Job Details

** Retail and Concessions Program Specialist**

**General Services Administration**

As a Retail and Concessions Program Specialist you will: serves as a technical consultant and recognized authority for evaluating and resolving the most complex retail concessions matters that arise.

**Location of Position: within the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Washington, DC**

**Location**

+ **Duties**

Major duties include:

* Serve as the senior specialist over the most complex retail and concessions program matters that arise within the Branch and Region.

* Serve as a technical consultant and recognized authority for evaluating and resolving the most complex retail concessions matters that arise.

* Evaluate retail and concessions projects and services to assess if they are meeting challenges from the workforce and demands of client agencies.

* Evaluate retail concessions projects to fast-track projects and tailor services to implement modern, state-of-the-art services, equipment and facilities.

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

* US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)

* Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date

* Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable

* Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

* Receive authorization from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a **political** Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch.

* Serve a one year probationary period, if required.

* Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).

* Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Securitys e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.

To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to

implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job

announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the

vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

** Qualifications**

For each job on your resume, provide:

* the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)

* number of hours per week you worked (if part time).

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

**NOTE:** Qualifications are based on length and level of experience. Therefore, in addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week if part time. Qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, so failure to provide this information may result in disqualification.

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The GS-13 salary range starts at $106,823.00 per year.

**SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:**

Specialized experience is one year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in which you were/are responsible for contract administration and the installation and operation of concession facilities.

**Additional information**

Bargaining Unit status: NFFE

On a case-by-case basis, the following incentives may be approved:

* Recruitment incentive if you are new to the federal government

* Relocation incentive if you are a current federal employee

* Credit toward vacation leave if you are new to the federal government

We are also accepting applications from all U.S. Citizens and Nationals under Vacancy Announcement #22PBSC375DFDE. You must apply separately to each announcement to be considered for both.

Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement as needed; through other means; or not at all.

We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement.

All the information you provide will be verified by a review of the work experience and/or education as shown on your application forms, by checking references and through other means, such as the interview process. Any

exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work.

* A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .

You will have access to many including:

+ Health insurance (choose from a wide range of plans)

+ Life insurance coverage with several options

+ Sick leave and vacation time, including 11 paid holidays per year

+ Thrift Savings Plan (similar to a 401(k) plan)

+ Flexible work schedules

+ Transit and child care subsidies

+ Flexible spending accounts

+ Long-term care insurance

+ Training and development

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities. Your responses to these questions must be supported by your resume or your score may be lowered.

* Knowledge of retail concessions service program initiatives, related laws, regulations, methodologies and/or policies.

* Knowledge of GSAs mission, programs and legislative history to develop and advise on policies to implement Retail Concession program goals.

* Knowledge of project management as it relates to ensuring the successful planning, execution, and completion of retail concessions projects and service delivery efforts.

* Knowledge of Federal Management Regulations.

Additional assessments may be used, and, if so, you will be provided with further instructions.

If you are eligible under Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan or GSAs Career Transition Assistance Plan (), you must receive a score of 85 or higher to receive priority.

**To preview questions please .** A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .

You will have access to many including:

+ Health insurance (choose from a wide range of plans)

+ Life insurance coverage with several options

+ Sick leave and vacation time, including 11 paid holidays per year

+ Thrift Savings Plan (similar to a 401(k) plan)

+ Flexible work schedules

+ Transit and child care subsidies

+ Flexible spending accounts

+ Long-term care insurance

+ Training and development

Eligibility for benefits depends on th