Summary This position resides within the Management Services Office, Procurement Services and Grants Managements Division. NextGen is a comprehensive initiative that integrates new and existing technologies, policies and procedures to reduce delays, and save fuel and lower aircraft exhaust emissions to deliver a better air travel experience. NextGen is supported by executive-level processes for ensuring commitment, accountability, and timely delivery of system improvements. Responsibilities Incumbent applies experience and comprehensive knowledge applicable to reviewing, analyzing and monitoring systems engineering contracts, and other contracts supporting NextGen and other disciplines to plan and programs. Assignments require knowledge and experience working on cross-functional teams and/or organizational lines. Typical assignments include: identifying, gathering, tracking and analyzing data to ensure compliance with policies and procedures; identifying, analyzing, and making recommendations for solutions of complex/difficult problems; and recommending improvements to systems and processes. Serves as support of the organization's goals and objectives working in a contract administration role and/or environment (e.g. Contracting Officer's Representative, COR). Incumbent is responsible for providing expertise for complex and challenging activities related to the Systems Engineering (SE2020/2025/SETIS) contracts and other contracts supporting NextGen programs. Incumbent develops and recommends new approaches to analyze and evaluate restraints and leads and/or participates on teams involved in the procurement planning and source selection phases of the contracting process. Incumbent assists technical customers in analyzing, developing and documenting technical requirements and cost estimates, for contract planning purposes. Incumbent monitors contract performance and schedules to insure contract compliance, proper and timely acceptance of invoices and to resolve program governance issues, prepare procurement request packages, and participate in post award orientation conferences. Incumbent represents the Office of NextGen as a point of contact to provide expert advice and guidance on the SE2020/2025/SETIS and/or other contracts, assist management in determining program requirements for contract support, inform management of various contractual obligations, and prepare briefings for management on project status and contract deliverables. Incumbent coordinates responses to technical questions during competitions; create spreadsheets, track contract costs by CLINs and Option Years; draft contract delivery order documents, including CLINs, Option Years, Delivery Dates, Statements of Work, award amount and AMS clauses based on type of contract; develop modification packages, ID/IQ delivery Contract Action Reports, and coordinate with contracting officers to track data requirement lists. Incumbent, with minimal supervision, the incumbent resolves complex contractual issues that require input from multiple stakeholders from both within and outside the organization. Researches, develops and presents technical, operational, and/or contractual briefings to senior management. Leads meetings between internal and external stakeholders. Serves as a team lead on various NextGen special projects. Incumbent uses broad policies and objectives which provide general guidance for addressing issues, but often require the development of new approaches. May create new solutions and policy interpretations as situations require. lncumbent's work typically is reviewed only at completion for success in achieving planned results. Has broad discretion to ensure the alignment of organizational goals and policies and the requirements of the projects and/or other work activities. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Management and Program Analysis Series, 0343, please refer to: Management and Program Analysis Series 0343 (opm.gov) To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS 13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is: Experience working an acquisition system to identify, gather, track and analyze data to ensure compliance with policies and procedures to include monitoring contract performance and schedules to ensure contract compliance, proper and timely acceptance of invoices and resolving program issues, and preparing procurement request packages. Applicants should provide examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Interview Policy: AFSCME If the selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under consideration for the position at that point in the process must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. NFFE The selecting official may decide to interview all, some or none of the candidates referred for consideration. Education Additional Information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family. Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA), in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration. There is 1 (one) vacant position available. Duty location is NJ or DC. The position in Washington, DC, is covered by AFSCME bargaining unit (0054) and the position in Atlantic City, NJ is covered by NFFE (1075) bargaining unit. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA