Summary You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST (COR) assigned to the Director - Fleet Supply, Logistics and Ordnance, N4, Commander Naval Forces Europe and Africa, Sixth Fleet (NAVEUR-NAVAF-SIXTHFLT), United States Fleet Forces Command, Capodichino, Italy. Responsibilities You will represent the command at meetings, conferences, contract performance engagements, acquisition planning boards, and site visits (Boots-On-Ground (BOG)) with customers and contractors. You will interpret, recommend, and apply acquisition, logistics, COR, and HSP policies and procedures along with government and industry quality standards to evaluate the performance of contracted support services. You will implement the overall quality assurance strategy to assess the effectiveness of Husbanding Service Provider performed services. You will utilize historical records of logistics services procured from HSPs to enhance understanding of current and future requirements for logistics services available at ports-of-call for SIXTH Fleet afloat units. You will maintain awareness about the status of ongoing logistical actions and projects throughout the logistics community that could potentially affect port visits. You will track contract modifications and costs associated with performance to ensure there are no situations of cost overrun or underrun. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-11) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector 1) Utilizing planning, programming, budgeting and execution systems to determine resources needed; 2) Monitoring contract performance, solving problems, and recommending courses of action to change proposals, claims, and payments; 3) Analyzing the efficiency of the Contracting Officer Representative duties and internal administration to support operations; and 4) Preparing technical documentation (e.g. white papers, issue papers, subject matter briefings) for senior level review with limited assistance. Note: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for this position Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series 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 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: 1) Overtime, on-call support, and travel (30-60 days annually) may be required in the performance of duties. 2) This position requires satisfactory completion of a pre-employment as a condition of employment. Incumbent must therefore meet and maintain requirements specified on OF 178 or equivalent, Certificate of Medical Examination. 3) Incumbent must be able to perform as a Contract Officer Representative (COR) and shall complete applicable online courses within the first two months of employment: Defense Acquisition University (DAU) courses, Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) training, DoD Component provided ethics, and Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) training. Initial training for new CORs must include, at a minimum, a course covering COR roles and responsibilities as well as fundamental contract rules and regulations. For other CORs, any combination of classroom or online training required by agency policy and the agency's Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) is acceptable. Training material and certifications may be found at: http://www.fai.gov/drupal/training/training FCR-100: Contracting Officer's Representative Level I Course FCR- 201: Contracting Officer's Representative Level II Course Or CLC 222 Contracting Officers Representative (COR) Online Training CLC 106 Contracting Officer's Representative with a Mission Focus Available at: http://www.dau .mil/Training/default.aspx 4) Submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, and Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DOD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 30 August 1993. 5) This is a Mission Essential Position. A position may be designated as mission essential, consistent with the criteria described in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 3020.42, "Defense Continuity Plan Development," dated February 17, 2006, certified as current as of October 29, 2019, and any other component-unique policies or definitions. Mission essential positions are those that are needed to ensure the continued operation of mission essential functions of an activity. Mission Essential designations are not prescribed by DTM 17-004. This decision is based on the type of work and supporting activities necessary to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations essential to the mission. This may require the incumbent to be subject to recall for emergency overtime, work overtime or uncommon tours of duty based on the needs of the organization as directed. This position is not E-E, or Key. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement and Alternate Placement Programs. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. Pay retention may be granted when certain conditions are met. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. 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 an option 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 Tour of duty will be 36 MONTHS. To learn more about the living and working conditions at this military installation and additional Foreign Overseas information, go to: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Overseas/Pages/default.aspx Priority consideration will be given to military spouse preference and family member preference eligible residing in the commute area of the duty location for this position. Commute area is defined as the geographic area surrounding the duty location in which people can reasonably be expected to travel back and forth daily. Military Spouses and Family Members may apply 30 days before their anticipated arrival date. However, they will not receive preference until arrival at the foreign location. Additional documentation may be required prior to granting preference. Military spouses and family members who are appointed may not extend longer than 2 months following the transfer of the sponsor from the commuting area of the foreign duty station; 2 months beyond the separation of the appointee's sponsor; or any time beyond the time employee ceases to be a family member. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.