program, providing daily oversight to ensure comprehensive acquisition policies, guidelines, procedures, and oversight; ensuring integrity and compliance across the agency; performing contract oversight and review; overseeing professional acquisition training; and other related acquisition functions.
  • Establish goals and objectives and implement controls and audit processes to ensure an effective Agency acquisition program.
  • Supervise and lead a staff of professionals and technicians who perform a variety of contracting and procurement activities.
  • Serve as a Contracting Officer with unlimited signatory authority for all contract actions in support of the Agency.
  • Provide expert acquisition advice to all levels within the Agency.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Status Candidates (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles) and those eligible for other hiring authorities.
  • SF 50's are required with the exception of current FHFA employees. Please include one showing your tenure and competitive status. You must provide an SF-50 that indicates your competitive eligibility. You will not be considered without this.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • May be required to successfully complete a one-year supervisory probationary period.
  • Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
  • Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level).
  • Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation.
  • Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply).
  • FHFA participates in e-Verify. All New hires must complete the I-9 Employment Verification form either on or before their first day of employment. If a discrepancy arises, you must take affirmative steps to resolve the matter.
  • Bargaining Unit Status: Ineligible
  • This is NOT a remote position; you MUST live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location.
  • If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
  • This position may be required to complete a financial disclosure report. All EL-15 and Executives (LL) are required to complete an annual financial disclosure report.
  • Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a fully active Contracting Officer’s Warrant.

Qualifications

You may qualify for your desired series and grade level if you meet the following qualification requirements:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

To be eligible for the 1102 series, you must meet one of the following requirements:

A. Education: A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, 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.

-OR-

B. Exception:
Applicants who have held an EL/GS-1102-15 or equivalent position since January 1, 2000.

In addition to meeting the above basic education or exception requirements, applicants must also meet the following minimum qualifications for their desired grade level:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualification EL-15: Applicants must have 52 weeks (one-year) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level as described below.

Experience: I qualify for the EL/GS-15 because I have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience at the EL/GS-14 or equivalent demonstrating work experience with all the statements described below.

Examples of specialized experience include:

  • Performing commercial contract actions (such as for IT products, commercial supplies, professional support services, and leases) and intra-governmental agreements in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedures.
  • Performing contract negotiations and terminations, evaluating contractor claims or settlement proposals, and executing settlement agreements including serving as an authority on the acceptability and applicability of contractual matters and actions.
  • Advising on and conducting the procurement process from solicitation to award and through all post award phases of contracting, including modifications, processing payments, final invoicing, final evaluation, and closeout.
  • Supervising functions and overall personnel management activities to include positions and pay, selection or participation in the selection of subordinate employees, performance and conduct management.
  • Providing advice, training, guidance, and policy interpretation for a team on procurement regulations, policies, and procedures including guidance from the Federal Acquisition Regulation and General Service Administration Guidance.

**Failure to provide your transcripts, when required, for any of the options above will remove you from the hiring process**

Time-In-Grade: Current or former Federal government employees who have held an EL/GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time-in-grade requirement.
  • To be eligible for the EL-15 position, applicants must have served 52 weeks as an EL/GS-14 or higher in the Federal Service.

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; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Additional information

An Overview of FHFA's Benefits provides a summary of benefits for the current fiscal year.

If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and are claiming 5-points veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form. For more information on veterans' preference visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Veterans.

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).

Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 90 or above; and (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp.

FHFA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability (physical or mental), age (40 years of age or over), genetic information, parental status, marital status, prior protected EEO activity, political affiliation, or other non-merit factors.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: FHFA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, except when doing so would pose an undue hardship on the Agency. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify FHFA. The Agency's decision on granting a reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.


Ethics: FHFA employees are subject to government-wide ethical standards of conduct, financial disclosure requirements, and post-employment prohibitions. In addition, certain FHFA employees are prohibited from accepting compensation from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a two-year period after terminating employment with FHFA. Furthermore, to avoid financial conflicts-of interest or the appearance of conflicts-of-interest, FHFA employees may need to divest or sell certain assets they, their spouse, or minor children own or control, including securities issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or the Federal Home Loan Banks. Employees who work on Federal Home Loan Bank issues may need to sell or divest financial interests with any of the Federal Home Loan Bank members, which may include stock in bank holding companies, insurance companies, and other financial services firms. Questions regarding these requirements and prohibitions should be directed to the Office of General Counsel at (202) 649-3088.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

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

For this position, you will be required to complete a narrative assessment through your responses to the prompts in the questionnaire portion of the announcement. If you meet the minimum qualification requirements and are eligible for the position, your narrative assessment responses will be evaluated by a panel of subject matter experts. Through your narrative assessment responses, you will be measured on the following competencies:

Competencies:

  • Acquisition Management
  • Stakeholder Relations
  • Evaluation and Critical Analysis
  • Leading People and Holding Employees Accountable


To fulfill the requirements of the narrative assessment, applicants must provide a written response to the following prompts in their assessment questionnaire:

1. Please describe an experience you have had addressing a performance issue with a vendor. How did you identify the issue and what steps did you take to remedy or address the issue with that vendor?
2. Please describe your experience developing internal agency policy covering contracting, procurement, purchasing, or other related issues. What issues did the policy need to address and how did you address those? Who was involved in reviewing and finalizing the policy?
3. Please describe your experience managing a team of professionals in the procurement space. How have you dealt with or addressed interpersonal conflicts or other performance issues with your team to maintain high performance standards?

We recommend that you preview the online questions for this announcement before you start the application process. To preview the assessment questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12952297

All of the information you provide will be verified by a review of the work experience and/or education as shown on your application forms, by checking references or through other means, such as the interview process. This verification could occur at any stage of the application process. Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for rating you ineligible.

In accordance with the Fair Chance Act, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) may not request, in oral or written form, that an applicant for an appointment to (FHFA) disclose criminal history record information before the appointing authority extends a tentative offer to the applicant. Allegations of FHFA violations of this Act may be submitted to fairchanceactcomplaints@fhfa.gov or to Fair Chance Act Complaints, Office of Human Resources Management, Employee Relations Branch, FHFA 400 7th Street, SW Washington DC 20219 within 30 days from the agency employee's alleged non-compliance with the law.

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Join U.S. Federal Housing and Make a Difference!

At U.S. Federal Housing, we are driven by a deep commitment to public service and the belief that everyone deserves access to safe, sustainable, and affordable housing. Our mission is to ensure that the housing government-sponsored enterprises - Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks - operate in a safe and sound manner so they can serve as a reliable source of liquidity and funding for housing finance and community investment across the nation.

When you join U.S. Federal Housing, you become part of a team that plays a critical role in building a stronger, more efficient housing finance system. You'll contribute to work that directly impacts millions of Americans - advancing homeownership and supporting communities.

U.S. Federal Housing fosters a high-performing workplace where every employee is respected, valued, and empowered to succeed. We proudly uphold our core values, and we recognize the dedication of our workforce through a culture of excellence, collaboration, and service.

Bring your talent to U.S. Federal Housing and be part of something bigger - protecting the American dream of home ownership.

Agency contact information

Ryan Stanger
Phone
771-233-7320
Email
ryan.stanger@fhfa.gov
Address
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20219
US

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