Management and Financial Analyst

Summary

This position is located in AIT-001/Strategy & Performance Service, ASP-001; Contract Strategy & Support Division, ASP-400; Contract Services A Branch, ASP-410. Members of the Contract Services A Branch serves as Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) and provide day-to-day administration support of AIT contracts, task orders, AIT enterprise services contracts, and FAA SAVES contracts.

Duties

Responsibilities include: works with the Contracting Officer (CO) on ratifications and changes to contracts, including Purchasing Requests (PRs) for new procurement requests and for incremental funding for existing contracts; provides assistance and oversight for the Project Manager's development of the Statement of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statement (PWS), Statement of Objective (SOO), Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), and IT Acquisition Requests (ITAR) which leads to a purchase or purchase request; works to evaluate and execute the optimal approach to the acquisition of IT goods and/or services at the best possible total cost of ownership; provides Contracting Officer Representative services relative to procurement of new efforts and administration of existing contracts for the Office of Information Technology (AIT). The incumbent serves as a Management and Financial Analyst in Branch A.

Is a recognized subject matter expert in a specialized area and provides leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or executive. May act as a principal specialist to develop new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and/or techniques or as a team leader to define and direct challenging projects/programs/activities. Shares responsibility for the performance of programs/projects that frequently affect more than one LOB/SO or the FAA as a whole.

Serves as an advisor to the Program Management Office, Project Managers and FAA executives concerning the acquisition planning and contractual procurement aspects of FAA Enterprise IT contracts. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with senior management to identify and resolve problems.

Participates with Contracts in the development of market research effort, RFP, RFQ, SOW, PWS, and SOO documentation in support of procurement and contracting activities.

Assists with program funds budget entry and management and related functions of purchase requisitions and invoice creation and approvals.

Provides support, training and guidance to Level II CORs on work assignments when needed.
Provides advice to Program/Project Managers in identifying and prioritizing opportunities for utilizing IT acquisitions to achieve the goals of the Enterprise and provide recommendations to the Contracting Officer for contractual enhancements and modifications that will facilitate better work performance or clarify questions concerning specification changes.

Develops management presentations and briefings. Communicates with all areas of the Enterprise that impacts the scope, budget, risk and resources of the work effort being managed.

Applies experience and expert knowledge that are applicable to his or her discipline to conduct functional activities for projects/programs that often require the development of new and innovative approaches. Identifies and resolves challenging problems or issues that often cross organizational boundaries and impact on the accomplishment of strategic objectives.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).

Qualifications

To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative Series, 0301, please refer to:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/miscellaneous-administration-and-program-series-0301/

To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13. 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:  Experience dealing with contracting methods, policies, and procedures on complex contracts. Experience evaluating and executing the optimal approach to the acquisition of goods and/or services at the best possible total cost of ownership.

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

Applicants should provide examples of the specialized experience in their work history.

Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee.

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA), in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

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.

Current federal employees must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action.

All, some, or none will be selected for an interview.

This is a temporary position not-to-exceed one (1) year. If this position remains temporary, upon completion of this assignment, the selected employee shall return to his/her original permanent position or an equivalent position in the same commuting area.

May be made permanent without further competition.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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