Are you interested in a challenging career working that offers responsibility, rapid promotion, and job security in a leading edge technology research, design, and development organization?  The Navy’s Acquisition Intern Program (NAIP) may be right for you!  The Navy needs talented college graduates with strong academic credentials and exemplary organization and communication skills to serve as Contract Negotiators for the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) – a team of world-class distinguished professionals within the Department of Defense.  NAVSEA is an agile, responsive, and continuously-learning enterprise – successfully serving the American people and keeping the Navy #1 in the world.  Our contract negotiators are a critical component of this success.

NAVSEA is seeking to hire and develop distinguished scholars interested in a career as a future contract negotiator for a 36-month paid developmental internship.  Interns are groomed for ever-increasing responsibilities in contract negotiations for the multi-billion dollar design, acquisition, and modernization of Navy ships, submarines, and related leading edge defense technologies.  Applicants with outstanding academic credentials, good business acumen, and exemplary communication skills are desired.

Interns build a strong foundation of technical and management experience while enjoying a high degree of job security and accelerated promotion opportunities as they advance in their career through a series of positions designed to provide maximum exposure and mentoring within the NAVSEA contract negotiation field.  NAIP graduates will be well on their way to becoming top acquisition executives for the Federal Government, with the option to transition to other positions.  The NAIP offers professionalism, rapid advancement, career mobility, travel, outstanding benefits, and the opportunity to be associated with a specialized field vital to supporting the Nation and our Naval Forces.

Advantages of a Career in Naval Contracting Management:  1) interesting and challenging work supporting acquisition of Naval systems; 2) a three year career development program with upward mobility; 3) rotational assignments to ensure diverse learning opportunities; 4) job security, career mobility, and competitive benefits; 5) exciting travel opportunities; and 6) graduate school tuition assistance.

Job Pre-Requisites:  Candidates must be U.S. citizens, must obtain a Bachelor’s degree by June 2010 with a minimum 3.0 GPA, and have 24 semester credit hours of study in any of the following academic disciplines:  economics, statistics/quantitative methods, organization/management, accounting, finance, business law, contracts, purchasing, industrial management, marketing, computer science or programming, human resource development or specific business-related courses.  Applicants graduating with a declared major outside the scope of these academic disciplines are required to furnish an unofficial electronic transcript with their resume.  Candidates must also have distinguished scholar credentials.

Application details:  Please go to the following website for application instructions - http://www.navsea.navy.mil/careers/naip/default.aspx .  Send an additional electronic resume with the subject line “Naval Acquisition Intern Program, Career Field:  Contract Negotiator” to amy.reece@navy.mil