CONTRACT SPECIALIST

(TITLE 5) Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

(TITLE 5), Position Description Number T0048000 and is part of the IL USPFO, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

(TITLE 5), Position Description Number T0048000 and is part of the IL USPFO, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Springfield, IL 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $50,460 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade

GS 7 - 11

Promotion potential 11 Learn more about pay scale and grade 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 Occupions and job series 1102 Contracting Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

IL-13072706-AR-26-284

Control number 885978600 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This is an open continuous announcement. Initial cutoff 9 OCT 2026. Recruitment will continue through the announcement closing de until the position is filled. Limited to current, onboard TITLE 5 permanent IL ARNG technicians/employees only

WITHIN THE USPFO DIRECTORATE.

Duties Help As a

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

(TITLE 5), GS-1102-7/9/11, you will ensure successful market research, acquisition planning, contract award, contract performance management, and interpretion of contract law in order to provide the best, most efficient contracting stregies in support of the organizion's vision, mission, goals, and objectives. Plan the overall approach to meet contracting program objectives for procuring a wide variety of requirements. Perform market research/analysis to determine availability of the requirement and analyze market trends, commercial practices, conditions and technological advances and determine the sources to be solicited. Analyze contracting issues and recommend best course of action. Use judgment in interpreting guidelines, in adapting procurement procedures to specific situions, and in recommending solutions to problems encountered. Provide business advice and assistance to technical personnel involved in the development of the performance work stements and stements of work or da requirements. Procure a wide variety of services, commodities, and or construction. Apply all stutory requirements including regulions, policies, procedures, business, industry practices, and market trends. Ensure price schedules are properly structured, prepare the solicition, determine sources to be solicited, issue solicition and amendments, and determine the acceptability of offers based on an analysis of financial and technical informion gained. Execute post-award contract performance management actions on assigned contracts. Monitor and evalue contractor performance for compliance with terms and conditions of contracts and ensure timely submission of technical progress reports and performance metrics. Negotie and prepare contract modificions caused by changes in technical requirements, in quantities, ordering unpriced options, and similar issues. Review contractor invoices for completeness and use of proper approved res and conformance with contract terms and conditions, and approve/disapprove and certify for payment. Assist with the development of evaluion criteria to use in determining source selection and best value requests for proposals, which include utilizion of past performance da and technical qualificions for awards based on other than lowest price. Conduct any necessary conferences to discuss proposals received and perform price or cost analysis, plan and conduct negotiions on price, technical requirements, terms, and conditions of a contract.

•This is NOT an all-inclusive list of duties.

•Requirements Help Conditions of employment Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. The incumbent must obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance. This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program. Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Stement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart

I USOGE, 6/08

). Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulion, ded 17-Nov-2011. The incumbent must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position. The incumbent must meet the continuing acquisition educion requirements IAW DoDI 5000.66 paragraph E2.2.8. May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments. May be required to work overtime. In accordance with the Ethics in Government Act, 1978, incumbent is required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and required to file annually.

ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE ATTACHED TO APPLICATION TO RECEIVE FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Qualificions Positive Educion Requirement:

You must possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution authorized to grant baccalauree degrees; (Please note: You must submit an official copy of your transcripts.)

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

: Must possess 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

: GS-11 Level - Must possess the educion, training, or experience which includes 1 year of contracting experience the GS-09 level performing work in the following areas as applicable to the position being filled: (1) Pre-award of contracts reled to development of a solicition. Acquisition planning, requesting offers, and developing offers by evaluion of solicition and finalizing offers, (2) Award of contracts th includes forming a contract, and (3) 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. GS-09 Level - Must possess the educion, training, or experience th includes one year of experience in contracting the GS-07 grade level th provided exposure to the full scope of contracting and acquisition and a working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: (1) A knowledge of contracting authority and responsibility, (2) Contract principles and knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulion, (3) Contractor responsibility standards, (4) Regulory compliance, (5) Knowledge of Federal supply schedule contracting, and (6) 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. GS-07 Level - Must possess possess the educion, training or experience th includes 1 year in positions collecting and analyzing da; experience assisting in business management, financial management, project management, risk management, or supply chain management. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Verbiage displayed on your resume or applicion must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience loced within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applicions received in verbim will not be In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed below. Please use as much detail as needed, giving des (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This informion is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.

Educion Positive Educion Requirement:

You must possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution authorized to grant baccalauree degrees; (Please note: You must submit an official copy of your transcripts.) Based on the Educion and Certificion Requirements for this Series, NO Substitutions of bachelor's degree Educion for Specialized Experiences are Allowed for the NG Title 5 Excepted Service Series GS-1102 Positions.

PLEASE NOTE

: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions (particularly positions with a positive educion requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Applicants can verify accredition the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html . All educion claimed by applicants verified by the appointing agency accordingly.

FOREIGN EDUCATION

I f you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/internional/usnei/us/edlite-us-forrecog.html 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 ( Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). If you are needing some extra informion regarding Federal Resumes, you should consider these tips from

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USAJOBS Help Center | Wh should I include in my federal resume . 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 A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once 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): Attention to Detail Contracting/Procurement Decision Making Planning and Evaluing Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Your resume th clearly demonstres experience th meets the requirements of this position. Your resume must contain identifiable informion such as your name, address, and phone number. It should also show your work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions

DD-214 SF-50

- must submit Official Transcript Documents NOT accepted: photographs, copies of position descriptions, training certifices, performance rings, awards, and letters of appreciion. Priority Placement Program (PPP): When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible participants should claim preference in the questionnaire. You must provide all the required documents in accordance with the PPP placement type you are claiming. To claim PPP, you cannot have obtained permanent Federal employment, nor accepted or declined another PPP job offer. Please review the Priority Placement Program handbook for further informion: https://www.dcpas.osd.mil/sites/default/files/2021-09/PPP%20Handbook%20-%20Nov%202019.pdf Documents to support Priority Placement Program (PPP): Military reserve and nional guard technician PPP self-certificion checklist https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd3145-3.pdf Retained grade PPP self-certificion checklist https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd3145-1.pdf Military reserve and nional guard technician disability PPP self-certificion checklist https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd3145-2.pdf If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. 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/13072706 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 Lauralee Smith Phone (217) 761-3544 lauralee.e.smith.civ@army.mil Address

IL USPFO 1301 N

MacArthur Blvd Springfield, IL 62702 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:

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Your resume th clearly demonstres experience th meets the requirements of this position. Your resume must contain identifiable informion such as your name, address, and phone number. It should also show your work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions

DD-214 SF-50

- must submit Official Transcript Documents NOT accepted: photographs, copies of position descriptions, training certifices, performance rings, awards, and letters of appreciion. Priority Placement Program (PPP): When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible participants should claim preference in the questionnaire. You must provide all the required documents in accordance with the PPP placement type you are claiming. To claim PPP, you cannot have obtained permanent Federal employment, nor accepted or declined another PPP job offer. Please review the Priority Placement Program handbook for further informion: https://www.dcpas.osd.mil/sites/default/files/2021-09/PPP%20Handbook%20-%20Nov%202019.pdf Documents to support Priority Placement Program (PPP): Military reserve and nional guard technician PPP self-certificion checklist https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd3145-3.pdf Retained grade PPP self-certificion checklist https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd3145-1.pdf Military reserve and nional guard technician disability PPP self-certificion checklist https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd3145-2.pdf If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. 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/13072706 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 Lauralee Smith Phone (217) 761-3544 lauralee.e.smith.civ@army.mil Address

IL USPFO 1301 N

MacArthur Blvd Springfield, IL 62702 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Springfield, IL 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $50,460 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade

GS 7 - 11

Promotion potential 11 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 Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

IL-13072706-AR-26-284

Control number 885978600