Summary
The NASA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) seeks a Business Development Specialist to manage the Small Business Program for Johnson Space Center by providing expert guidance, assistance, leadership, analysis, reviews, reports, and recommendations in support of acquisitions.
Duties
Initiates, interprets, develops, and recommends policies and procedures for establishing and maintaining the NASA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP).
Provides small business advice and counsel to management, business, and technical personnel as it relates to their small business programs.
Attends and actively participates in NASA-sponsored small business outreach events and NASA small business committee meetings.
Maintains a program designed to locate capable small business sources, for current and future acquisitions.
Coordinates inquiries and requests for advice from small business concerns on acquisition matters. Assists small businesses with payment issues.
Identifies portions of NASA requirements that can be performed by small businesses. Reviews small business set-aside recommendations and coordinates with the Small Business Administration (SBA) Procurement Center Representative (PCR).
Conducts market research, planning, economic and business analyses, and feasibility studies to identify actual or potential problem areas, trends, and areas of imbalance in the operation of Small Business Programs.
Develops annual small business goals and reports on progress to management. Ensure data is correctly entered. Extracts small business data from standard and ad-hoc reports from sam.gov.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements outlined in this vacancy announcement. Your resume and supporting documentation will be reviewed in conjunction with your responses to the assessment questionnaire. As part of the assessment, your responses will be scored and used to place you into one of two quality groups. These scores, along with your qualifications and supporting materials, will determine your referral status. Please ensure your application materials and responses accurately reflect your experience and competencies, as misrepresentation may result in removal from consideration. These competencies will be assessed using technical assessments. They may also be evaluated during a structured interview: Acquisition Planning Partnership and Business Development Partnering Stakeholder Management Technical Competence Oral Communication Writing To preview the application questionnaire, click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13030114 NASA considers paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Under NASA's quality grouping process, applicants will be assessed on the position competencies and placed in one of two groups identified and defined below: Best Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate a superior level of all evaluation criteria. Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities. Candidates eligible for ICTAP/CTAP, reemployment priority or priority consideration will be referred before other candidates, as necessary. If no such candidates apply or are eligible to be referred, the following candidates will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration: Best Qualified merit promotion candidates. Highly Qualified merit promotion candidates may also be referred, if additional candidates are needed. Qualified candidates eligible for consideration under Schedule A or VRA in accordance with veterans' preference rules, as applicable. Qualified candidates that are eligible for special hiring authorities or non-competitive hiring authorities. NASA will not ask you to disclose criminal history record information during the application process or before we make a conditional/tentative offer of employment. If you apply for this position and are selected, NASA will conduct a suitability/security background investigation after you accept a tentative job offer. If you feel you are asked to disclose your criminal history before you accept a tentative offer and wish to file a complaint within 30 days, please contact: Agency-FCCJ@NASA.gov.