Duties

• Supporting pre-award and post-award contracting functions.
• Reviewing requests for procurement of complex supplies and/or services.
• Assisting with revisions of statement of work and the procurement plan.
• Assisting with reviewing sole source justifications and other required documentation.

• Reviewing and recommending pre-award and post-award contracting functions.
• Editing requests for procurement of complex supplies and/or services for higher-level review/approval.
• Suggesting necessary revisions to statement of work and the procurement plan.
• Reviewing and editing sole source justifications and other required documentation.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a US Citizen
• Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.
• May be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• This position is considered non-essential for purposes of reporting to work during federal government closures.
• This position requires require financial disclosure.
• This position is included in the bargaining unit (American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 252).

How You Will Be Evaluated

• Benefits
  
  
  FSA is a great place to work. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave, federal holidays, health and life insurance, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). As an FSA employee, you will also benefit from our family-friendly work environment. As part of our commitment to maintain a productive balance between work and home, we offer excused leave for Parent/Teacher Conferences (3 hours); excused leave for annual health screenings (4 hours); and matching leave for community volunteer service. Other flexibilities that may be available to you, may include teleworking and alternative work schedules.
  For more information about the many benefits available to Federal employees, please visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/.
  
  
• Required Documents
  
  As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
  
  A complete application package includes a resume, required documents and completion of the vacancy announcement questionnaire. Please see this guidance: What to include in your resume (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/)
  1. At a minimum, your resume must indicate: job title(s) (include job series and grade, if federal); duties description; education; starting and ending dates (month and year); and either full-time or hours worked per week. If a part- time work schedule is reflected, the hours must be annotated to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. We recommend using the USAJobs Resume Builder to ensure you do not miss any information; however, it is not required. Your resume should describe your specialized experience and support your answers to the vacancy announcement questionnaire.
  2. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) and Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) documentation: If you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area, you must include: 1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separation Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc; 2) SF-50s (Notifications of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive status, promotion potential and duty location; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be rated well-qualified or above 85 on the rating criteria for this position.
  3. College transcripts, if qualifying based on education.
  
  

  If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

  Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
  Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
  
• How to Apply
  
  
  Step 1: Create a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) at www.usajobs.gov.
  Step 2: If desired, create a resume using the USAJOBS resume builder. Ensure that your resume demonstrates your education, experience, training, and accomplishments as it relates to the qualifications for this position and substantiates your responses to the assessment questionnaire.
  Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to create an application"
  Step 3: Upload any required documents into your USAJOBS account (must be less than 3MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, or Word (DOC or DOCX)).
  Step 4: Click "Apply Online" and follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and attach any required documents. Verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBS transfer into the agency's hiring system. You will have the opportunity to upload any additional required documents in the agency's hiring system. Click “Finish” to submit your application.
  NOTE: You may update your application or required documents at any time while the announcement is open by logging into your USAJOBS account, clicking on "Application Status," clicking on the position title, clicking "Update Application,” and following the prompts.
  In order to receive consideration for this position, you must submit your complete application, including all required documents, by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the closing date of the vacancy announcement. If the vacancy announcement has an application limit, we recommend that you submit your complete application at the time of initial application. We will not accept any required documentation after the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
  
  

  Agency contact information

  FSA Recruiting

  Phone

  000-000-0000

  Fax

  000-000-0000

  Email

  FSArecruiting@ed.gov

  Address

  EDUCATION-OFC OF FEDERAL STUDENT AID
  830 1st Street NE
  Attn: Human Resources Services
  Washington, District of Columbia 20002
  United States

  Next steps

  
  

  As an applicant, you may check your application status through your USAJOBS account at any time. We will also notify you via email of your application status at three key stages in the recruitment process.
  

  • Once the vacancy announcement closes, we will inform you that your application has been received.

  • After we review your submitted resume and supporting documentation, we will inform you if you are eligible and qualified, if your application was referred to a subject matter expert or panel of subject matter experts for further evaluation, and if you were amongst the most highly qualified candidates referred to the selecting official.

  • Finally, we will inform you if and when a selection is made.


• Fair and Transparent
  
  The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
  

  • Criminal history inquiries
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Financial suitability
  • New employee probationary period
  • Privacy Act
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Selective Service
  • Signature and false statements
  • Social security number request

Required Documents

Clarification from the agency