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U.S. Mint is Hiring a Contract Specialist Near Washington, DC

Qualifications:

You must meet the following requirements within 14 days of the closing date of this announcement.

For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

- Performing contracting activities in support of a procurement program.

OR

3 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

OR

You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. (Attach a copy of your transcripts to ensure you receive proper credit).

To qualify on the basis of graduate education, graduate education in one or a combination of the following fields is required: accounting, business, finance law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.

In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable:
For the GS-11 you must have been at the GS-09level for 52 weeks.

Responsibilities:

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Performs authoritatively in applying contracting systems, practices, regulations, and operations to major, complex procurement activities
• Conducts procurement activity for major and complex systems (e.g., nationwide manufacturing and IT systems) where little or no contractual precedent exists to serve as guidance
• Initiates and conducts appropriate coordination between HQ and field site Acquisition personnel to implement United States Mint wide strategic sourced procurements actions
• Manages all contractual aspects of a major program involving coordination of numerous contracts, long-range procurement planning based on a thorough knowledge of the program objectives and interrelationships with other programs, and skill in interpreting policies to solve unprecedented problems

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