Bankruptcy Specialist (Roster)

Duties

WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS SELF EMPLOYED (SBSE)DIVISION?

A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:

SBSE Small Business Self Employed Collection Operations, Specialty Insolvency

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.

• Provides prompt, professional, courteous service and assistance to all internal and external customers. Takes or recommends actions to minimize the Service's willful violations of the bankruptcy automatic stay provision or discharge order.

• Advises and consults with Service employees regarding collection actions relative to the routine and more difficult technical aspects of insolvency cases to expedite the payment of taxes and secure delinquent returns.

• Examines legal documents, confers with taxpayers, their representatives, fiduciaries, judges and government attorneys to resolve routine and more moderately difficult issues. Determines a course of action designed to protect the government's interest in insolvency proceedings, and also examines business structure to determine feasibility of debtor's continued operation and proposed plan

This position has career progression. If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example, you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in as little as three years.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):

PD94173, PD94172, and PD95623

Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.

• Telework Eligible Positions: Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework.
  
  Employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements (e.g., reporting at least twice a pay period to your assigned Post of Duty (POD)) and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program. Employees must also be within a 200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status. As a reminder

• If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.

• File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.

• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service.

One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: GS-05 You must have 3 years of general experience, one (1) year of which must be at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service.

General experience for this position includes: Experience analyzing problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions; Experience planning and organizing work; and experience communicating effectively orally and in writing. OR You may substitute education for general experience as follows: 4 year course of study leading to a Bachelor's Degree at an accredited college or university in any field of study. OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-07 You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with automated systems, relevant laws, rules, regulations, court decisions, business and legal procedures, policies, principles and practices associated with bankruptcy cases; Experience with collection policies and procedures; and experience analyzing problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions;

OR One (1) full academic year of graduate education in a related field of study such as business administration (finance, accounting, auditing, marketing and business law) law, economics, criminology, political science, government, social science, communications, psychology, public administration or other related field;

OR Superior Academic Achievement may be met by having a Bachelor's degree, with one of the following: A GPA of 2.95 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.45 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.

OR A combination of qualifying graduate education and experience equivalent to that described above. Qualifying experience may have been in accounting, auditing, tax, financial, legal, or other work that required the knowledge and skill defined above.

OR A combination of qualifying graduate education and experience equivalent to that described above.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-09 You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with the Bankruptcy Code, and other relevant laws, rules, regulations and court decisions, specific to collection of Federal taxes through bankruptcy proceedings; Experience with automated systems, technical, business and legal procedures, policies, principles, and practices associated with bankruptcy cases, and collection policies and procedures. Experience researching bankruptcy case issues, determining the appropriate dates for court proceedings, reestablishing priority of government claims, monitoring taxpayer compliance, performing dischargability analysis and ensuring collection of valid taxpayer liabilities in bankruptcy proceedings;

OR Two (2) full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a graduate degree in a related field of study such as: business administration (finance, accounting, auditing, marketing and business law) law, economics, criminology, political science, government, social science, communications, psychology, public administration or other related field;

OR A Master's or equivalent graduate degree in a related field of study such as business administration (finance, accounting, auditing, marketing and business law) law, economics, criminology, political science, government, social science, communications, psychology, public administration or other related field;

OR A LL.B or J.D., if related;

OR Combination of qualifying graduate education and experience equivalent to that described above.

AND

MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible.

To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks.

AND

TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens".

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

If the position has specific education requirements and you currently hold, or have previously held, a position in the same job series with the IRS, there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time. Applicants are encouraged, but are not required, to submit an SF-50 documenting experience in a specific series.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.

You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Additional information

• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled.

• The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed. The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

• This is a bargaining unit position.

• Tour of Duty: Day Shift

• Start and stop times between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.

• In the event that a building is closed due to rent management, new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.

• The employment of any candidate selected for this position, including a current employee or a new hire, selected for this position may be conditional upon classification and/or audit of federal tax returns. This audit may include up to 2 years of returns.

• If this position is covered by a formal development plan, pay retention will be offered where applicable based on law and regulation.

Please consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a position at one of your location selections, that location will become your official post of duty.

Vacancies to be filled as follows. Please see location information above, to find the street address, city and state for each of the Building Codes (BC).

21 vacancies in the following:

CHERRY HILL, NJ (NJ5114); SPRINGFIELD, NJ (NJ4721); PORTSMOUTH, NH (NH6185); BALTIMORE, MD (MD0055); BUFFALO, NY (NY7340); NEWARK, DE (DE0077); RICHMOND, VA (VA0088); GREENSBORO, NC (NC2668); PHILADELPHIA, PA (PA0277); PITTSBURGH, PA (PA0233); BOSTON, MA (MA0131); NEW YORK, NY (NY0350); BROOKLYN, NY (NY7288); UTICA, NY (NY0218); ALBANY, NY (NY0300)

25 vacancies in the following:

Plantation, FL (FL2437); COLUMBIA, SC (SC0068); JACKSONVILLE, FL (FL0067); NASHVILLE, TN (TN0052); ATLANTA, GA (GA0087); BIRMINGHAM, AL (AL1213);MAITLAND, FL (FL2257); NEW ORLEANS, LA (LA1336); BATON ROUGE, LA (LA1420); JACKSON, MS (MS0083)

16 vacancies in the following:

TX0284,TX0298,AR0063,OK1356,TX0227,IL0236,IA0112,WI1720, IN0133,IN1824,IL2454,MO0106,MO0147,MN1675,MI0800, OH0189,OH0192

20 vacacies in the following:

SEATTLE, WA (WA0101); PORTLAND, OR (OR0043); PHOENIX, AZ (AZ7748);DENVER, CO (CO1811); OAKLAND, CA (CA0281); SACRAMENTO, CA (CA6139); LOS ANGELES, CA (CA0150); LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA (CA0521);LAS VEGAS, NV (NV7516); SALT LAKE CITY, UT (UT1522); LEES SUMMIT, MO (MO2008); SAN JOSE, CA (CA6116); FRESNO, CA (CA7898)

If the position(s) are no longer needed prior to the closing date, this announcement may be closed early.

This is an open continuous announcement which will be used to fill vacancies in the locations listed as they become available for the next 7 months contingent upon funding and space requirements. Applicants must apply and/or update their applications by 11:59 pm ET at the close of the following cutoff dates to be considered:

Cutoff date(s): 4/29/2024, 7/26/2024. This announcement may be amended to include additional cut-off dates within the 7month period if needed, not later than 10 days prior to the additional cut-off date(s). Eligible applicants who apply by the initial cut-off date, will be referred in score order. If additional vacancies exist, remaining applicants will be considered in score order as needed. Selections from this announcement may be made no later than (NLT) 10/25/2024.

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