Procurement & Resources Specialist

The purpose of this position is to serve as the Purchase Card Program Coordinator within the Network Contracting Office (NCO). Provides a variety of administrative management services essential to the operation and direction of the Government Purchase Card Program.Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 2 months of the closing date of this announcement, 12/19/2023.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks as a GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
Note:Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
Specialized Experience GS-09: Applicants must meet the specialized experience requirement for the GS-09 grade. You may qualify based on your experience described below for the GS-09 Procurement and Resources Specialist:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-07) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience includes experience with: Possessing knowledge of commonly used purchase card practices, standard regulations and procedures for atypical purchases of supplies and equipment. Experience sufficient to review and interpret purchase card regulations and review purchase card documentation, validate information and data within the documents, evaluate purchase card authorization and termination procedures, provide training on new procedures and changes in regulation. Experience serving as a point of contact relating to Government Purchase Card Program for the assigned regions and the ability to ensure the Government Purchase Card is used for official government purchases. Experience conducting detailed reviews of procedures and processes and reviewing factual matters to validate and verify information. Ability to monitor the provision and termination of purchase card authorization; monitor and coordination of all training requirements needed to achieve program goals and objectives. Experience communicating regulatory changes to purchase card procedures and for providing training to staff on procedures.
Quality Ranking Factor: Applicant possesses previous experience as a Purchase Card Program Coordinator.
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; religions; 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.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
For more information on these qualification standards, visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
You will be rated on the following competencies based on your application for this position:

• Knowledge of Financial Regulations: Knowledge of financial and acquisition credit card regulations, principles, policies and procedures.
• Work Environment: Ability to effectively work individually or as a team member to perform independent duties involving auditing, training and developing new procedures when needed.
• Communication: Skill in communication and techniques to conduct regular audits, training and resultant actions stemming from violations of regulations and policy.
• Teamwork: Experience working with different of levels of staff and management on a one-on-one basis by telephone, in writing, in person, or in a small group to resolve program issues.
• Knowledge of Software Applications: Knowledge of variety of computer software programs such as IFCAP, FileMan, Excel, Word, Access, SharePoint, etc, to conduct data gathering and data analysis in support of program operations and produce a variety of documents such as letters, reports, spreadsheets, and databases.