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This position is located in the Department of Health And Human Services, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Office of Biomedical Advnced Research and Development Authority, located in Washington, District of Columbia. **This announcement will be remain open for 10 business days OR until the first 200 applications have been received, whichever happens first.**
Major Duties
- Serves as the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR)/Project Officer (PO), advisor, and point of contact reporting to the Division Director and the Chief within their branch on all critical aspects of CBRN, Influenza (IN) and/or Emerging Infectious
Diseases (EID) projects. - Serves as a COTR/PO and is responsible primarily for program support, program management, administration, and evaluation of advanced development and acquisition of particular medical countermeasures as assigned by senior leadership of BARDA.
- Develops and utilizes necessary consultation and advice to help ensure effective project execution.
- Analyzes the expected impact of scientific and technical developments and contemplated budget revisions, program adjustments, economic trends, or directives from senior leadership upon the assigned project and provides information to DHHS senior leadership.
- Manages the complex acquisition process coordinating through all functional areas.
- Performs a full range of contract administration on all contracts to include post-award orientation conferences, contractor performance monitoring, negotiation and issuance of supplemental agreements.
- Attends scientific and medical meetings to provide advice and obtain information onCBRN, IN, and/or EID medical countermeasure research and development in order to set program capabilities and limitation.
Qualifications
Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic AND Specialized Experience requirements as noted below. Basic Requirement: You must meet one of the items listed below:
A. Possess a Bachelor's or higher degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. (You must submit transcripts.)
B. Possess a combination of education and experience. This includes courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. (You must submit transcripts.) Specialized Experience:
GS-14: You must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 level in the Federal service that including the following: Developing medical countermeasures backed by industrial and/or academic research; Monitoring work/contractor performance; and Communicating with internal and external stakeholders. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
Pay Range
$121,316.00 - $157,709.00