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Section Chief, Contracts and Acquisition Management (O-6 Billet) Supervisory

Department of Homeland Security
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC)

Summary

ICE Health Service Corps seeks a supervisory Contracts and Acquisition Management Section Chief to lead acquisition planning, cybersecurity and privacy compliance coordination, and contract governance for health care technology. The role supervises three office leads, manages risk and performance, drives process improvement, and advises leadership on priorities.

This position is only open to current USPHS officers.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position.

Overview

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Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—Situational telework may be available, based on the needs of the agency.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—Please note that upon selection, the candidate must live within 50 miles of an IHSC Field Office.
Salary
$1 - $150,000 per year

Please note that the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and location of duty station.

Pay scale & grade
CC 6
Promotion potential
None
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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 Excepted Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Position sensitivity and risk
Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk
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Background check type
Financial disclosure required
No
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Announcement number
IHSC-CAMS-SC-O6-S-2027
Control number
890324400

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer. USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position. Civilians are not eligible for this position.

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Duties

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Leads the Contracts and Acquisition Management Section and is accountable to HITU leadership for the overall performance, capacity, quality, risk posture, and mission support of the Section.
  2. Supervises three Supervisory Leads responsible for the Acquisition Planning Office, Cybersecurity Compliance Office, and Contract Governance Office. Establishes objectives, assigns work, evaluates performance, provides coaching and developmental feedback, and develops subordinate supervisors for increasing responsibility.
  3. Establishes the strategic direction, annual priorities, performance expectations, and operating plans for CAMS. Translates HITU, IHSC, and agency direction into executable work for the three CAMS offices.
  4. Integrates the work of the Acquisition Planning Office, Cybersecurity Compliance Office, and Contract Governance Office so acquisition planning, cybersecurity and privacy compliance coordination, contract award support, post-award governance, and closeout activities operate as a unified acquisition lifecycle.
  5. Establishes and enforces Section-wide standards for documentation, quality review, risk identification, escalation, recordkeeping, information protection, acquisition integrity, and performance reporting. Ensures standards are applied consistently across all CAMS offices.
  6. Represents CAMS to HITU leadership, IHSC executive leadership, contracting leadership, program officials, technical personnel, privacy and cybersecurity officials, and other agency stakeholders. Communicates Section performance, capacity, commitments, constraints, emerging risks, and recommended actions.
  7. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with contracting leadership and other acquisition partners. Ensures acquisition-planning work is complete, actionable, and ready for appropriate contracting action and that post-award performance information is available to support authorized contract-administration activities.
  8. Provides executive leadership with timely and accurate information on Section performance, workload, staffing capacity, acquisition and contract risks, dependencies, compliance posture, and resource requirements. Develops recommendations supporting prioritization, resourcing, and executive decision-making.
  9. Coordinates with the Portfolio Management Office to ensure CAMS commitments, acquisition milestones, compliance dependencies, contract-performance constraints, and portfolio risks are accurately reflected in enterprise planning and schedules.
  10. Represents CAMS in governance forums and decision-making bodies affecting HITU acquisitions, technology contracts, privacy, cybersecurity, and portfolio activities. Ensures decisions, priorities, and required actions are communicated to the CAMS offices responsible for implementation.
  11. Evaluates Section-wide organizational performance, identifies systemic weaknesses, and directs process improvements to improve quality, efficiency, accountability, continuity, and mission outcomes. Ensures recurring issues are addressed through sustainable process, staffing, training, or governance improvements.
  12. Establishes workforce-development priorities for the Section. Ensures subordinate Supervisory Leads provide appropriate training, mentoring, performance management, and developmental opportunities for assigned staff.
  13. Ensures sensitive procurement, proprietary, financial, privacy, cybersecurity, source-selection, and system information is appropriately protected. Establishes controls to maintain complete, retrievable, and defensible records supporting acquisition and contract-governance decisions.
  14. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
  • You must successfully pass a background investigation.
  • You must successfully pass a drug screen.
  • Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
  • Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
  • Service Remaining Requirement Agreement: Upon appointment to this position, officers will be required to serve an 18 to 24-month commitment to IHSC.
  • ASSIGNMENT PAY AGREEMENT: You must not have a current Assignment Pay Agreement. However, if you have a current Assignment Pay Agreement, it must be fulfilled within 90 days of your application submission.
  • Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer. USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position. Civilians are not eligible for this position.
  • PHS officers must participate in IHSC TDY On-Call Schedule (ITOS.) ITOS is either an entire month or two 16-day periods a year where, depending on the needs of the agency, the officer is required to be available to serve.

Qualifications

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  1. Sit and/or stand for extended periods of time, generally six to eight hours.
  2. Perform repeated bending motions.
  3. Use average manual dexterity for computer operation.
  4. Use a telephone for extended periods.
If the incumbent is a clinician, the incumbent may be required to perform temporary duty assignments in support of field operations for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of 30 days annually.

Education

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

  1. Ability to lead a complex organization and supervise subordinate supervisors responsible for distinct but interdependent functions.
  2. Working knowledge of the full Federal acquisition lifecycle, including pre-award planning, acquisition support, cybersecurity and privacy compliance coordination, post-award governance, performance monitoring, and closeout.
  3. Ability to establish organizational direction, prioritize work under constrained capacity, allocate resources, and hold leaders accountable for outcomes.
  4. Ability to integrate acquisition planning, cybersecurity and privacy compliance coordination, and contract governance activities into a coherent lifecycle-management approach.
  5. Ability to evaluate organizational performance, identify systemic weaknesses, manage risk, and implement sustainable process improvements.
  6. Ability to establish productive working relationships with executive leadership, contracting officials, program officials, technical personnel, cybersecurity and privacy specialists, financial personnel, and external partners.
  7. Ability to represent an organization credibly to executive leadership and provide concise, accurate, decision-ready information on performance, capacity, commitments, risks, and recommendations.
  8. Ability to communicate adverse organizational, operational, acquisition, compliance, staffing, and performance information together with a recommended course of action.
  9. Ability to recognize and maintain appropriate authority boundaries, including the distinction between coordinating activities and exercising authorities reserved to Contracting Officers, privacy officials, cybersecurity officials, budget officials, human-resources officials, and executive leadership.
  10. Ability to establish and enforce documentation, recordkeeping, information-protection, and acquisition-integrity standards across multiple offices.
  11. Ability to exercise sound, independent judgment in managing sensitive, complex, and mission-critical organizational issues.
  12. Ability to adapt to changing mission requirements, acquisition priorities, schedules, staffing constraints, and organizational needs.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must meet the education and professional requirements applicable to their USPHS professional category. No specific academic discipline is required for this position.

Applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership experience, including experience supervising staff, establishing organizational direction, managing organizational performance, and reporting to executive leadership on performance, capacity, risk, and resource needs.

Applicants should demonstrate meaningful experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Federal acquisition leadership, including pre-award acquisition planning, acquisition support, and post-award contract governance;
  • Cybersecurity, privacy, information technology governance, or compliance management at an organizational level;
  • Program or portfolio management at an enterprise scale, including health information technology, health care technology, or comparable complex mission environments;
  • Organizational leadership, workforce development, process improvement, or establishing and leading a new organizational function; or
  • Comparable complex, regulated, or mission-driven work requiring coordination across organizational boundaries.
Executive judgment, organizational leadership, workforce development, authority awareness, program-management capability, and demonstrated effectiveness in complex, regulated, or mission-driven environments are primary evaluation criteria. Federal experience is valuable but not required.

Relevant preparation may be demonstrated through a combination of acquisition leadership, progressively responsible supervisory experience, program or portfolio leadership, cybersecurity or privacy governance experience, relevant coursework, professional training, or professional certifications. Certifications such as Federal Acquisition Certification, Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer's Representatives, Project Management Professional, comparable acquisition credentials, or senior leadership and executive-development programs may strengthen an applicant's preparation but are not required.

If the incumbent holds a clinical license or certification, the incumbent is responsible for fulfilling the requirements of the applicable licensing or certifying body to maintain currency.

Additional information

This is a U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) position within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC), Office of the Deputy Assistant Director of Administration, Health Information and Technology Unit (HITU), Contracts and Acquisition Management Section (CAMS). This is a supervisory position.

The incumbent serves as the Chief of CAMS and is accountable to HITU leadership for the overall performance, capacity, strategic direction, and risk management of the Section. The incumbent supervises three Supervisory Leads, each responsible for an office within CAMS: the Acquisition Planning Office, the Cybersecurity Compliance Office, and the Contract Governance Office.

CAMS provides lifecycle management of IHSC health care technology acquisitions. The Section integrates pre-award acquisition planning, cybersecurity and privacy compliance coordination, and post-award contract governance so that work progresses from mission need through planning, award, performance, and closeout. The incumbent ensures that the three offices operate as an integrated lifecycle rather than as separate functions.


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SUPERVISORY CONTROLS:
The incumbent reports directly to HITU leadership.

Assignments are broad, long-term, and mission-focused. HITU leadership establishes overall organizational priorities, strategic direction, resource parameters, and expectations for HITU performance. The incumbent independently plans, directs, prioritizes, and evaluates CAMS operations; establishes Section-wide standards; allocates work and capacity among the three CAMS offices; resolves cross-office issues; and coordinates Section activities with acquisition, technical, cybersecurity, privacy, financial, programmatic, and executive stakeholders.

The incumbent applies applicable Federal acquisition regulations, DHS, ICE, IHSC, HITU, cybersecurity, privacy, financial, records-management, human-resources, and information technology governance policies, procedures, precedents, and guidance. The work requires interpretation and adaptation of guidance to address complex organizational, acquisition, compliance, contracting, staffing, funding, technical, and operational conditions.

The incumbent exercises supervisory authority over three Supervisory Leads. The incumbent establishes objectives, assigns work, communicates performance expectations, reviews organizational and individual performance, evaluates work products, monitors workload and capacity, provides coaching and developmental feedback, and takes appropriate action to address performance or conduct concerns.

The incumbent keeps HITU leadership informed of Section performance, organizational capacity, significant acquisition and contract risks, resource constraints, staffing needs, systemic issues, emerging concerns, and recommended actions. Work is reviewed in terms of achievement of HITU and IHSC objectives; effectiveness of CAMS lifecycle-management operations; quality of supervisory and organizational leadership; adherence to applicable laws, policies, and procedures; and successful support of IHSC mission requirements.

Significant changes to Section-wide processes, organizational structures, resource allocations, or strategic priorities are coordinated with and approved by HITU leadership.

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.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements. You may be selected for an interview at the hiring authority's discretion. You will be notified of selection or non-selection.

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Agency contact information

IHSC Recruiting
Email
IHSCrecruiting@ice.dhs.gov
Address
ERO-DRO-IHSC Public Health Service
500 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20536
US

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