Supervisory Contract Specialist (Branch Chief)

Supervisory Contract Specialist (Branch Chief)

Department: Department of the Air Force

Location(s): Kelly AFB, Texas

Salary Range: $45 - $55 Per Hour

Job Summary: This position will be assigned to the Air Force Service Center at Port San Antonio, TX. This is a regular full-time category position with guaranteed 40 hrs. per week. Employees appointed to a regular category position are eligible for benefits.

Major Duties:

• Serves as Supervisory Contract Specialist, Branch Chief, with an Unlimited Contracting Officer's Warrant for the Air Force Nonappropriated Fund Purchasing Office (AFNAFPO). Responsible for leading, planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating the activities of subordinates ensuring the organization's goals and objectives are achieved. Responsible for the development of contracting and sourcing strategies; the solicitation, evaluation, negotiation, and award of contracts. Oversees and performs analysis and evaluation of cost or price proposals and the administration of contracts ensuring compliance. Develops and provides business solutions to day-to-day contractual challenges. Communicates with industry and all levels of command in the form of briefings, written correspondences, and personal contact. Manages the resolution of conflicts impacting requirements, schedules, funding, critical issues related to policy application presents the rationale or position on specific problems. Serves as a business advisor to contracting officials, program officials, commanders, and other senior personnel on a wide range of contractual issues. Provides advice on legislation and policy and recommends and/or leads change in the procurement process. Performs oversight of and/or audit of contract files, compiles lessons learned, ensures consistent policy application, and provides continuous improvement or critical processes. Exercises superior judgment in pre-solicitation, solicitation, award, and post award contract actions. Participates in meetings with key customers (Program Management Reviews), suppliers, and coordinating officials to assess customer satisfactions, explain contracting policy and procedures, and resolve problems that arise and to formulate, implement, monitor and improve contracting strategies. Leads contract specialists who acquire and provide contract management administration for complex multi-year contracts for equipment, supplies, and services. Provides technical advice, coaching and guidance to contract specialists to promote development of skills and abilities. Identifies requirements and initiates requests for additional resources to ensure success in meeting goals and objectives. Provides authoritative advice and guidance, develops performance objectives, effectively manages employee concerns, and supports the Agency's EEO, security, Health and safety programs. Performs all other duties as assigned. If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12829122

Qualifications: Who May Apply: Open to everyone. Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 12/15/2025 Business Based Action, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 the position allows for qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Qualifying Experience: Leadership experience as a warranted contracting officer achieving program results for organizations ensuring mission and objectives are met or progressively responsible experience which demonstrates performance at the Branch Chief level. Experience with Commercial and Federal contracting, and of laws, regulations and policies. Experience with commercial/industrial practices, competitive sourcing, performance-based procedures, and market conditions applicable to requirements. Experience with cost/price analysis techniques and/or post award procurement actions. Experience with various types of contracts, methods of contracting and source selection factors to plan appropriate strategies to contract complex requirements and conduct pre-award and post-award negotiations. Experience leading, planning, organizing, directing, mentoring, and managing staff and work operations. Experience challenging, managing, controlling, and evaluating contract methods, practices, and processes. Experience with agency Employee Equal Opportunity, Security, Health, and Safety programs. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Experience fostering collaboration and building a climate of trust within an organization. Bachelors Degree with 24 semester hours in Business Management. Experience with Non-Appropriated Funds contracting. Have a CPCM, DAWIA II/III in contracting, or other applicable professional certification and experience in the contracting field. Experience with effectively resolving disciplinary actions & coordinating with Human Resources. Been a Lead Contract Specialist for a complex Request for Proposal. Held an unlimited Contracting Officer's warrant. Have any Federal contracting experience as a Senior Or Lead Contract Specialist. Experience conducting briefings and/or presentations to senior-level management. **NOTE: Those qualified applicants who meet both the minimum qualification requirement(s) and highly preferred criteria(s) will be considered best qualified for this position and will be referred to the selecting official(s) first for consideration. All other applicants will be referred as needed and requested by the selecting official(s). **Reminder to Applicants: Your experience has to be clearly identified in your resume in order to receive consideration. If your resume does not provide enough information regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualification determination, your application package may be rendered disqualified and you will no longer be considered for this position. (Format example: Employer name, position title, beginning and ending dates of employment, with summary of duties, etc.)

How to Apply: To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/15/2025 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 and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents 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. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJobs account and designate the document type when submitting your application. Failure to complete this portion will result in an incomplete application package and you will not be further considered for this vacancy. It is your responsibility to ensure your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the status of your application, log into your USAJobs account. Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applications, your application status and the date it was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status

Application Deadline: 2025-12-15