This position is in the Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Management and Policy (OMAP), Procurement Branch. The incumbent serves as the Chief of the Procurement Branch, senior Contracting Officer, and principal acquisition advisor for the OIG. The position is responsible for leading, managing, and overseeing the full spectrum of acquisition and procurement activities that support OIG-wide mission requirements. This position is Outside the bargaining unit.
Directs, manages, and evaluates the Office of Inspector General (OIG) procurement program and is accountable for the effective planning, execution, administration, and closeout of the OIG acquisition portfolio. Establishes acquisition priorities, allocates resources, monitors workload, resolves competing demands, and ensures procurements support OIG strategic goals, mission priorities, operational requirements, and available funding.
Leads long-range acquisition planning in coordination with senior OIG officials, program offices, budget personnel, legal counsel, contracting officers, contracting officer's representatives, and technical subject-matter experts. Ensures acquisition strategies are integrated with budget formulation, spend planning, lifecycle management, information technology governance, cybersecurity requirements, and mission risk management.
Develops, approves, or oversees complex acquisition strategies for major procurements, including multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, best-value tradeoff acquisitions, performance-based acquisitions, incentive or award-fee arrangements, interagency acquisitions, strategic sourcing vehicles, simplified and commercial item acquisitions, and other specialized procurement methods.
Ensures procurement actions comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Department acquisition regulations and policy, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) guidance, appropriations law, procurement integrity requirements, socioeconomic program requirements, competition requirements, and internal control standards.
Establishes procurement performance goals and metrics, monitors acquisition cycle times and procurement milestones, evaluates contract outcomes, identifies systemic barriers or risks, and implements corrective actions and process improvements.
Basic Requirements for GS-13 and Above: A. 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 B.
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. C. 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. 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.
Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service. If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.
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daye.lauren@oig.dol.gov · 202-693-5126
This position is with Office of Inspector General, Department of Labor.
The posted pay range is $156451 – $197200/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-12.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-22 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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