RESEARCH PROGRAM SPECIALIST

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. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Performing administrative services managing and executing research projects, (e.g., infectious diseases), to include preparation and processing of protocols, proposals, and science/finance reports; Utilizing rules, regulations, procedures and practices related to budget, finance, contracting and procurement to ensure proper execution of research program milestones; Administering contracting, procurement, acquisition principles, concepts & techniques to carryout/perform contract and agreement preparation to develop, facilitate and manage funding/agreements documents, and processing of invoices for further contracting actions; AND Managing all aspects of the executive division of the organization, (e.g., Directorate), credit card program, (e.g., U.S. Government Purchase Credit Card Program), to include preparation, submission, receiving, tracking, inventory, invoice/statement reconciliation, and resolving discrepancies of all orders requested by the executive division of the organization, (e.g., Directorate). 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/0300/miscellaneous-administration-and-program-series-0301/
You will serve as a RESEARCH PROGRAM SPECIALIST in the Biological Defense Research Directorate (BDRD) of NAVMEDRSCHCMD DET FREDERICK. ***This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants. Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, HOW TO APPLY, and WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT sections below for instructions. ***