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Contract Specialist (Senior)

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AFSVC Nonappropriated Fund Purchasing

San Antonio, TX (In Person)

$83,200 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 4 days ago (Updated 1 day ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/19/2026

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Contract Specialist (Senior) Department of the Air Force Air Force Services Agency Air Force Services Center Summary This position is Non-appropried Fund (NAF) and assigned to the Air Force Services Center Port San Antonio, TX. This is a regular full-time cegory position with guaranteed 40 hrs. per week. Employees appointed to a regular cegory position are eligible for benefits. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is Non-appropried Fund (NAF) and assigned to the Air Force Services Center Port San Antonio, TX. This is a regular full-time cegory position with guaranteed 40 hrs. per week. Employees appointed to a regular cegory position are eligible for benefits. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Kelly AFB, TX No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $35 - $45 per hour Depending on experience. Internal NAF pay setting rules apply. Pay scale & grade NF 4 Promotion potential None 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 Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 9P-VPER377449 Control number 873140800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Please see the "Who May Apply" section under the Qualificions section. Duties Help Serves as Senior Contract Specialist for the Air Force Nonappropried Fund Procurement Office. As a Senior Contract Specialist, responsible for the development of contracting and sourcing stregies; the solicition, evaluion, negotiion, and award of Program contracts; oversees and performs the analysis and evaluion of cost or price proposals; administers Program contracts ensuring compliance with terms and conditions; and develops and provides business solutions to day-to-day contractual challenges. Execute/Manage the overall approach to meet contracting program objectives for a wide range of programs or systems th span multiple years. Procures complex and/or diversified services, commodities, and/or architecture & construction. Executes post-award contract performance management actions on assigned contract. Communices with industry and all levels of command in the form of briefings, written correspondence, and personal contact. Serves as a business advisor providing advice, guidance, and business solutions to contracting officials, program officials, commanders, and other senior personnel on a wide range of contractual issues; performs oversight and/or audit of contract files, compiles lessons learned, ensures consistent policy applicion, and provides continuous improvement of critical processes. Manages all aspects of the contracting process. Exercises superior judgment in pre-solicition, solicition, award, and post award contract actions. Leads teams and participes in meetings with key customers (Program Management Reviews), suppliers, and coordining officials to assess customer sisfaction, explain contracting policy and procedures, and resolve problems th arise and to formule, implement, monitor, and improve contracting stregies. Leads contract specialists who acquire and provide contract management/administrion for complex, multiple-year contracts for equipment; supplies and services to include but not limited to computer hardware and software Point-of Sales, Communicions, Business Intelligence; Business Opportunity Assessments; Consulting, IT Consulting, Commander Smart Buy Program; Essential Products Program; Prime Vendor Program; Recreional Programs; Family Member Programs; Leisure Travel; Signure Brands; Food and Beverage equipment and supplies; Vehicle Program, Marketing Programs Employee Benefit Programs; Human Resource Management Programs; Air Force Service Card Membership Programs, Treasury Management; Financial Services, Audit Programs; AF Slots Program, Lodging Renovion Projects Management, NAF Construction, Architecture and Engineering, Facility Management, Quality Control, and NAF Purchase Card Program. Provides technical advice and guidance to contract specialists to promote development of individual skills and abilities. Uses coaching to facilite productive workplace behavior and performance. If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online applicion: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12985864 Requirements Help Conditions of employment This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigion with favorable results. This position requires th the incumbent be a U.S. Citizen or a Legal U.S. Resident for a minimum of 3 years. This position may require CONUS and OCONUS travel for official business. This position requires the incumbent to possess, or obtain and maintain, a valid regular or official U.S. Passport.
Qualificions Who May Apply:
Open to everyone. Applicants cegorized by preference(s) and/or priority considerion eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with applicion by the closing de, 06/30/2026 Business Based Action, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion.
Qualifying Experience:
Experience with contracting principles, policies, and procedures reled to Construction. Demonstred leadership experience as a contracting professional achieving program results across complex and diverse organizions, ensuring the office's mission and objectives are met. Experience with business practices and market conditions as applicable. Experience with applying contract price/cost analysis techniques to a variety of pre-award and/or post-award procurement actions. Experience leading junior contract specialists.
Desired Work Experience:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or least 24 semester hours of course work in business management topics or ten years contracting experience is desired. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Proficient in Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, and other reled software as required. Able to communice effectively both orally and in writing. •
NOTE:
Those qualified applicants who meet both the minimum qualificion requirement(s) and highly preferred criteria(s) considered best qualified for this position and referred to the selecting official(s) first for considerion. All other applicants referred as needed and requested by the selecting official(s). •Reminder to
Applicants:
Your experience has to be clearly identified in your resume in order to receive considerion. If your resume does not provide enough informion regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualificion determinion, your applicion package may be rendered disqualified, and you will no longer be considered for this position. (Form example: Employer name, position title, beginning and ending des of employment, with summary of duties, etc.) Educion Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your educion for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for educion substitution.
FOREIGN EDUCATION
Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the educion credentials have been deemed to be least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. educion program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Additional informion Individual must fully meet qualificion/eligibility/background requirements for this position. U.S. Citizens and Non-U.S. Nionals who have resided in the U.S. Territory for three (3) or more consecutive years immediely preceding the start of Federal affiliion or a signed memorandum indicing the installion's decision on the 3-year residency requirement.. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct deposit is required. Sisfactorily complete an employment verificion (E-Verify) check. A probionary period may be required. Pre-employment requirements must be sisfactorily met prior to Entrance on Duty (EOD). Payment of Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determinion th a PCS move is not in the Government's interest. Multiple positions may be filled from this job opportunity announcement. And additional selections may also be made from this job opportunity announcement. Selection(s) are subject to restrictions resulting from hiring preferences and priority considerion eligible. This is a Nonappropried Fund (NAF) position carrying out Morale, Welfare and Recreion (MWR) activities for the Air Force and Space Force. Applicants must be able to provide a REAL ID or present a combinion of source identity documents authorized to facilite access to the installion. Please contact the servicing HR Office with any questions. 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. Your resume and supporting document evalued against the qualificions of the position. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion has been made th you have infled your responses to meet the position's qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as th informion may be taken into considerion during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documention. To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact informion (name, address, phone number, email, etc.,) for professional and personal references on your resume. Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference - MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,). The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your applicion by the closing de of this job announcement: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. Other accepted documents to support a qualificion and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. How to Apply Help To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/30/2026 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. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJobs account and designe the document type when submitting your applicion. Failure to complete this portion will result in an incomplete applicion package and you will not be further considered for this vacancy. It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJobs account . Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applicions, your applicion stus and the de it was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus Agency contact informion
AFSVC HQ NAF HR
Office 802FSSOL-B.FSCN.afsvcnafhro@us.af.mil Address AFSVC Nonappropried Fund Purchasing
AFSVC/VC 2261
Hughes Ave, Suite #156 Lackland
AFB, TX 78236-9852 US
Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Times may vary during the hiring process, as your applicion stus updes/changes you notified with a notificion letter via email. 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 Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference - MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,). The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your applicion by the closing de of this job announcement: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. Other accepted documents to support a qualificion and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. How to Apply Help To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/30/2026 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. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJobs account and designe the document type when submitting your applicion. Failure to complete this portion will result in an incomplete applicion package and you will not be further considered for this vacancy. It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJobs account . Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applicions, your applicion stus and the de it 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
AFSVC HQ NAF HR
Office 802FSSOL-B.FSCN.afsvcnafhro@us.af.mil Address AFSVC Nonappropried Fund Purchasing
AFSVC/VC 2261
Hughes Ave, Suite #156 Lackland
AFB, TX 78236-9852 US
Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Times may vary during the hiring process, as your applicion stus updes/changes you notified with a notificion letter via email. 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 Posted today • Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Kelly AFB, TX No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $35 - $45 per hour Depending on experience. Internal NAF pay setting rules apply. Pay scale & grade NF 4 Promotion potential None 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 Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 9P-VPER377449 Control number 873140800