Facility Operations Specialist

Summary

This position is located in the Facilities Services Branch, Operations Division, Office of Museum Operations and Administration, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). In this position, you will coordinate and oversee various programs and projects in support of Facilities Services. This includes determining the maintenance and upkeep requirements of assigned facilities elements, programs, and activities and managing procurement, projects, and contracts for these and other programs.

Duties

• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America's national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust.
• The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences.
• The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.
• In carrying out its important memorial and educational mission, the Museum is guided by its institutional values for our workplace: Honor the memory of the victims; carry out our work with dignity, humility, integrity and respect for others;.
• And strive for excellence through teamwork, rigor, and a culture of continuous learning.
• Consistent respect for others is the foundation for trust, collegiality and inclusion.
• Determine the maintenance and upkeep requirements of assigned facilities elements, programs, and activities as well as managing procurement, projects, and contracts for these and other programs.
• Provides technical advice and assistance with regard to facilities operation and management in accordance with the USHMM facility programs and in support of the mission needs of the Museum.
• Develops detailed statements of work, specifications, requests for proposal, and cost estimates.
• Evaluates bids or offers submitted, determines responsiveness to the solicitation, evaluates bidder's capability to perform and comply with contract clauses and specifications and notifies contracting officer.
• Performs price analysis, benchmarks, researches best practices, analyzes commercial pricing practices applicable to services, determines reasonableness of prices offered, and recommends award to contracting officer.
• Ensures that program requirements are clearly defined and advises the contracting officer to help ensure that the contract is designed to meet those requirements.
• Performs the full range of Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) responsibilities as required for all contracts assigned.
• Oversees contract performance and negotiates or settles matters involving controversial issues.
• Maintains daily logs of services performed with indicated work accomplished, discrepancies, unsatisfactory conditions, non-compliance with contract specifications, complaints, safety and security violations.

Requirements

• On-line resumes must be submitted by 11:59pm EST of the closing date.
• You must be a suitable for Federal employment.
• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must be registered for Selective Service if applicable (www.sss.gov).
• A one year probationary/trial period may be required.
• Payment of relocation expenses is not authorized.
• The USHMM is an equal opportunity employer.
• This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency.
• The decision granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
• As a condition of employment, all new hires must agree to direct deposit of their salary checks.
• Employees will have up to two (2) pay periods from the date they enter on duty to arrange for their direct deposit transaction.
• This is a Federal agency.
• Former employees who received a voluntary separation incentive (“buyout”) must repay the full amount of it if reemployed under any type of appointment or under a personal service contract within five years after separation with a buyout.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You must submit a transcript to verify the education requirement as listed above. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Benefits

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Required Documents

Prepare the documents below before applying. Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position:

• Resume showing relevant experience.
• Your resume must clearly demonstrate, in two pages or less, how your skills and experiences align with the "Qualifications" section and support your questionnaire responses.
• If the resume exceeds two pages, only the first two will be reviewed. 2.
• Vacancy question responses, and 3.