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Form of workThis position is located in the Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Office of the Senior Procurement Executive. The incumbent serves as Branch Chief within Procurement Operations.
*This is a Supervisory Position.
*This position is outside the bargaining unit.
Qualifications: Basic Requirements for this Position:Completion of all mandatory training prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher level contracting positions, including at least 4-years experience in contracting or related positions. At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position.
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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.
Exceptions: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. This also applies to positions at the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D.
Waiver: When filling a specific vacant position, the senior procurement executive of the selecting agency, at his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of Paragraphs A and B above 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 granted under this Paragraph D, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position in an agency on the basis of a waiver, the agency may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within that agency without additional waiver action.
In addition to the basic requirements above, applicants must also meet the specialized experience statement.
For the GS-14: Applicant must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower graded level, GS-13, in the Federal Services.
Specialized experience is defined as experience interpreting Federal Acquisition Regulations; planning, organizing, directing and managing the procurement of supplies and services of various sizes and complexity through all phases of the acquisition process; reviewing contracting processes and recommending improvements; overseeing and/or leading lower graded employees through the pre-award and post-award contracting functions; and developing and adhering to operational procedures to ensure compliance with established policies and regulations.
ALL SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE MUST BE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR RESUME TO BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION.
GS-14: There is no education substitution at this grade level.
Education:Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum course work requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.
