Role summary
Support National Park Service (NPS) Harpers Ferry Center and WASO ConOps National with contracting and procurement functions. You will administer the acquisition lifecycle on the support side: planning documents, under-SAT RFQs, award packages, modifications, closeout, invoice receiving, official files, and required reports.
You draft and process work for government contracting staff.Â
Contracts administration
- Maintain official procurement records: electronic files, SharePoint, SAP e-File, and approved workload trackers.Â
- Process contract close-outs, undelivered orders (UDOs), deobligation modifications, option modifications, and other no-cost / in-scope modifications.Â
- Track timelines, document distribution, customer and vendor issues, and help develop guidance or procedural documents.Â
- Review invoices and create Service Entry Sheets / Goods Receipts per NPS procedures and FAR Part 32.Â
- Obtain inspection and acceptance documentation and recommend payment.
Acquisition documentation
- Support acquisition planning document development (not limited by dollar value).Â
- Develop and issue RFQs under the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT).Â
- Develop award documentation (not limited by dollar value).Â
- Research issues and recommend interpretations or next actions.Â
- Draft letters, memoranda, reports, and other business documents.
Reporting, systems, and special projects
- Prepare monthly PRISM reports and recommend actions to NPS FAAOs.Â
- Prepare annual USAspending reports; research missing data and recommend transmission actions.Â
- Research and prepare reports for internal controls, management reviews, grants.gov, and financial assistance (FA) metrics.Â
- Summarize FAAO and FA Specialist training completions and identify training needs.Â
- Support WASO data calls and special projects, including UDOs.
Customer service, meetings, and training
- Attend NPS meetings as required; escalate contracting-policy issues to the CO, COR, and Program Manager.Â
- Provide clear, professional communication with government personnel and the public.Â
- Assist with review, update, and delivery of training to the NPS community.Â
- Complete training required for assigned tasks (employer funds non-NPS system training and refreshers).Â
- Identify yourself as contractor staff in meetings, on phone calls, and on work products.
On-site / operational
- Report on-site on agency-prescribed days and for work that cannot be done remotely (physical mail, in-office admin), after COR confirmation.Â
- Follow local inclement-weather and facility-closure procedures.Â
- Submit a quarterly forecast of planned absences and a coverage plan so work continues when the facility is open.
Required qualifications
- Demonstrated U.S. federal acquisition or contracts-administration experience (required).Â
- Ability to follow FAR-based and agency procedures for files, invoices, modifications, closeout, and simplified-acquisition documentation.Â
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and professional email (Outlook and Gmail-based systems).Â
- Strong written communication for RFQs, award documents, reports, and official correspondence.Â
- Ability to manage multiple actions, meet deadlines, and keep official files accurate.Â
- Ability to obtain/maintain NAC or NACI and a PIV credential before performance starts.Â
- Ability to work hybrid (remote and on-site in Harpers Ferry, WV).Â
- Willingness to sign a post-award NDA if required.
Preferred qualifications
- NPS, DOI, or other civilian-agency acquisition-shop experience.Â
- Hands-on use of PRISM, SAP e-File or similar official contract-file systems, SharePoint, USAspending.gov, and grants.gov.Â
- Experience with federal invoice review, SES/goods receipts, UDOs, and closeout.Â
- Experience preparing SAT RFQs and complete award packages.Â
- Prior working-lead experience (workload distribution, government interface, site notifications).Â
- Experience supporting financial-assistance reporting or acquisition training coordination.
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