CONTRACT SPECIALIST

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (DA-05) pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate duties related to the following: (1) Demonstrating work experience with procurement planning and negotiations for large competitive service procurements, materials, or a major weapon system program and its components; (2) Requesting, analyzing, and evaluating cost and price data; (3) Negotiating and executing modifications, which may change contractual requirements of existing contracts; (4) Providing expert level acquisition advice for complex contracts; and (5) Interfacing with interested stakeholders to resolve problems and to ensure procurement goals are met. Applicant must meet the following Department of Defense qualification requirements for 1102 contracting positions: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf And the title 10 requirements found here: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1724&num=0&edition=prelim Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 that translates directly to paid employment.