Director, Office of Procurement

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Agency Wide

Kennedy Space Center, FL

JobSummary

The Office of Procurement is in search of two ambitious, highly motivated, and experienced leaders to serve as Director of Procurement at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The incumbent will lead all procurement activities, including planning, budgeting, and execution. This announcement will be used to fill two vacancies - one at Marshall Space Flight Center and one at the Kennedy Space Center.

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AgencyMarketingStatement

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https://apply.usastaffing.gov/Application/ApplicationStatus

MajorDuties

The Director, Office of Procurement, is responsible for the following: Oversight and management of the Center Contract portfolio. Responsible for leading and managing the overall procurement activities, including planning and implementing acquisition strategies, issuing solicitations, conducting negotiations, processing awards, and administering contracts for programs/projects as well as local and enterprise-wide institutional portfolio contracting activity. Ensures procurement actions comply with appropriate statutes, regulations, policies, and practices. Develops and monitors procurement policies and procedures, ensures competition is fostered in all acquisitions, and minimizes vulnerability to fraud, waste, and abuse. Provides leadership and oversight of activities in support of planning, developing, implementing, and maintaining policies, procedures, and processes necessary to perform the acquisition functions required to support the Center's technical programs, projects, and institutions, including the acquisition of supplies and services from International Partners. Oversight and management to ensure compliance with federal laws related to contracting. Collaborates with other mission support directorates and shares best practices with the Federal Government; and resulting in a direct savings to NASA. Serves as a principal advisor to senior management officials for contracting and procurement matters while operating under policy guidance and direction of the NASA Assistant Administrator for Procurement. Oversight of the development and administration of the contract policy review function. This includes the review of contractual documents and procurement plans, compliance with procurement regulations and policy; and analysis of special programs. Appoints warranted Contracting Officers and ensures the Center Contracting Officer Representatives are compliant with training and certification requirements, properly appointed, and effectively performing their delegated contract administration functions. Directs the overall management of the Center's acquisition program. Oversees acquisition activities including program plan development, training and development of Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs), source board evaluations and selections, pricing, negotiations, contract review and award, and administration, and the award and administration of funded Space Act Agreements. This includes all institutional and program contracts, procurement policy development and implementation, price and cost analysis, contract labor relations, and program review. Provides procurement expertise and oversight to Source Evaluation Boards (SEBs) on major acquisitions, conducts industry briefings, and serves on Award Fee Determination Boards. Provides leadership for a large workforce of procurement professionals and oversees policies and initiatives to ensure the growth, training and development of all assigned employees.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement. To be eligible, you must clearly state in your resume the following: degree, major and/or minor, and college/university. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page. A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. Acquisition Certification: To be eligible for this position, your resume MUST state whether you currently or previously had a Federal Acquisition Certification-Contracting or Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvements Contracting certification. Applicants must possess or be able to fulfil the requirements for the Federal Acquisition Certification-Contracting (FAC-C) Professional or Level III, Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvements Act (DAWIA) Contracting Professional or DAWIA Contracting Level III certification, or equivalent public/private procurement certification. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, click here.

Requirements

Evaluations

All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. We will review your resume to ensure you meet the qualification requirements. If you meet the basic qualification requirements, your application will be referred to and evaluated by an executive panel. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and/or be asked to provide a list of references or additional documents to confirm eligibility. Upon selection, if the selectee does not have Qualifications Review Board (QRB) certification by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), he/she must undergo an ECQ based structured interview with OPM before being appointed to this position.

HowToApply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section and submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your resume to be included with your application package. Your uploaded resume may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the "Include Personal Information" section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. It is applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and uploaded, (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your application. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit:https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status. Faxed, emailed, and/or mailed application materials will not be accepted for this announcement. NASA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact center listed on the job vacancy announcement. The decision on granting reasonable accommodations will be on a case-by-case basis.

WhatToExpectNext

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application. If you have questions, please feel free to contact NASA Executive Staffing at Agency-Executive-Staffing@mail.nasa.gov.

RequiredDocuments

A complete application includes items described below. Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may be removed from consideration for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible). Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your application. RESUME: All applicants are required to submit a two (2) page resume showing all relevant experience. Applicants seeking initial career appointment to the SES must include evidence of the ECQs and MTQ(s) within their resume. Please see this guidance: What to include in your resume. Note: if any of the following types of information are included on your resume, your application package may be disqualified: Classified or government sensitive information. Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal information, such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents. If your resume contains any of the above information, you must redact that information prior to the submission of your application VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES: Responses are automatically submitted through USAJOBS when you apply to this vacancy. You may be asked to provide additional documentation to support your eligibility and the information provided in your application package. For example, we may request academic transcripts, SF-50s, SES Candidate Development Program certificate, etc. Therefore, we encourage you to have these documents prepared and ready when requested by the agency. If you fail to provide the required documents within the stated time period, we may withdraw a job offer and/or remove you from further consideration.

Benefits

BenefitsUrl

https://www.nasa.gov/careers/life-at-nasa/#Benefits

OtherInformation

This announcement will be used to fill two vacancies - one at Marshall Space Flight Center located in Redstone Arsenal, AL. and one at Kennedy Space Center located in Brevard County, FL. Please select the location(s) you would prefer to work during the online application questionnaire section. If you would like to be considered for both centers/locations, please select BOTH locations. You will only be considered for the location(s) that you select. Veterans' preference is not applicable to the SES.

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