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U.S. Department of LaborContract Specialist
Jun. 2016Washington D.C. Metro Area• Participating in acquisition planning on a variety of complex information technology (IT), non-IT procurements and major re-competitions.
• Investigating contractors’ performance, resolving performance failures, and ratifications.
• Ensuring procurement files are in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Department of Labor (DOL) policies, and will withstand audits.
• Competing requirements using the open market, NASA SEWP, NITAAC CIO-SP3 and GSA; setting aside procurements to socioeconomic categories whenever possible.
• Assisting with preaward activities such as conducting financial analysis of potential awardees through Duns & Bradstreet and conducting price analysis of proposal submissions.
• Served as the Contract Specialist for mission critical acquisitions and existing contracts such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) IT Infrastructure Support Services Recompete, BLS’ agency-wide laptop/desktop Orders for Fiscal Years 2017 through 2019, BLS Wireless Telecommunications Contract, BLS National Longitudinal Survey Contract and recompete, BLS’ facility relocation contracts, and the Office of Survey Methods Research BPA Recompete as well as other mission critical contracts for services and some construction.
• Analyzing existing awards for suspected procurement fraud, hold meetings to discuss fraudulent activity with stakeholders, and resolving the cases with contractors by modifying contracts or negotiating considerations.
• Training coworkers and newly hired employees on FAR regulations and agency policies, and assisting colleagues with acquisition strategies.
• Developing and consulting senior management with suggested procurement policies and employee improvement strategies.
• Completed over 240 contract actions.
• Received high performance ratings for Fiscal Year 2017 through 2020.
• FAC-C Level 2 (in progress with anticipated certification date November 11, 2022)
Bureau of Labor StatisticsProgram Analyst Student Trainee
Jun. 2016 - Sep. 2016Washington D.C. Metro AreaPathways Program
• Managed filing system for contracts by documenting the status of each contract and its closeout eligibility date, reorganizing and combining files in numerical order, and sending older files to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
• Took several Defense Acquisition University training courses and became certified to be a Contracting Officer’s Representative level II.
• Successfully took three training courses at the Department of Labor to gain access to the Acquisition Management System (AMS).
• Currently in progress of closing out past contracts in AMS, filling the proper paperwork into the contracts, and archiving the completed closeouts to NARA.
Kid PowerElementary School Tutor
Sep. 2015 - Dec. 2015Provided after school care assistance to an underserved elementary school in Washington DC
•Assisted children with homework help, literacy building, critical thinking, creative writing, and art activities.
•Assisted site managers with innovative STEM curriculum and civic engagement curriculum by contributing ideas for lesson plans.
•Taught students an array of nutritional/health, environmental, and good agricultural concepts.
•Motivated students to pursue a higher education and develop career goals.
Los Angeles County Democratic PartyIntern
Sep. 2013 - Nov. 2013•Entered and managed data collected during meetings and events, conducting ongoing data scrubbing for members and donor spreadsheets.
•Prepared and executed mail; delivered sensitive packages to businesses.
•Assisted the political director during Democratic Party meetings.
•Assisted with calling and emailing party members for grassroots events.
•Supported the Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt Fundraiser by assisting the manager of the silent auction and publicly speaking to over 500 constituents and politicians.
•Attended naturalization ceremonies and assisted with registering voters.
Cypress College Associated StudentsStudent Body President
Jun. 2013 - Jun. 2014Developed, oversaw, and executed organization’s goals and processes by negotiating agreements with business partners and school’s executive administration, collaborating with students, staff, and faculty to manage projects.
•Regularly gave public speeches at events and informational sessions to the student body, faculty, staff, and administration on a variety of topics such as statewide community college initiatives, tools students can use to transition from high school to college, motivations speeches, and more. •Directed the planning and execution of campus events such as rallies, networking mixers, and leadership retreats.
•Attended the President’s Advisory Council, campus, and district meetings as a voting member.
•Conducted weekly student government meetings to debrief plans, assign tasks, adopt resolutions, and hold discussions and voting sessions for proposals and budget requests.
•Investigated student leaders’ misconducts and students complaints, oversaw disciplinary actions and created strategies to combat student complaints.
•Resolved personal conflicts and communicational barriers between student leaders, departments, and committees by analyzing the situation, creating a strategic plan, and holding meetings with the conflicting parties.
•Successfully negotiated a pilot project with the Cypress College administration to extend the library's hours of operation during the last few weeks of the school semester. Achieved by creating petitions, organizing students to gather signatures, and conducting meetings to negotiate with key decision-makers.
Cypress College Associated StudentsVice President of Campus & District Affairs
Jun. 2012 - Jun. 2013Recruited, created training materials, and trained students to act as student liaisons and campus representatives in key meetings.
•Conducted research on local policies and state laws to prepare dossiers for negotiations with administration and meetings with state representatives.
•Managed group business trips by planning the schedules of the trips, purchasing traveling expenses, and allotting daily allowances for the travelers.
•Prepared binders and organizational reports about our goals and initiatives for student liaisons to carry to their meetings.
•Collected and filed committee reports from each student liaison to retain information for future referral.
Cypress College Social SciencesSecretary
Sep. 2011 - Jun. 2013•Greeted guests, answered phone calls, and other customer services.
•Oversaw incoming mail and executed mail.
•Organized and sorted files and paperwork.
•Created documents, entered and managed data.
•Assisted coworkers and supervisors with division projects and day-to-day operations.
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