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SUPERVISORY CONTRACT SPECIALIST

Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV)

Quantico, VAFull-time$144–187K/yrPosted today

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At a glance

Compensation
$144–187K/yr
Location
Quantico, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Supervisory Contract Specialist serves in the Office of the Deputy Director Operational Support of NCIS, performing acquisition and contract management for complex service and supply procurements. The role oversees acquisition planning, exercises contracting officer and warrant authority, and supervises acquisition staff and workloads. Applicants must meet federal contracting experience and education requirements, including specialized experience at the GS-13 level or equivalent.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Contracting FunctionsInformation Technology ProcurementWork AssignmentContracting PrinciplesContracting PolicyRegulatory ComplianceAccountabilityCustomer ServiceHuman Resources ManagementOral CommunicationPartneringProblem Solving

Qualifications

1+ Year Specialized Experience4+ Years Contracting ExperienceBachelor's Degree With 24 Semester HoursMandatory Contracting Training

Full job description

Summary

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY CONTRACT SPECIALIST in the of Office of the Deputy Director Operational Support of NCIS. All Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) positions are in the excepted service. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status. This job opportunity announcement has a first cut-off 50 applicants. Once the first 50 applicants received the announcement will automatically close.

Duties

  • You will perform acquisition and contract management of complex and unique service and supply type procurements.
  • You will maintain balanced workloads by shifting work assignments, subordinate workers, or other resources to achieve the most effective work operations.
  • You will prepare pre and post-negotiation memorandums to support proposed positions for resolution and disposition of audit recommendation.
  • You will coordinate with various offices (e.g., requirements office, accounting and legal offices, contracting offices, staffs of other agencies) to obtain supporting documentation to resolve conflicts.
  • You will exercise Contracting Officer authority for the solicitation, pricing, negotiation, and award of procurement instruments within warrant authority.
  • You will exercise warrant authority (e.g., Source Selection Authority up to the Simplified Acquisition Threshold) for a Navy/Marine Corps, DoD, or other federal activity.
  • You will oversee all NCIS acquisition planning activities serving as the facilitator between requirements package development Team and the processing Agency in possession of the proper level of warranted acquisition authority.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector: Experience performing contracting functions (i.e. solicitations, negotiations, awards, modifications, etc.) for procurements involving Information Technology (IT) equipment, services and supplies;Experience assigning and reviewing work for acquisition staff to ensure efficient operations and accomplish organizational goals; AND Experience applying contracting principles and policy to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp. Additional qualification information can be found from the following DON DCIPS policy website: https://flankspeed.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/NIA/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FNIA%2FShared%20Documents%2FNIA%20N1%20CHCO%20Library%2FDCIPS%20Policy%2FDON%20DCIPS%20CH%205%20Employment%20and%20Placement%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FNIA%2FShared%20Documents%2FNIA%20N1%20CHCO%20Library%2FDCIPS%20Policy Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Basic Requirements for GS-13 and Above: Completion of all mandatory training prescribed by the head of the agency for progression to GS-13 or higher level contracting positions, including at least 4-years experience in contracting or related positions. At least 1 year of that experience must have been specialized experience at or equivalent to work at the next lower level of the position, and must have provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the work of the position. and A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, 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. Exceptions: Employees in GS-1102 positions will be considered to have met the standard for positions they occupy on January 1, 2000. This also applies to positions at the same grade in the same agency or other agencies if the specialized experience requirements are met. However, they will have to meet the basic requirements and specialized experience requirements in order to qualify for promotion to a higher grade, unless granted a waiver under Paragraph D. Waiver: When filling a specific vacant position, the senior procurement executive of the selecting agency, at his or her discretion, may waive any or all of the requirements of Paragraphs A and B above if the senior procurement executive certifies that the applicant possesses significant potential for advancement to levels of greater responsibility and authority, based on demonstrated analytical and decision making capabilities, job performance, and qualifying experience. With respect to each waiver granted under this Paragraph D, the senior procurement executive must document for the record the basis of the waiver. If an individual is placed in a position in an agency on the basis of a waiver, the agency may later reassign that individual to another position at the same grade within that agency without additional waiver action. How You Will Be Evaluated

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies ACCOUNTABILTY CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES ORAL COMMUNICATION PARTNERING PROBLEM SOLVING This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: USA Hire, Structured Interview, If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP does not apply to Excepted Service positions.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,240 open Procurement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–187K/yr
  • Virginia median$87–139K/yr157 salary ranges
  • US median$96–148K/yr2,970 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $166K, is 44% above the Virginia median midpoint ($115K) — in the top quarter of Procurement salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 249 open Procurement jobs in Virginia and 5,240 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Procurement postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,077 postings).
Education
2,397 of the 5,240 open Procurement jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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