Project Coordinator (Acquisition Support) 

Council for Logistics Research, Inc. 

Benefits Offered: Medical, Life Insurance, 401k, Dental

Employment Type Full-Time

Location: Orlando, FL

Supervises: No

Must be a US Citizen and have a current Secret clearance or be eligible to pass the required background Investigation to receive one.

Description of Work:

The Project Coordinator (Acquisition Support) will support personnel in acquisition and life cycle management of DHA systems which involves the design, integration, test, and management of complex systems composed of hardware, computers, software, interfaces, simulation, and instrumentation hardware. 

The Project Coordinator (Acquisition Support) shall at a minimum:

• Act in an advisory capacity to review and revise program documentation necessary to undertake and manage both system and services acquisitions, to include assessment of technical approaches, acquisition strategies and plans, conducting market surveys, assessing operational and performance requirements, and assessing evolving concepts of operation in response to identified requirements consistent with DHA policies and standards. 
• Act in an advisory capacity to review and cross-check for completeness, and revise documentation for use in solicitations and contracts for systems and services, including but not limited to Statements of Work (SOWs), Performance Work Statements (PWSs), Statements of Objectives (SOOs), Performance Specifications, Systems Engineering Plans (SEPs), Request for Information (RFIs) from Industry on state of the art medical simulations data requirements, executive summaries, contract schedules, award fee documents, source selection documents and Requests for Proposal (RFPs) elements.
• Review and provide an analysis of industry responses to the RFIs and RFPs.
• Assist in the translation of customer requirements into program documents for Government review and Industry solicitation.
• Act in an advisory capacity to draft, review and revise SOWs, specifications, Systems Engineering Plans (SEPs) and management documents prepared by program Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) for use in acquisitions, identify shortcomings and non-compliances, and recommend changes and improvements to comply with DHA organizational policies, Service, Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal acquisition policies and regulations, and laws.
• Provide administrative support, after proper authorization has been secured, for evaluation/review of Contractor technical, management and cost proposals, in accordance with established evaluation factors, criteria, and approved procedures.
• Perform market research for medical simulation and assist in keeping a library of commercial capabilities with up-to-date technology.
• Provide assistance in the draft, revision and configuration management of program documentation necessary to undertake and manage systems acquisitions to include: milestone schedules, Acquisition Strategies (ASs) and Acquisition Plans (APs), Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) and ACAT Designation memorandums, Market Surveys, Performance Specifications, SOWs, SOOs, PWSs, Justification & Approval/Exception to Fair Opportunity (J&A/EFO) documents, Source Selection Plans (SSPs), Life-cycle Management Plans (LCMPs), Supportability Strategies, Systems Engineering Plans (SEPs), Materiel Fielding Plans (MFPs), Memorandums of Notification (MONs), Information Support Plans (ISPs), and Cost Analysis Requirements Descriptions (CARDs) (approximately 3-7 annually). All program documents must be cross-referenced to the appropriate DHA Acquisition Instruction (AI) or Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for accuracy and completeness.
• Assist with Scope of Effort determinations and review of Rough Orders of Magnitudes (ROMs) of future work to support the estimation of Customer budgets.
• Maintain the acquisition documentation library.
• Provide IPT support to include capturing program initiatives and requirements, implementing document templates, developing workflows, integrating schedules, preparing briefings, setting up IPT meetings, capturing and tracking action items, writing and distributing the meeting minutes, and posting all documents to the SharePoint site.
• Serve as SME providing advice, consultation, and technical documentation (synopses and point papers) to engineers, project directors and management on designated specialty areas as required. Specialty areas may include: requirements engineering, artificial intelligence (expert systems, computer generated forces, intelligent tutoring systems and natural language applications), embedded simulation, command and control, distributed processing, communications (analog, digital and networks), lasers, electro-optics, visual simulation (displays, data base modeling and image renderings), security, targets, computer systems and programming languages/techniques, testing of components, subsystems, and systems. Evaluates and executes Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) related to medical simulation, simulators, training systems, instrumentation, and interoperability requirements. Analyzes technical, cost and schedule risks. Supports the SBIR development as the subject matter expert. Supports the development of the long-range technology program plan for DHA. Analyzes technical, cost and schedule risks. Reviews industry's Independent Research and Development (IR&D) and makes recommendations on applicability to the DHA mission.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a simulation, engineering, or relevant courses.
• Knowledge of software management techniques to include software requirements analysis and design methodologies, software metrics, software reuse, software documentation.
• Knowledge of systems engineering, operations research analysis, computer software and hardware principles.
• Ability to analyze statistical and performance data to perform market surveys, risk analysis, trade-off studies, baseline cost estimates and reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) analysis. 
• Knowledge of acquisition, development, fielding, and life cycle support is preferred. 
• Working knowledge of DoD acquisition policies, processes and procedures is preferred.
• Knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Office 365, Windows 10 Desktop Operating System, MS SharePoint.
• Intermediate skills on MS Word and Power Point.
• Good coordination and organizational abilities.
• Excellent communication and people skills, and ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• Good decision-making skills, and ability to work with minimal supervision.

CLR and its subcontractors shall abide by the requirements of 41CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity and sexual orientation, protected veteran status or disability.