Contract / Procurement Professional Level II

Job Description

McBride has an exciting opportunity to support Allied Command Transformation (ACT) which is NATO’s leading agent for change : driving, facilitating, and advocating the continuous improvement of Alliance capabilities to maintain and enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance. The main objectives of ACT are : providing appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; leading NATO military transformation; improving relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organizations. ACT therefore leads Alliance concept development, capability development, training and lessons learned initiatives and provides unfettered military support to policy development within NATO.

You will be responsible for the following :

• Contribute and support the Contracting Officer in the cradle to grave procurement   activities to include but not limited to :   the development of acquisition plans, SOW review, proposal evaluation, contract   reports and documentation, industry debriefs for competitive solicitations.
• Tracking and validating submissions in support of RFIs.
• Coordinating and posting Questions & Answers from Industry.
• Assisting the Contracting Officer in tracking and executing contracts and   agreements for Conferences, Workshops, and other events.
• Perform as contracting specialist for purchases
• Perform contract administration tasks including, preparing DBIDs instructions, VISA   letters, issuing contract amendments.
• Create purchase orders in support of contracts awarded while ensuring all supporting   documents are collected and filed in accordance with the Contract File Management   Plan.
• Prepare and coordinate requests for deviation from the normal method of procurement   when appropriate.
• Maintain Contractor Databases to support invoicing, tracking, exercising option periods   and other data calls.
• Process invoices and close-out for all assigned contracts in coordination with the   Contracting Officer.
• Contribute to and support the Contracting Officer in processing cases of Foreign Military   Sales (FMS) and Acquisition Cross-Servicing Agreements (ACSA).
• Assist the Contracting Officer with National Security Investment Program (NSIP) data   entry and contract execution of authorized projects.
• Assist the Contracting Officer with annual reviews of current in place contracts to confirm   currency and continuation.
• Enter procurement information into the CIRIS database as required.
• Perform additional procurement related tasks as directed by the COTR.

Requirements

Required Qualifications :

Benefits

For U.S. residents only :

Requirements

Essential Qualifications : A minimum of 3 years (within the last 6) providing helpdesk or end-user support, including account creation, troubleshooting, and user onboarding. Experience with helpdesk tracking / ticketing software (e.g., Jira, GitLab, ServiceNow, Remedy). Familiarity with Agile / Dev Sec Ops practices and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, GitLab). Experience documenting solutions, FAQs, troubleshooting guides, and maintaining knowledge management entries (e.g., Confluence, IKM tools). Knowledge of data security principles and best practices relevant to end-user support. Experience with application monitoring and incident management (e.g., Nagios, Prometheus, Splunk, Grafana). Strong communication skills, with experience training or onboarding users and producing user-friendly documentation. Proven ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional and interdisciplinary teams (support, development, product). Fluent in English (Written and Oral). Proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office tool suite and collaborative software. Education and Clearance Two years of vocational training in IT, computer-related sciences, or related disciplines.