CONTRACT SPECIALIST (TITLE 32)

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

(TITLE 32) Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units G8 (USPFO), St. Augustine, FL Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

(TITLE 32), Position Description Number D2622000 and is part of the FL USPFO, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

(TITLE 32), Position Description Number D2622000 and is part of the FL USPFO, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/20/2026 Salary $50,460

• $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7
• 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Saint Augustine, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

FL-12944100-AR-T32-26-510

Control number 867921400 This job is open to Help Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Applicants eligible and willing to join the Florida Military Nional Guard Duties Help As a

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

(TITLE 32), GS-1102-7/9/11, you will plan the overall approach to meet contracting program objectives for procuring a wide variety of requirements. Performs market research/analysis to determine availability of the requirement; analyzes market trends, commercial practices, conditions and technological advances. Determines approprie method of procurement using a wide range of contracting methods and contract types. Selects approprie contracting approaches, techniques, and procedures to solve a variety of acquisition problems. Analyzes contracting issues and recommends best course of action. Performs acquisition planning along with the program manager/customer, technical, legal, and finance personnel to develop market research, acquisition stregy, milestones, evaluion/source selection criteria, and/or incentive or award fee provisions, as applicable. Exercises litude in dealing with problems arising during the pre-award phase of the procurement action. Plans and carries out the work, selecting the approaches and techniques to be used, and determines actions to be taken on assigned contracts. Uses judgment in interpreting guidelines, in adapting procurement procedures to specific situions and in recommending solutions to problems encountered. Provides business advice and assistance to technical personnel involved in the development of the performance work stement/stement of work/stement of objectives or da requirements. Reviews requisition packages for adequacy and compliance with administrive, regulory, and procedural requirements and consistency with current market practices and conditions. Reviews procurement requests to determine whether, based on market analysis, the requirement can be performed by small businesses; actively solicits Small Businesses and a wide range of socioeconomic groups. If approprie, inities action to have all or part of a procurement set-aside exclusively for small business/socioeconomic performance. Prepares applicable determinions and findings. Assists with the development of evaluion criteria to use in determining source selection and best value requests for quotions/proposals which include utilizion of past performance da and technical qualificions for awards based on other than lowest price. Procurements usually involve a variety of considerions such as socioeconomic, market conditions and stregy, difficult-to-define scopes of work, legal conditions, rigid deadlines, or incentive arrangements. Resolves problems th limit competition th discourage potential offers. Conducts site s/pre-proposal/pre-bid conferences and modifies requirements as necessary. Serves as the point of contact for assigned procurements. Requirements Help Conditions of employment

APPLICANTS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR STATE INCENTIVES MANAGER TO DETERMINE IF ACCEPTING THIS POSITION WILL AFFECT ANY BONUS RECEIVED FROM THE MILITARY.

Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Security Clearance requirements are determined by position and/or

MOS/AFSC

compibility. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. May be required to successfully complete a trial period. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Must complete DAWIA Course Certifice Level I within 36 months of placement. Must submit your transcripts to be consider. Qualificions

AREA OF CONSIDERATION

This position is in the Excepted Federal Civil Service "under the authority of 32 U.S.C. 709" and is open to Cegory 1: All permanent/indefinite (T32 and T5) technicians employed by the agency Cegory 3: All current military members of the Florida Nional Guard; and Cegory 4: All individuals who qualify for membership in the Florida Nional Guard and are willing to become T32 Dual Stus technicians.

PCS:

Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs, MAY be authorized. Authorizion for payment of PCS expenses granted ONLY after determinion is made th payment is in the best interest of the Florida Nional Guard. Recruitment /

Relocion:

Incentive MAY be authorized. ONLY after determinion is made th payment is in the best interest of the Florida Nional Guard.

FLNG BUS

Code 8888: This position is "excluded" and ineligible for labor organizion represention.

MILITARY GRADE

OFFICER/ENLISTED:

E1 thru

O5 CERTIFICATION

The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requires specific training requirements for current contracting and acquisition employees. You must complete DAWIA Course Certifice Level I within 36 months of placement.

MINIMAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

: Minimum educion requirement a bachelor's degree from an accredited educional institution authorized to grant baccalauree degrees.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Must have experience in positions supporting competencies in business, finance, risk management, project management, or supply chain management. Experience must include competencies such as skill in collecting and analyzing da and the ability to communice clearly and effectively and other professional competencies in procurement administrion or purchase card management.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

• GS07: Must have least one year of experience in positions collecting and analyzing da; experience assisting in business management, financial management, project management, risk management, or supply chain management.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

• GS09: Must have least one year of specialized experiences the GS-07 level or the equivalent which provides knowledge and/or experience exposure to the full scope of contracting and acquisition and a working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: experience contracting authority and responsibility, Experience with Contract principles and knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulion, Experience as an contractor responsibility standards, regulory compliance, knowledge of Federal supply schedule contracting, and knowledge of acquisition definitions and applicability.

In addition to participing in educion and training courses, individuals are expected to develop their required competencies through relevant on-the-job experience, which may include rotional assignments.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

• GS11: Must have least one year of specialized experiences the GS-11 level or the equivalent which provides knowledge and/or experience performing work in the following areas as applicable to the position being filled: pre-award of contracts reled to development of a solicition.

Acquisition planning, requesting offers, and developing offers by evaluion of solicition and finalizing offers, Award of contracts th includes forming a contract, and Post-Award actions to administer the contract. Competencies the practitioner cegory emphasize functional specializion in contracting. Specialized experience may have been gained while providing business advice to customers and performing all pre-award/post-award functions, using a wide range of contracting methods and types to procure complex and/or diversified commodities, services and/or construction. Individuals this cegory are expected to have and apply journeyman level acquisition-reled skills.

MULTIPLE LEVEL RECRUITMENT

This position is being advertised using multiple level recruitment to allow for considerion of applicants with the basic skills necessary to develop to the full journeyman level of the position. If a less than fully qualified applicant is selected, incumbent may be trained and developed until proficiency is gained to full journeyman level. If less than fully qualified individual is selected for this position, the position has potential to Grade__11__.

STATEMENT OF DIFFERENCE

The purpose of this position is to provide on-the-job experience for the purpose of qualifying for the target grade level described in the position description. Work assignments are selected to provide training and experience in this occupion. The incumbent is required to obtain increased knowledge and skill in the duties of the position the target grade level. Promotion to the full journeyman level position is not automic with the completion of the time in grade requirements, but rher it is contingent upon the assignments and performance of full journeyman level duties on a regular and recurring basis. Educion You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position.

Mandory Positive Educion:

Minimum educion requirement a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited educional institution authorized to grant baccalauree degrees. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. nce the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:

Resume:

(must be 2 pages ONLY and must include 3 references) 1. First and Last Name 2. Contact Informion (Address, Phone Number and ) 3. Position Title(s) 4. Company/Organizion Name(s) 5. Des of Employment (MONTH and YEAR) 6. Duties Performed

• it is best practice to be specific and focus on the duties performed th are like (similar to/relive to/consistent with) the position you are applying for.
• Please be advised th copying and pasting the specialized experience from the vacancy announcement into your resume is prohibited and will result in your resume being disqualified

•

Transcripts:

Only a requirement if educion is required OR you substitute educion for specialized experience Unofficial copies may be submitted for applicion purposes, but placement will not occur until official transcripts have been provided. SF-50 : If you have previously been employed by another Federal Agency or previously worked for our agency, please submit the most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50).

• This is NOT a requirement for those th have never been employed by a Federal Agency
• DD214s : Most recent DD214 member-4 (If applicable) Veteran's preference (VA Letter) : Most recent Benefit Summary/Service verificion Letter (If applicable)

Final Retirement Orders:

Approprie final military orders (

Ex:

Medical and/or Regular retirement) (If applicable) How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12944100 ~ A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion FLNG-Staffing-Distro Cert-Staffing-Distro ng.fl.flarng.list.job-tech-fl@army.mil Address

FL USPFO 189

Marine Street St Augustine, FL 32084 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:

Resume:

(must be 2 pages ONLY and must include 3 references) 1. First and Last Name 2. Contact Informion (Address, Phone Number and ) 3. Position Title(s) 4. Company/Organizion Name(s) 5. Des of Employment (MONTH and YEAR) 6. Duties Performed

• it is best practice to be specific and focus on the duties performed th are like (similar to/relive to/consistent with) the position you are applying for.
• Please be advised th copying and pasting the specialized experience from the vacancy announcement into your resume is prohibited and will result in your resume being disqualified

•

Transcripts:

Only a requirement if educion is required OR you substitute educion for specialized experience Unofficial copies may be submitted for applicion purposes, but placement will not occur until official transcripts have been provided. SF-50 : If you have previously been employed by another Federal Agency or previously worked for our agency, please submit the most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50).

• This is NOT a requirement for those th have never been employed by a Federal Agency
• DD214s : Most recent DD214 member-4 (If applicable) Veteran's preference (VA Letter) : Most recent Benefit Summary/Service verificion Letter (If applicable)

Final Retirement Orders:

Approprie final military orders (

Ex:

Medical and/or Regular retirement) (If applicable) How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12944100 ~ A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion FLNG-Staffing-Distro Cert-Staffing-Distro ng.fl.flarng.list.job-tech-fl@army.mil Address

FL USPFO 189

Marine Street St Augustine, FL 32084 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/20/2026 Salary $50,460

• $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7
• 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Saint Augustine, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

FL-12944100-AR-T32-26-510

Control number 867921400