The Department of Homeland Security is recruiting candidates for the Acquisition Professional Career Program (APCP) for Contract Specialists, an Entry-Level Acquisition Career Development Program in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

We are looking for exceptional, intelligent, self-starters to train, develop skills and gain the necessary experience to become a sought after procurement professional. These important positions will involve contracting for mission-critical goods and services in support of the DHS mission of securing our homeland. As a member of the DHS team, you will have the chance to put your academic achievements and professional experience to work on behalf of our nation’s security by procuring everything from Informational Technology hardware and software to ships, airplanes – and anything in between. In public service, you’ll be in a position of public trust and will be able to contribute immensely and truly make a difference.

DHS has several openings for APCP Contract Specialists, GS-1102-7, positions. Those candidates that gain entry into the APCP Program will experience rotational assignments in the Department’s operational procurement offices, such as: the U.S. Coast Guard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Procurement Operations, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the U.S. Secret Service. In addition, program participants will receive technical and leadership training. Upon successful completion of the three year program, program participants will be placed into a position in one of the components with promotion potential to a GS-1102-12. Federal careers offer a host of benefits such as: health insurance, paid vacation and sick leave and much more.

Please refer interested candidates to the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/389176500

Applications are due by December 29, 2014. The vacancy announcement will open at 12:00 a.m. on December 19 and close on Monday, December 29.

Thank you for considering the DHS Acquisition Professional Career Program!