Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Chief Component Procurement Officer-Acquisition Operations Division
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Summary
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of Federal Acquisitions Regulations, acquisition phases, techniques or requirements for procurement, contract types, and modifications. In addition, experience in contract administration, electronic filing, compiling, entering data, and maintaining records.
Clarification from the agency
The Reservist Program is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act.
Duties
What will I do in this position if hired?
As a Procurement Technician (Acquisitions Procurement Specialist)- Reservist in FEMA's Reservist Program, you will provide administrative and clerical support for Contract Specialists and Contracting Officers.
Typical assignments include:
- Utilizing automated systems to perform support functions during all phases of procurement activities.
- Maintaining electronic contract files while ensuring that proper filing procedures and standards are followed, and all criteria are met.
- Creating and maintaining procurement logs to include compiling and entering data, maintaining information, and creating and distributing reports.
- Initiating processes and preparing documents for task orders, modifications, and closeouts.
Conditions of Employment:
- You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
- You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- Travel will be required.
- You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
- Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
This position is temporary and intermittent, and you may be deployed to work during disaster declarations.
- You will be paid only during times of deployment or when attending critical trainings.
- You will be paid sick leave and earn one hour of sick leave for every 20 hours in a pay status, up to four hours each pay period.
- You will be eligible to enroll in Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) within 60 days of check-in to support a disaster. Enrollment in FEHB is terminated after 365 cumulative days in non-pay status.
- You will be eligible for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP), when you are deployed to support a disaster and expected to work 130 hours or more per month for at least 90 consecutive days.
Qualifications
To qualify for the Procurement Technician (Acquisitions Procurement Specialist)- Reservist position, you must demonstrate work experience in each of the following areas:
- Assisting in the implementation of acquisition/contracting procedures; and
- Utilizing automated procurement or financial management systems to input contract data, verify information, and generate reports; and
- Performing administrative actions to include filing, creating, and distributing electronic documents.
OR
4 years above high school.
In addition:
- Minimum age of eighteen years of age is required.
- All candidates must be a high school graduate or possess a GED.
Documenting your experience:
- Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, you must provide your job title (including series and grade if a federal position), start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), and the number of hours worked per week if part time.
- Current or former FEMA Reservists/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE): To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of each deployment, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.
- Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified". Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.
- 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
- For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards
Come join us in a rewarding career where you can help make our nation safer, stronger, and more prepared! Visit www.careers.fema.gov for more information.