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Summary About the Position: Serves as the Project Manager's (PM's) Senior Business Management Specialist, with the responsibility for managing, directing, developing, controlling, and evaluating the procurement and business activities, monitoring, and evaluating the contractual activities, and performing acquisition and business research analysis for the Office of the Project Manager. Represents the PM as authority at meetings, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and conferences. Responsibilities Manages the Complete Procurement Program for Armament Weapons Systems. Responsible for managing, directing, developing, and evaluating the procurement and business activities, and evaluating the contractual activities. Establishes and chairs IPPTs through the development of the Acquisition Strategy Report (ASR, Acquisition Plan, contract awards and complete life cycle of programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience is defined as having one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level or equivalent pay band level in the Federal Service performing the following duties; 1.Developing Broad Procurement Plans for Armament Weapons Systems; 2.Developing overall procurement strategies such as; methods of procurement, source competence and/ or source selections; AND 3.Establishes Integrated Product/Process Teams (IPPTs) through the development of the Acquisition Strategy Report (ASR, Acquisition Plan, contract awards and complete life cycle of the PM's programs). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Contract Management Contracting/Procurement Customer Service Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-?12). Education Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirements using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Career Program (CP) 14- Contracting and Acquisition position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.