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    Contract Specialist - Washington, United States - Department Of Homeland Security

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    Summary



    In this position you will work as a member of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Acquisition Operations Division. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience writing contracts, evaluating cost estimates and price proposals, negotiating contract modifications, and monitoring and administering contract performance for information technology services.



    Duties


    What will I do in this position if hired?

    In this position will serve as a Contracting Specialist/Officer . Typical assignments include:

    • Develops and/or presents training on procurement related topics.
    • Serves as a Contracting Officer authorized to solicit contractual proposals, negotiate, enter into, execute, administer and terminate public contracts for the Service.
    • Performs contract administration function, such as verifying evidence of contractor's progress, negotiating modifications, issuing termination notices, reviewing contract claims, and conducting contract closeouts.

    What else do I need to know?

    At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

    FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit


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