Supervisory Contract Specialist

U.S. Coast Guard

Elizabeth City (NC)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 195,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

The U.S. Coast Guard, Program Executive Office AIR, AIR-C, Contracting Office in Elizabeth City, NC, seeks a Deputy COCO to oversee contracting activities for aviation assets.

You will manage and supervise a geographically dispersed staff and coordinate with CG-AIR portfolios and partners to ensure lifecycle support and effective contracting outcomes. Responsibilities include staff development, performance evaluation, policy guidance, and recruitment efforts, while ensuring compliance with EEO

Qualifications

A 4-year degree with at least 24 semester hours in accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, or related fields.
Foreign education may be used if comparable to US accreditation; provide evidence with your application.
Attainment of basic requirements and specialized experience for promotion considerations if applicable.

Responsibilities

Oversee and supervise two Deputy COCO positions and a dispersed civilian staff.
Coordinate with CG-AIR portfolios and mission partners to optimize contracting activities across lifecycle stages.
Plan, organize, assign work, set priorities, and communicate schedules and expectations clearly.
Provide guidance, review performance, and resolve policy issues; mentor staff on administrative matters.
Ensure leave approvals, timekeeping accuracy, and adherence to EEO policies and affirmative action.
Lead efforts to recruit, interview, and select staff in accordance with SOPs; address employee concerns.

Skills

Contracting leadership

Staff supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, law, contracts

Job description

Department: Department of Homeland Security
Hiring Path: Public
Security Clearance: Q Access Authorization

This position is located within the United States Coast Guard, Program Executive Office (PEO) AIR, AIR-C, Contracting Office in Elizabeth City, NC.

Key Responsibilities

The incumbent serves as one of two Deputy COCO positions and manages and supervises a geographically dispersed staff of civilian employees and associated workload in support of the AIR Domain.

The Deputy COCO serves as a senior contracting professional responsible for providing continuity and strategic oversight across the Portfolio Manager(s) and mission partners (e.g., Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), Aviation Projects Acquisition Center (APAC), Training Centers, Air Stations) assigned to them. This role manages and optimizes contracting activities for lifecycle support of Coast Guard aviation assets within the portfolios.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Collaborates and manages two of the CG-AIR's four portfolios that consists of approximately six contracting branches. Plans, organizes, and assigns work, establishes priorities and assures that realistic completion schedules are developed, documented, communicated to all personnel, and followed. Evaluates performance of duties.

Provides guidance to subordinates as required on work and administrative matters. Reviews work products and resolves controversial policy issues. Verifies that developmental and training needs are met. Supports office development and training initiatives. Recruits candidates, interviews, and selects personnel for vacancies consistent with Directorate and office SOPs. Hears and resolves employee complaints.

Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests for all employees and approves timecards in the time and attendance system. Carries out EEO policies and communicates support of these policies to subordinates. Ensures impartiality in determining qualifications, selection, assignments, training, promotions, details, discipline and awards to employees.

Confirms the accomplishment of affirmative action objectives by adhering to nondiscriminatory employment practices in regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap. Ensures merit promotion of employees and recruitment and hiring of applicants; fair treatment of all employees; encouragement and recognition of employee achievements; career development of employees and; full utilization of skills.

Coordinates efforts with EEO officials during the development and execution of policies affecting civilian personnel and participates in the development of an affirmative action plan and efforts regarding staffing, motivation, and training to develop all employees. Manages CG-AIR, which includes contracting for over 7,500 transactions annually, the administration and award of the contract portfolio valued in excess of $4B annually.

Manages the acquisition process from acquisition strategy development, acquisition planning, solicitation preparation and issuance, proposal evaluation, contract award and administration and performs business and administrative oversight to include policy compliance and solicitation/contract quality assurance.

Plans Advance Acquisition Plans and uses the Acquisition Planning Forecast System for early review of specifications, work statements, and schedules, with correction of deficiencies, identifications of potential problems and recommended alternatives and solutions. Collaborates, advises, and coordinates efforts with various disciplines on acquisition to develop and select appropriate contract types.

Reviews solicitation and award supporting documentation, including required Determinations and Findings (D&F's) and other approval forms for signature by the applicable authority which may include the Secretary of DHS.

Requirements & Education

This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

EDUCATION: 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. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $150144 – $195190/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Q Access Authorization security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-23.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.