Contract Specialist

Federal Aviation Administration; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Federal Aviation Administration seeks a qualified contracting professional to join the Acquisition Division. The role requires handling a range of contracts, applying complex skills to high-visibility procurements, and ensuring compliance with qualification standards.

A candidate must have a bachelor’s degree with relevant coursework, several years of contracting experience, and FAC-C training or certification. The position is based in Oklahoma City within the AAQ-700 division.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with at least 24 credit hours in accounting, business or related fields.
• Four years of contracting experience, with at least one year at the next lower grade.
• Completion of FAC-C training or certification evidence.

Responsibilities

• Award and administer varied contracts as a contracting official.
• Apply innovative contracting skills to complex, high-visibility acquisitions.

Skills

Contracting expertise

KSA development

Education

Bachelor's degree with 24 hours in accounting/finance/contracts

Tools

FAC-C training

Job description

Position

The position is within the Office of Finance and Management (AFN), Acquisition and Contracting (AAQ), Aerospace Center Acquisition Division, AAQ-700.

To view the complete OPM qualification standard, please refer to: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/contracting-series-1102/

Basic Requirements for Pay Bands FV-I

1. (1) 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; and (2) 4 years of 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 pay band or grade of the position, and must have provided the knowledge skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position; and (3) Completion of training for FAC-C. Training courses reflect a government-wide standard and each level of certification must be met to qualify for the next level. Applicants must document successful completion of core course work or evidence of certification.

Specialized Experience Requirement

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H, FG/GS 12 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Specialized experience examples include but is not limited to:

• Experience as a contract official awarding and administering varied contracts.
• Experience applying innovative contracting skills to major system and support service acquisitions, which have characteristics such as technically complex, mission essential, high visibility, and high dollar value.

Employees in 1102 series positions will be considered to have met the basic requirements for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000, if specialized experience requirements are met. This applies to other positions at the same pay band/grade in the FAA or other Federal agencies.

To qualify for a position at a higher pay band or grade, he/she must meet the requirements and specialized experience as stated.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA); listed in the announcement.

Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed.