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Acquisition Program Management Specialist

Air Force Civilian Service · Fort Washington, MD · 1 mo ago
Project Management$122k–$158k/yrFull-time
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for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Position: Acquisition Program Management Specialist (GS-1101-13) at Competitive Portfolio Office (CPO), Fort Washington, MD. - Serve as Acquisition Program Manager in CPO. - Provides authoritative programmatic, technical, and management advice to Capability Manager and senior staff on all aspects of acquisition and contracting activities. - Supports development and identification of acquisition strategies and manages and executes existing contracts to ensure CPO and Air Force requirements satisfied. - Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) position. - This position can close at any time. - Salary Range: $121,785 - $158,322 Annually based on experience. - AFCS Benefits: Paid Time Off: 11 Federal Holidays each year; 13 sick leave days earned per year (accumulative); Paid Vacation Time 13-26 days per year based on length of employment; Health Insurance No waiting period to qualify for you and your family; Retirement Immediate coverage by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Basic Benefits Plan Social Security Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), similar to a 401(k) (Automatically receive 1% agency contributions and up to 5% matching). - Requirements: U.S. Citizenship; Position designated special-sensitive; must obtain and retain TOP SECRET (TS) security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI); must sign NDA; Drug Testing: designated Testing Designated Position (TOP) under Air Force Civilian Testing Program; must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing; Mobility condition: must sign Air Force-wide mobility agreement; may be required to travel in military/commercial aircraft for temporary duty assignments; Position designated acquisition position covered by Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP); must meet or be capable of meeting Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to duties; Must demonstrate sound security practices for safeguarding classified information; Expected to meet Continuing Acquisition Education requirements. - Recruitment Knowledges, Skills, And Abilities (ksa): Mastery knowledge of contracting practices of business and industry, and qualitative evaluation techniques sufficient to evaluate contractor compliance with cost schedule criteria programs to evaluate compliance with Defense and Air Force contract rules and program requirements and accomplishments. Mastery knowledge of contracting policies and procedures to develop contract requirements and to serve as a representative in contractual activities. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense, Air Force, and other entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence the systems acquisition process and integrated life cycle management. Skill to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff in critical aspects of development and production, support of systems, subsystems, or equipment and to coordinate various aspects of systems acquisition such as engineering, contracting, financial management, configuration, test, manufacturing, and integrated logistics support. Ability to plan, organize, and manage critical aspects of research, development, production, and support of subsystems or equipment, and integrate, analyze, and manage a variety of acquisition functions, and personnel in support of the process. DAWIA Level II Certification as a Program Manager. - Evaluation: based on qualifications. - Application package: resume, supporting documents; two-page resume limit; mention of apply button etc (application instructions to be removed). Also mention of subscription for updates, etc (boilerplate to remove). Also mention of commitment to improving efficiency, passionate about ideals, upholding rule of law, Constitution (maybe keep as part of "About the role"? Might be considered fluff but it's substantive? It's more like a statement; could be considered part of "About the role" or maybe "Qualifications"? Probably we can include it under "About the role" as part of description. But we need to preserve all substantive information; not summarizing away detail. So we should include that sentence. - Also mention: U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal work age. AFCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. (EEO boilerplate to remove? The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. So we should remove that line.) - Also mention: "As of 27 September 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length." That's application instruction; remove. - Also mention: "Click the apply button to complete an application and upload your two-page resume..." remove. - Also mention: "To receive additional information about current and future job openings with AFCS via email notification, please subscribe at www.Afciviliancareers.com and sign up to “Get Career Updates.”" remove. - Also mention: "Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution." This is substantive? It's more like a values statement; maybe keep under "About the role" or "Qualifications"? It's not a requirement but a desired attribute. Could be considered part of "About the role". We'll keep it. Now we need to decide sections. We have: - About the role: description of position, duties, location, DHA, etc. - Responsibilities: maybe list of duties: providing advice, supporting development, managing contracts, etc. - Requirements: citizenship, clearance, NDA, drug testing, mobility, travel, APDP, DAWIA, security practices, continuing education. - Qualifications: maybe include DAWIA Level II Certification as Program Manager, mastery knowledge etc. But the posting lumps knowledge, skills, abilities under "Recruitment Knowledges, Skills, And Abilities (ksa)". That could be Skills section. - Skills: list of mastery knowledge, skill to plan..., ability to plan..., DAWIA Level II Certification. - Benefits: list of PTO, sick leave, vacation, health insurance, retirement, TSP. - Pay: salary range. - Schedule: not mentioned; maybe no schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section. We must not create sections with filler. So we will include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications? Actually Qualifications may overlap with Skills. The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We can choose which to include based on content. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay. Qualifications maybe not needed if we put certification under Skills. But we could also have Qualifications for things like citizenship, clearance, etc. However those are more requirements. So we can put those under Requirements. Then Skills for knowledge, skills, abilities. Qualifications maybe not needed. But we could still include Qualifications for DAWIA Level II Certification? But that's also skill. I'd rather not create a thin Qualifications section. So we will include: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay. Check each for substantive content. About the role: include position title, location, DHA, that it's Acquisition Program Manager in CPO, provides advice, supports development, manages contracts, etc. Also mention that position can close at any time? That's more about application; maybe not needed. Could include as note but it's not role description. Might be considered metadata; we can drop. Also mention "Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) position." That's role info. Also mention location Fort Washington, MD. Also mention that it's a GS-1101-13. Also mention that it's Acquisition Program Management Specialist. Also mention that you will serve as Acquisition Program Manager. Also mention that you provide authoritative programmatic, technical, and management advice to Capability Manager and senior staff on all aspects of acquisition and contracting activities. Also mention that you support development and identification of acquisition strategies and manage and execute existing contracts to ensure CPO and Air Force requirements satisfied. Also mention values statement about commitment to improving efficiency, passionate about ideals, upholding rule of law and Constitution. That could be part of About the role. Responsibilities: Could be a list of duties: providing advice, supporting development, managing contracts, etc. But we already covered many in About the role. To avoid duplication, we could separate: About the role includes general description; Responsibilities includes bullet list of specific duties. Let's extract duties: - Provides authoritative programmatic, technical, and management advice to the Capability Manager and senior staff members on all aspects of acquisition and contracting activities. - Supports the development and identification of acquisition strategies. - Manages and executes existing contracts to ensure CPO and Air Force requirements are satisfied. - (Maybe also) Serve as Acquisition Program Manager in CPO (but that's role). - (Maybe also) Ensure compliance with DAWIA requirements? That's more requirement. We'll list those three as bullet list. Requirements: list: - U.S. Citizenship. - Position designated special-sensitive; must obtain and retain TOP SECRET (TS) security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). - Must sign a non-disclosure agreement. - Drug Testing: designated Testing Designated Position (TOP) under Air Force Civilian Testing Program; must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing. - Mobility is a condition of employment; must sign an Air Force-wide mobility agreement. - May be required to travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments. - Position designated acquisition position covered by Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP); must meet, or be capable of meeting, Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to duties. - Must demonstrate sound security practices for ensuring the safeguarding of classified information. - Expected to meet Continuing Acquisition Education requirements. - Must be of legal work age (maybe include but it's minor; could keep). - (Maybe also) Must be able to obtain and retain TS/SCI clearance (already). - Also mention that this is a Direct Hiring Authority position? That's not a requirement but a hiring authority; we already used in About the role. We'll keep these as bullet list. Skills: list: - Mastery knowledge of contracting practices of business and industry, and qualitative evaluation techniques sufficient to evaluate contractor compliance with cost schedule criteria programs to evaluate compliance with Defense and Air Force contract rules and program requirements and accomplishments. - Mastery knowledge of contracting policies and procedures to develop contract requirements and to serve as a representative in contractual activities. - Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the Department of Defense, Air Force, and other entities that govern, interface with, and/or influence the systems acquisition process and integrated life cycle management. - Skill to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff in critical aspects of development and production, support of systems, subsystems, or equipment and to coordinate various aspects of systems acquisition such as engineering, contracting, financial management, configuration, test, manufacturing, and integrated logistics support. - Ability to plan, organize, and manage critical aspects of research, development, production, and support of subsystems or equipment, and integrate, analyze, and manage a variety of acquisition functions, and personnel in support of the process. - DAWIA Level II Certification as a Program Manager. We could also include "Mastery knowledge of contracting practices..." etc. Keep as bullet list. Benefits: list: - Paid Time Off: 11 Federal Holidays each year. - 13 sick leave days earned per year (accumulative). - Paid Vacation Time 13-26 days per year based on length of employment. - Health Insurance: No waiting period to qualify for you and your family. - Retirement: Immediate coverage by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Basic Benefits Plan Social Security Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), similar to a 401(k) (Automatically receive 1% agency contributions and up to 5% matching). We could split into

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