Supervisory Contracting Officer

This position is in the Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Management and Policy (OMAP), Procurement Branch. The incumbent serves as the Chief of the Procurement Branch, senior Contracting Officer, and principal acquisition advisor for the OIG. The position is responsible for leading, managing, and overseeing the full spectrum of acquisition and procurement activities that support OIG-wide mission requirements. This position is Outside the bargaining unit. Major duties: Directs, manages, and evaluates the Office of Inspector General (OIG) procurement program and is accountable for the effective planning, execution, administration, and closeout of the OIG acquisition portfolio. Establishes acquisition priorities, allocates resources, monitors workload, resolves competing demands, and ensures procurements support OIG strategic goals, mission priorities, operational requirements, and available funding. Leads long-range acquisition planning in coordination with senior OIG officials, program offices, budget personnel, legal counsel, contracting officers, contracting officer's representatives, and technical subject-matter experts. Ensures acquisition strategies are integrated with budget formulation, spend planning, lifecycle management, information technology governance, cybersecurity requirements, and mission risk management. Develops, approves, or oversees complex acquisition strategies for major procurements, including multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, best-value tradeoff acquisitions, performance-based acquisitions, incentive or award-fee arrangements, interagency acquisitions, strategic sourcing vehicles, simplified and commercial item acquisitions, and other specialized procurement methods. Ensures procurement actions comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Department acquisition regulations and policy, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) guidance, appropriations law, procurement integrity requirements, socioeconomic program requirements, competition requirements, and internal control standards. Establishes procurement performance goals and metrics, monitors acquisition cycle times and procurement milestones, evaluates contract outcomes, identifies systemic barriers or risks, and implements corrective actions and process improvements.