Security Clearance United States

NAVEEDA NAEEM

Security Clearance: Active Secret Clearance

Address: Leesburg, VA 20175

Contact: 718-***-****

Email: *********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a challenging position as a Contract Specialist / Procurement Analyst / Acquisition and Assistance / Policy Analyst / HR Specialist where I can leverage my 10+ years of extensive experience, technical skills, training, and education to contribute efficiency and productivity.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Queens College, Flushing, NY

Associate of Science in Computer Information Systems

Queensborough Community College, New York

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) – Remote

Senior Acquisition & Assistance Specialist (Contract)

07/1/2024 – 01/28/2025 (40 hours per week)

Duties, Responsibilities, and Accomplishments:

Acting Subject Matter Expert (SME) role, providing guidance and training to team members for recruitment matters.

Conducting Brownbag trainings for the team to introduce new policies and procedures.

Reviewing contractual documents such as Salary Determinations, Offer Letters, and base/termination contracts.

Spearheaded recruitment process of Junior A&A Specialists, including creating a panel of interviewers, vetting resumes for qualifications, scheduling and conducting interviews, and reference checks.

Ensuring Personal Services Contractors (PSC) fulfill their security and medical clearance requirements to avoid any delays for their contracts.

Participating in Management Integration Team (MIT) meetings, and addressing any issues and/or delays that may be occurring with PSC contracts, as well as advising regarding hiring of further PSC’s.

Lead efforts for a high-level pre-award action that helped hire approximately 600 PSC.

Involvement in a high-level award project that required processing administrative modification for a large quantity of PSC in a tight deadline with regards to converting GS General Schedule (GS) salaried PSC contracts into Foreign Service (FS) salary scale, and received kudos from USAID leadership.

Involvement in development and testing of a new database for USAID to process award actions for PSC mechanism.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Management Bureau, the Office of Acquisition and Assistance (M/OAA) Rules & Policy Division - Washington, D.C.

Rules & Policy Division’s Program Support Specialist (Contract)

09/22/2023 – 06/28/2024 (40 hours per week)

Duties, Responsibilities, and Accomplishments:

Demonstrating expertise in government contracting projects, with a focus on PSC contracts management.

Providing support to the Policy division, and contributing to the development and implementation of policies to enhance project efficiency.

Maintaining effective communication with stakeholders, facilitating project progress, and addressing issues promptly.

Drafting PSC related policies, regulations, and revisions as required by USAID

Assisting CO’s/EXO’s in providing advice and assistance regarding PSC matters based on FAR, AIDAR, ADS, and AAPD via division’s mailbox.

Spearheaded drafting sexual misconduct certification and clauses that are now incorporated in solicitations and awards for PSC.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/ Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) - Washington, D.C.

PSC Recruiting & Contracts Portfolio Lead (Contract)

10/4/2021– 09/21/2023 (40 hours per week)

Duties, Responsibilities, and Accomplishments:

Playing a key role throughout the PSC pre-award and post-award contracts process, which is managed in accordance with US Government procurement regulations and the Procurement Integrity Act.

Managing portfolio teams’ productivity and performing quality control checks, and ensuring the accuracy and quality of all recruiting and contract documents.

Monitoring upcoming PSC recruiting and contracting process actions and deadlines to ensure that all assigned tasks are completed in timely fashion.

Serving as a primary point of contact for recruitment and contract queries, and managing communication with current and potential applicants, agency staff, and the public.

Building great relationships and rapport with management and staff from both legacy Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and Food for Peace (FFP) offices.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/ Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) - Washington, D.C.

PSC Mid-Level Recruiter (Contract)

04/1/2019 – 10/1/2021 (40 hours per week)

Duties, Responsibilities, and Accomplishments:

Facilitation of the recruitment process for BHA U.S. Personal Service Contracts (USPSC) throughout the lifecycle of the pre-award phase.

Drafting of PSC solicitations and management of job postings for all PSC positions within BHA, ensuring the integrity of each recruitment by adhering to Federal Government procurement regulations while following USAID’s ADS Chapter 309 for internal guidance in awarding personal services contracts.

Management of communication with current and potential applicants, Technical Evaluation Committees (TEC), BHA staff, and general external communication.

Receive and process application materials, assessing minimum qualifications, Rating Factors, and/or Quality Ranking Factors (QRF) for review by Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC), facilitation of writing tests, interviews, academic verification, reference checks, and preparation of final selection memo for approval by TEC members and Contracting Officer.

Closeout of completed recruitments for submission to PSC Contracts team to proceed with awards.

General Services Administration – Washington, D.C.

Procurement/Business Analyst (Contract)

08/18/2014 – 03/29/2019 (40 hours per week)

Duties, Responsibilities, and Accomplishments:

Aggressively performed business analyses, facilitating high-volume business growth and new profit delivery.

Earned formal recognition from executive leaders for transforming operation into highly productive environment that has prompted sustainable growth.

Successfully processed quarterly audit reports and improved government insights to best manage key business lines.

Served as a certified ISO auditor for OmniSolve and conducted annual audits of ISO artifacts and processes to ensure ISO compliant business practice.

Enhanced budgeting responsibilities and contributed to execution of annual audit for contracting company regarding recertification of ISO 9001.

Resolved operational issues and strengthened relationships with vendors.

Generated quality status of funds reports on a monthly basis and shrewdly conducted strategic business assessments.

Ensured critical program efficiency and managed business lines while serving as integral team leader with direct reporting to CFO.

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center – Brooklyn, NY

Executive Office Manager

04/4/2011 – 12/27/2013 (40 hours per week)

Duties, Responsibilities, and Accomplishments:

Achieved administration of incoming resident applications and responded quickly to a high volume of internal and external inquiries.

Compiled data reports and personally updated policies and procedures.

American University of Antigua College of Medicine – New York, NY

Registrar

04/1/2008 – 04/1/2011 (40 hours per week)

Headed access database maintenance and ensured student records were up-to-date. Engaged with hospital directors and deans to resolve student issues. Counseled medical students and maintained adherence with operational regulations. Monitored department functions and improved registration process.

Duties, Responsibilities, and Accomplishments:

Successfully delivered unprecedented customer service and maintained compliance with all performance standards.

Processed degree audits from graduating students and maintained student documents.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

College Assistant, LaGuardia Community College, 2006 to 2007

CERTIFICATION

Certification, Internal Auditor, ISO 9001

Certification, Regulatory Drafting & Process, The Regulatory Group, Inc.

Certification, Advanced Regulation Drafting, The Regulatory Group, Inc.

SKILL SET

Human Resources Procurement Contracts Management Acquisition Business Policy Development Purchase Order Processing Operational Regulations Compliance High Risk Audit Reporting New Program Implementation Government Recruitment Monthly Report Generation Strategic Business Assessment Business Budget Management Technical Knowledge Process Improvement Functional Requirements Continuous Integration Corrective Actions Controlled Documentation Process Auditing & SOPs Quality Control Procedures Standards Maintenance Improvement Activities Process Analysis Records/Inventory Control Quality Assurance Communication & Presentation Skills

Technical Skills: MS Windows, MS Office Suite, C++, MS Visual Basic, COBOL

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