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The United States Probation Office, District of Nevada is seeking a highly motivated, and experienced individual to serve as a Procurement Administrator. The Procurement Administrator performs and coordinates the administrative, technical, and professional tasks necessary to ensure that the court unit is supplied with the materials, equipment, and services required to function optimally.
03/27/2025 to 04/11/2025
$60,401 - $98,209 per year
This job uses the Court Personnel System (CPS) pay scale.
CL 27
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Yes—Limited as determined by agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
28 - To a CL-28, $72,414 - $117,683 (CPS Las Vegas) without further competition.
No
No
2025-08
834368400
The U.S. Probation Office, District of Nevada, currently employs a staff of 46 professionals dedicated to supporting the court's mission of being accountable, responsible, and fostering a collegial environment. The duty station for this position is Las Vegas, Nevada.
This position also conducts research, reviews, analyzes, audits data, and develops a variety of organizational, financial, budgetary, statistical, and/or operational reports for the purpose of analyzing operations, administering budgets, improving operations, and providing recommendations to senior management.
The incumbent will perform procurement activities requiring advanced knowledge of procurement policies and practices; such as preparing complicated specifications, negotiating service contracts, and preparing significant and large purchase orders.
Responsibilities
The Procurement Administrator performs a variety of duties and responsibilities that include, but are not limited to, the following:
As part of the recruitment process, final candidates for the position will undergo a preliminary background investigation completed by the U. S. Probation Office. Fingerprints will be taken, and a criminal records check will be conducted using nationwide databases. A credit check will also be conducted. The candidate's past job performance and professional/personal conduct will be reviewed and considered.
As a condition of employment, the selected candidate may also be required to complete a 10-year background investigation coordinated by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and will then be subjected to re-investigation every five years, thereafter. The investigation includes a fingerprint check through the FBI, as well as a check of financial and credit records. Any position offer will be considered provisional until a full suitability determination can be made. All Court employees are required to adhere to a Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees.
The United States Probation Office, District of Nevada, is part of the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanently eligible to work in the United States. The Federal Financial Management Reform Act requires direct deposit of federal wages.
To qualify for CL-27 an individual must have two (2) years of specialized experience or completion of the requirements for a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and one of the following superior academic achievement requirements:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants will also be evaluated based on experience, knowledge, skills and education.
To apply for the Procurement Administrator position, qualified candidates are required to submit the following in one pdf document in the following order:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Submit application as a single.pdf file to: careers@nvp.uscourts.gov.
Title the pdf document as follows: Last Name, First Name-2025-08-Procurement Administrator. Please email the single pdf document, to careers@nvp.uscourts.gov. Applications are limited to the first 150 applicants.
Failure to submit the documents in one pdf document, will result in immediate disqualification. Incomplete applications will not be considered, retained, or returned. Only one application per candidate will be accepted.
Only qualified applicants will be considered for this position. Due to the volume of applications, the U. S. Probation Office will only communicate with those individuals invited for personal interviews, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The U. S. Probation Office reserves the right to amend or withdraw this announcement with or without written notice to applicants. If a subsequent vacancy of the same position becomes available within a reasonable time of the original announcement, the Chief U.S. Probation Officer may elect to select from the original qualified applicant pool.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/834368400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.