Deliver acquisition support for a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) and corresponding Government Call to solicit unclassified white papers and proposals from the external expert community and make awards for expert-driven analytic, applied research efforts that meet present, emerging, and future needs. Prepare procurements for review and approval. Liaison to multiple interdepartmental personnel in the acquisition process. Professionally engage program management, financial management, and acquisition specialist. Track requirements according to agency processes currently utilized. Provide alternative procedures that promote simplified workflow. Assist in expediting actions to ensure key milestones are accomplished and the management of research procurements stay on track. Provide analysis of available funding due to continuing resolution mandates and the project objectives to ensure non-severable projects can continue without interruption of research services.Provide services for program budget review, resource management, government estimates, market research and contract administration. Analyze budget, deliverables, timelines, and outcomes to provide decision making recommendations for program success. Competencies and Skills:* Provide business acumen associated with streamlining and expediting acquisition requirements.* Proficient knowledge of various DoD acquisition, budget and invoice systems.* Keep complex program management tasks progressing within required milestones. * Analyze complex criteria and navigate protocol and to ensure completion of required actions. * Provide effective support for the agency's strategic direction and exceed customer anticipations. * Communicate effectively coordinating contracting and DTRA processes in a manner by upper management level personnel can conceive and make decisions accordingly. * Integrate experience by providing solutions and implementing analytical knowledge, problem-solving skills/decision making.

Instrumental in providing cradle to grave acquisition support to the lead Program Researcher in applied research. Review solicitations for completeness, prepare essential procurement documents and ensure each step of acquisition has the proper review, approval and has the consensus of all stakeholders. Liaison for directors, program managers and multiple interdepartmental key managers within the acquisition process. Provide insight on various forms of documentation necessary to keep a contract file system to include utilizing system that supports sharing documents for review and approval. Assist in expediting actions to ensure key milestones are accomplished and the management of research procurements stay on track. Provide analysis of available funding due to continue resolution mandates and the project objectives to ensure non-severable projects are able to continue without interruption of research services. Assists in informing various government stakeholders of obligations that are associated with program goals and how their management of services impact successful coordination of resources.Competencies and Skills:• Keep complex program management task on time and within required milestones.• Provide business acumen associated with streamlining and expediting acquisition requirements.• Analyze complex criteria and navigate protocol and to ensure completion of required actions.• Communicate effectively so complex processes are conveyed in a receptive manner by upper management level personnel.• Integrate experience by providing solutions and implementing analytical knowledge, problem-solving skills and decision making capabilities for desired results.

Senior Program/Budget Analyst for the Military Community and Family Policy (Resources and Oversight) providing expert advice on a broad range of programmatic, resource management, acquisition, contract management and contract administration work streams. Responsible for planning, evaluation, review and prioritization assigned projects. Performed as a Senior Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for various contracts to include information technology, policy and content management, family programs, counseling and executive and professional management services. Was responsible for over 15 worldwide contracts supporting all military service members and their families simultaneously. Worked successfully with four government contracting agencies and up to twelve different contracting officers. Exercised complete program responsibility and authority for program, planning, evaluation and financial management functions of each contract. Senior lead in conducting cost analyses, acquisition strategy, liaison management support, and various budget and contractor performance measurement functions. Established and maintained control and continuous surveillance of contract performance that impacted deliverables. Initiated and maintained extensive coordination and review during all phases of life cycle management for assigned contracts. Recommended revisions, new acquisition strategies, contract modifications, accelerations, slowdowns, reprogramming, task amendments, or remedial actions to correct problems and deficiencies. Maintained fiscal oversight and contract administration under a total support spectrum for appropriated and non-appropriated funded contracts. Generated viable reports, recommendations, and contingency plans of action to project managers. Provided budget analysis of contracted resources for decreasing the scope of services and funding from existing contracts.