Procurement Analyst

Summary In this role, you will help Department of Veterans Affairs by executing the Agency's procurement mission while providing policy, oversight, and optimization of procurement resources. This position performs department-wide procurement risk management to produce VA-wide procurement oversight, affecting all mission-critical procurement programs for contracting officers, auditors, congressional staff, program managers. You will work in the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction (OALC). Learn more about this agency This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarification from the agency ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.205) for this occupation. Duties This position is in OALC's Office of Procurement Compliance (OPC), which falls under the purview of VA's Senior Procurement Executive (SPE). OPC provides departmentwide procurement oversight, supports all VA procurement activities, and actively participates in and represents VA in various department level and government wide forums, such as Office of Management and Budget (OMB), U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Office of Inspector General (OIG) other federal agencies, Congress, and industry. Duties include, but are not limited to: Advises senior leadership of acquisition issues that affect the Department's acquisition information systems functionality. Foster productive and cooperative working relationships with all stakeholders by showing understanding, courtesy, tact, respect and politeness to others. Willingly accepts and acts on constructive criticism. Researches, reviews, and/or interprets legal, regulatory, and directive material to provide expert opinion and decisions to organizational leadership. Reviews special studies, projects, legislation, federal guidelines/programs that have VA-wide impact. Conduct assessments using tools such as interviews, acquisition related documentation reviews, internal control reviews, acquisition metrics, published reports, and risk-based system reviews. Presents sensitive recommendations to higher authority to foster compliance with policies. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Procurement Analyst/ PD00123A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. As a condition of employment for accepting this posit…

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