Program Specialist - Acquisition

About this role

To qualify for this position and grade, applicants must meet all of the following requirements: This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration.

The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Possess professional experience coordinating complex acquisition or contract management projects for healthcare delivery, community-based services, or comparable large-scale service delivery programs. (CLEAR DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Your resume must show complete information for this qualifying experience, including the position title, employer, and beginning and ending dates of employment, and description of duties performed.) -AND- In addition to meeting the Selective Placement Factor, the following criteria must be met to be qualified for this position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Have one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized experience includes: serving as a project manager for the overall execution of specified projects for acquisitions; leading the development, execution, and maintenance of complex contract assessments and analytical projects; coordinating acquisition-related projects managed with other management teams and work groups; reviewing and evaluating acquisition proposals and related work progress; and leading the team in identifying, assigning and balancing workload.

NOTE: Resume(s) must clearly support the required experience to be creditable. We will not make assumption regarding experience. See the announcement duties section for details of experience required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.