QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a Quality Assurance Specialist, Position Description Number T6375000 and is part of the 158th Fighter Wing Command of the Vermont Air National Guard.

Duties

1. This position serves as a Contracting Officer Representative on behalf of the F-35 Joint Program Office who evaluates the Quality Management System, ensuring that all contractual, regulatory, and administrative requirements are met. Develops and implements procedures and policies that ensure a successful COR surveillance program and clarifies and explains policy and regulatory material. Develops and implements a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) based on the contractor's Quality Management System, Contractor Logistics Support (CLS), and Statement of Work (SOW). Recommends changes, updates, and alterations to the existing contract through the Joint Program Office to the Procuring Contract Officer. Reports contractor performance and ensures checklists or summaries correlate properly to contract provisions and provides sufficient data on which to base renewal/termination decisions based on regulatory requirements. Coordinates with commanders, flight chiefs, work center leaders, and contract specialists to review contract discrepancy reports and contractor responses. Evaluates trends and assists in determining circumstances, precedents, contract provisions, governmental directives, and precedent setting Comptroller General Decisions. Spot checks contractor and contract oversight files to verify functional area reports and institutes procedures to correct problems and preclude recurrence, e.g., to revise ineffective surveillance plans, contract administration plans, inspection checklists, etc. Maintains the organization's inputs into the DoD Contracting Officer Representative Tracking Tool. Maintains a record of all COR designations and terminations of designations, to include each COR's acknowledgement of his or her duties, by contract number and contracting officer's name. Maintains a record of training regardless of provider (e.g. Quality Assurance Program Coordinator (QAPC), contract officer, contract specialist, DAU, or commercial training provider). 2. Policy development, planning, review, research, and program execution oversight for contracted F-35 programs, including but not limited to, vendor site manager, simulator facilities, mission planning, logistics, and security. Works with Joint Program Office (JPO) Lead COR, Product Support Team (PST), and local leadership. Oversees and evaluates contractor performance in mission planning, ALIS and Full Mission Simulator. Conducts initial facility security clearance surveys of contractor facilities to determine their ability to work with and store classified information, including information generated or stored in Automated Information System (AIS). Facilitates contractor access to base facilities and work site. Ensures access credentials are recovered upon contractor dismissal/contract completion. Provides consultation and troubleshooting. The QAS/COR uses initiative and works independently or within teams, follows all approved procedures. QAS/COR will provide written and oral communications. The incumbent demonstrates familiarity with security programs, instructional systems and design (ISO), and aircraft maintenance to advise key officials, members of boards and committees, and military and civilian program managers on all aspects of policy, planning, review, and research as it relates to contract execution. 3. Reviews a wide range of pre- and post-award contracting actions related to the Interim Contract Support package to ensure all regulatory and procedural requirements have been met at the local level. Reviews and evaluates contract actions for adequacy and completeness and makes recommendations to ensure incorporation of latest policies and initiatives, and that the actions are compliant with all public laws, statutes, and regulations. Assists the JPO acquisition team during market research efforts to determine commercial quality assurance practices. Ensures pre-award, contract, and post-award documents and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, clear, concise, enforceable, and in compliance with appropriate laws, regulations, and directives. Identifies errors, makes comments, and provides feedback to Contract Specialists for correction of deficiencies. Writes clear, concise, and technically accurate memoranda, letters, documents, or reports that support contractual actions or recommendations. Documents reviews and provides recommendations to clearance review authorities. 4. Provides advisory assistance to functional area personnel involved in developing/revising technical specifications, Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statements of Work (SOW), Statements of Objectives (SOO), Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASP), Performance Requirements Summary (PRS), and COR checklists to ensure that contractors meets the intent of their contracts. Participates in conferences, meetings, and planning sessions to analyze requirements; **REFER TO PD FOR FULL LIST OF DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES**

Qualifications and evaluation

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): --Knowledge of Federal, DoD and Air Force procurement statues, Executive orders, policies, and regulations to develop the installation's Quality Management System to ensure the activity's contracts are effectively awarded and administered. --knowledge of aviation flight and ground operations principles and general knowledge of flight parameters sufficient to evaluate the effectiveness of the flight simulator personnel. --Knowledge of contracting regulations, principles, and procedures applicable to pre- and post-award duties sufficient to review a wide range of specialized equipment, supply, service, and construction contracts; analyze contract changes for propriety of acquisition method, contract type, and documentation; and conduct analyses of problem areas. --Knowledge of Quality Assurance Surveillance methods and procedures sufficient to determine which surveillance methods are to be used for a given acquisition to protect the government's interest and to determine that contractors are meeting contract specifications and provisions. --Knowledge of technical and specification writing to provide advisory, consultant, and hands-on assistance to technical and functional area personnel engaged in developing PWSs, SOWs, QASPs, etc. --Skill in written and oral communications sufficient to prepare written guidance and decisions; to explain and defend decisions to contracting personnel, contractors, or higher-level reviewing officials; and to prepare training materials and to conduct training for contracting personnel, COR personnel, COR supervisors and FCs/FDs. --Ability to exercise judgment and initiative to identify those aspects of guides which apply to the contracting action, develops justification for adopting a contractual posture, tailors' provisions to meet special requirements, and develops criteria or justification involving COR activities. You will be rated on the following core competencies: 1. Quality Assurance 2. Written Communication 3. Oral Communication 4. Data Analysis 5. Flight Systems

Education

There are no specific educational requirements for this vacancy.

How to apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application/Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.

Required documents

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Resume: resume must show relevant experience, where you worked, job title, detailed duties and accomplishments written in your own words (Do not plagiarize), employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and ending dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.), hours per week and salary. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your position title, pay plan, series and grade. Your detailed experience should be listed under each job title with starting and ending dates. Resume must show applicants name and contact information. 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): DD-214 Veterans Preference Certifications For current Federal employees: Latest SF 50, Personnel Action NGB 22 (if you are a former member of the VTNG) Helpful Hints for Applying: - Ensure that your resume contains your full name, address and phone. - Include details about the experience that relates to the position you are applying for. - Be specific and always include Month and Year for the dates of your experience. - Be sure to include your applicable military experience and explain the duties of the MOS/AFSC held. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Please note that if, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may lose consideration for this position. If you are using education to qualify for this position or education is a mandatory requirement to meet qualifications, You must submit copies of college transcripts that identify each course, the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade and grade-point received. Submitting a certificate or a degree will not suffice. You must submit transcripts when required. Photocopies are acceptable.

Additional information

This position is located in the Operations Support Squadron of an F-35 Wing. The purpose of this position is to perform as the Quality Assurance Specialist/Contracting Officer Representative {QAS/COR) and Project Officer (PO) on behalf of the Joint Program Office to audit, evaluate, and report contractor performance; autonomously executing a quality assurance program that includes surveillance and evaluations of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program. Veterans Preference Veterans Preference: If you are claiming veteran's preference, you MUST submit the appropriate documentation. Failure to do so WILL result in the loss of veteran's preference, and will possibly impact your placement on the certificate. For more veterans' information please click https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx. - 10-Point Veterans' Preference: You must submit all supporting documentation as specified on the SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference". You can locate the SF 15 at https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf - 5-Point Veterans' Preference: You MUST submit a copy of your DD-214 which includes Character of Service (usually Member-4 copy). If you are currently active duty, you may submit written documentation (certification) from your branch of service certifying that you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed. The certification should also include when your terminal leave will begin, your rank and dates of active duty service. If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).