Acquisition Program Specialist

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at General Business and Industry Series 1101.

Selective Placement Factor: Applicants must possess an active FAC-COR Level III certification, or a comparable Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) certification recognized by a Federal agency as equivalent at the time of application. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

To be creditable, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service: Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying various types of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), acquisition techniques, contracting methods, contract negotiation strategies, and contract administration.

Experience performing COR duties for projects of significant complexity and/or high visibility, coordinating, and managing significant projects and resources. Experience monitoring and inspecting costs and evaluating contractor performance. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per leave year.

This position partners with program offices throughout the Patents organization, providing expert acquisition guidance to customers who rely on acquisition professionals to navigate the federal procurement process. You'll thrive in this role if: You're interested in serving as senior acquisitions point of contact for division and Patents managers and technical staff on broad resources, contracting and acquisitions policies, directives, and procedures.

You enjoy providing recommendations to senior leadership on short-term and long-range acquisition program activities. You're excited to serve as an advisor to management and provide advice and insight for resources, strategic planning, assigned studies, workloads, delegated responsibility for providing technical leadership. You're committed to ensuring accuracy of all required items, documentation, data, and/or reports submitted to the Director.

You're eager to develop and redefine contract and procurement procedures to assist in setting and implementing program goals.