Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirement per the individual, single agency qualification standard for Department of Defense positions: Applicants must possess, or be in possession of before hiring date, a bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.
GS-07:
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the
GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Monitoring contractor requirements and completing required contractor paperwork.
GS-09:
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the
GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying contracting regulations, contract law and legal precedents; 2) Compiling/evaluating price and/or cost data for a variety of pre-award and/or post-award activities; and 3) Performing tasks in support of contract administration.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp
http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/DoD_Qualification_Standard_For_GS-1102.pdf
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.