DON Recent Graduate Program (Contract Specialist) at Silverdale

JOB SUMMARY:

The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite!

The Department of the Navy (DON) is more than ships, aircraft, and sailors; it is over 181,000 civilian employees at Navy and Marine Corps commands, bases, stations and facilities throughout the U.S. and around the world. It requires a highly trained, educated and skilled workforce to support todays sophisticated Navy and Marine Corps ships, aircraft, weapon systems and computer systems. Over 41,000 acquisition professionals perform "cradle to grave" management of highly technical systems, equipment, facilities, supplies and services. Individuals will be placed in the Naval Acquisition Development Program (NADP).  The NADP is a structured management-training program including formal education, diverse rotational assignments, extensive on-the-job training, and graduate tuition assistance that is tailored to various acquisition career fields for up to three years. These positions are located throughout the U.S.; however a majority are located within the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area, CA, WA, MD, VA, PA, NJ, RI and FL.

This is a reannouncement of SE31102-12-927575M3648401-P. Applicants must reapply.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Suitable for Federal employment as determined by background investigation.
• Meet Recent Graduate Requirements (see Qualifications below).

DUTIES:Back to top

Interpreting and applying laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedures to specific issues.

Searching for and extracting information from files, documents, reports, publications, recordings, or other materials.

Making technical presentations to an audience for the purpose of disseminating information/research findings.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

RECENT GRADUATE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY: Recent graduates who have completed, within the previous two years, a qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution. Veterans unable to apply within two years of receiving their degree, due to military service obligation, have as much as six years after degree completion to apply.  Graduates that have completed education requirements for a qualifying program on or after December 27, 2010 and are no longer within the two year time frame.  (This option is only valid until July 9, 2014.) As part of the application process, you must complete and submit an occupational questionnaire.   To preview this questionnaire and determine if your experience matches the skills required for this position, click the following link: View Assessment Questions.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT:

• Orientation program.
• Mentorship throughout the Program.
• Individual Development Plan to assist with career planning, professional development, and training activities.
•  At least 40 hours of formal, interactive training each year of the Program.
• Positions may offer opportunity for career advancement.

AFTER PROGRAM COMPLETION: Recent Graduates may be converted to a permanent position (or, in some limited circumstances a term appointment lasting 1-4 years).

To be eligible for conversion, Recent Graduates must have:

• Successfully completed at least 1-year of continuous service in addition to all requirements of the Program.
• Demonstrated successful job performance.
• Met the qualifications for the position to which the Recent Graduate will be converted.

BASIC REQUIREMENT: Successful completion (by June 30, 2013) of a bachelors degree or higher from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: accounting, business finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.

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Being a current DoD employee who occupied a GS-1102 position on or before 30 Sep 2000 OR being a current DoD employee who occupied a contracting position with the authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold on or before 30 Sep 2000.

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Being a current military member who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS-1102 on or before 30 Sep 2000 with the authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold.   (You must be a current member of the armed forces on the date you apply to this announcement for this provision to apply.)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: For the GS-07

Education: A degree that meets the requirements through one of the following methods, no more than 10% of academic credit can be based on pass/fail or similar non-traditional grading systems.

• 2.95 GPA overall or higher in last 2 years (= or less than 10% Pass/Fail)

3.45 GPA or higher in major or last 2 years in major (= or less than 10% Pass/Fail)

Upper 1/3 ranking in graduating class (you must submit proof with your application

National Scholastic Honor Society. Membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision. (You must submit proof with your application)

OR One year of graduate education (18 semester hours) in a related field (completed by June 30, 2013). OR

Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the federal service performing duties such as: Monitoring contractor requirements; and Completing required contractor paperwork. OR

Combination of Education and Experience: Applicants that possess a percentage of the required professional experience and a percentage of the required graduate level of education such that, when the percentages of the required graduate education and specialized experience are added together, they equal 100%. (Only graduate education and only professional experience equivalent to the GS-5 or higher is creditable.)

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. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.navymedical.jobs/dod_standards.html .

NOTE: ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT A COMPLETE COPY OF THEIR TRANSCRIPTS. DEGREE AUDITS ARE NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR OFFICIAL/UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS. You may submit your transcripts or a list of courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned, through the "Application Manager" system or by fax. This is the only method in which transcripts can be submitted. Failure to provide this information may result in an ineligible rating. (Faxing instructions may be found under the "How to Apply" section.)

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying. For further information, please visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

• Selectee is required to participate in the Department of Defense direct deposit of pay program. 
• A secret security clearance is a requirement of this position. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a position offer or removal. If you possess a security clearance, please indicate the level and termination date in your resume.
• Selectee may be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• A 40 hour work week is typical for this position.
• This position has promotion potential to the 12 grade. If selected below the full performance level, incumbent may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management.  Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) and requires additional education, training and experience. Applicants should meet the DAWIA certification requirements for the applicable career field and be certified at Level 1 within 12 months of appointment and Level 2 within 24-36 months of appointment.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be rated on the extent and quality of your experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position based on the information provided in your resume, responses to the Occupational Questionnaire, and your supporting documentation, to determine your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities/competencies of the position.  NOTE: If it is determined that you have rated yourself higher than is supported in your description of experience and/or education as described in your resume/application package, or that your resume or application package is incomplete, you may be rated ineligible, not qualified, or your score may be lowered.

Country: USA, State: Washington, City: Silverdale, Company: Naval Education and Training Command.