Supervisory Contract Specialist (Senior Deputy Assistant Director)

As the Senior Deputy Assistant Director for the Administration Division the incumbent directs the management of the variousbranches within the division. This includes programs and activities associated with procurement site selection environmentalcompliance new construction and expansion efforts and operations including its budget and financialprograms. The primary role of the incumbent is to serve as the Procurement Executive for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) with fulltechnical responsibility for directing the development implementation and operation of programs policies and procedurespertaining to the BOP acquisition and procurement program. The BOP acquisition and procurement program includes support tothe Central Office Correctional Institutions Regional Offices and Residential Reentry Management Offices. Additionally theincumbent directs the development dissemination and implementation of procurement policies and procedures which providefield locations the necessary guidance to comply with applicable laws and government regulations; provide oversight over all BOPprocurements. As the Procurement Executive the incumbent is the Bureaus procurement expert and is responsible forinterpreting the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); Department of Justice and BOP acquisitions policies statutes and represent the BOP as the principal on all procurement matters and in meetings with high-ranking officials. The incumbentmanages the planning development and establishment of short and long-term strategies and approaches for contracting plans andoverall acquisition and life cycle programs.

As a principal member of the Assistant Directors staff the incumbent is involved in all major policy decisions in the assignedfunctional areas which requires the incumbent to keep informed and current on goals and objectives of the Attorney General Directorof the BOP Assistant Director for Administration and the status of accomplishments toward those goalsand objectives. The Senior Deputy Assistant Director oversees multi-million dollar budgets throughout the BOP which includes:analyzing needs developing advanced budget projections allocating resources monitoring and tracking expenditures andreconciling budget outlays and allocations. He/she frequently coordinates with other divisional staff and the BOP Directors Officeto identify and monitor key indicators for functional areas as well as develop review and monitor agency and division specificstrategic plans.

This position requires a high level of managerial and administrative expertise to include awareness of the social and political forcesthat impact BOP programs the ability to represent the agency at the highest levels of government and the ability to delegateauthority. The Procurement Executive must maintain a Level III FAC-C (Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting) as outlinedby the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). Additionally the incumbent may have frequent contacts with other divisionstaff and management regional managers institution staff correctional staff and officials from other correctional and lawenforcement agencies and/or other public officials and agencies including Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Management andBudget (OMB) and Congress.

Conditions of employment

• You will need to successfully complete a background security investigation before you can be appointed into this position.
• After appointment you will be subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
• You will be required to travel occasionally for training and operational purposes.
• Applicants for this position must pass a pre-employment medical examination.
• You must be a United States citizen.
• You must submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result before you can be appointed into this position.
• Federal Acquisition Certification-Contracting (FAC-C) or DAWIA Level 3

Qualifications

The application process used to recruit for this position is RESUME-ONLY. To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position you must show that you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ) related to this position within your resume-NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES. Resumes over the 2-page limit will not be considered. Your resume should include examples of experience education and accomplishments applicable to the qualification(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications you may not receive consideration for the position. A panel may assess whether you possess the required ECQs and MTQs through resume review assessment and/or interview.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the mandatory technical qualification listed below.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

MTQ 1 - Demonstrated experience in directing and leading procurement operations and providing strategic enterprise leadership; including assessing the health of the organization evaluating and measuring performance formulating objectives and priorities enhancing organizational effectiveness and efficiency and implementing plans to meet the acquisition requirements of an addition demonstrated experience in developing and refining a wide variety of acquisition strategies for a complex procurement portfolio in collaboration with the highest levels of acquisition leadership across a large functionally diverse enterprise to include leading and managing complex multi-billion acquisitions; establishing evaluating and measuring performance program control and compliance of the acquisitions.

MTQ 2 - Demonstrated experience working with senior Executive Branch officials; members of Congress; or other national-level groups to develop and implement procurement policies.

MTQ 3 - Experience leading and managing a procurement staff or large organization.