SERVICE CONTRACT MONITOR

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes thorough technical knowledge of a wide range of operating concepts, principles, practices, methods, and regulations involving significant government and contractor program obligations. General knowledge of business and industry practices sufficient to evaluate, monitor, and maintain administrative and management control over contractor performance, and skill in applying direction and leadership as the post-award representative. OR EDUCATION: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: I have a combination of specialized experience and education as described above. Therefore, I have a combination of experience and education to meet the qualifications of the position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application. FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-08 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Knowledge of Quality Assurance Evaluation (QAE)/service contract principles, methods,techniques, practices, rules, regulations, reporting and documentation requirements. Knowledgeof principles and practices of team building; ability to establish performance goals and assessprogress toward their achievement. 2. Knowledge of health, safety, environmental and security requirements, practices andprocedures as outlined in applicable standards, regulations and/or technical orders. Ability toanalyze, interpret and apply rules, regulations and procedures in a variety of situations andrecommends timely and economical solutions. 3. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Ability to prepare clear andconcise reports, correspondence and technical documents through use of various computersoftware programs, tools and techniques. 4. Ability to collect information through inspections, surveys, interviews, random sampling,market research and written records. Ability to evaluate information using statistically basedinformation management methods and formulate recommendations to upper management basedon results. Ability to effectively plan QAE/contract monitoring activities and schedules, monitorsuspenses and maintain files. 5. Ability to plan and organize work; ability to coordinate with other engineering disciplines andto plan, conduct and record site/facility surveys and inspections. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The primary purpose of this position is: Serve as a Service Contract Monitor under the ServiceContracts Section in the Operations Engineering Flight of the 502d Civil Engineer Squadron,502d Civil Engineer Group. This involves monitoring contracts from inception to conclusion;initiating corrective action on contract performance; and recommending contractor penalties,contract modifications or termination.