Human Resources Specialist

Duties

WHAT IS THE HCO-HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICEDIVISION?

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:

Human Capital Office of Human Resource Strategy, Enterprise Talent Development, Classroom Learning Services

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

WHAT DOES A HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST (HR DEVELOPMENT) DO? As a Human

Resources Specialist, you will serve as an onsite consultant and advisor in support of training

program delivery in the Enterprise Talent Development (ETD), Classroom Learning Services

(CLS) organization. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting delivery of onsite training and evaluating employee training to ensure individual and business needs are being met.

• Collaborate and consult with management and program managers on planning, coordinating, and administering training programs and onsite classes.

• Serve as a performance consultant to identify, evaluate, and recommend solutions to

improve face-to-face training delivery and support business goals and mission priorities.

• Provide advisory services to all levels of staff concerning basic program policies, regulatory

requirements, and procedures.

• Analyze and evaluate training programs and instructor performance and make

recommendations to program managers to increase program quality and overall

effectiveness.

• Apply tools to evaluate training programs and analyze the feedback to improve training

courses and face-to-face delivery.

• Develop guidelines, instructional methods, training aids, and improved applications of

educational technology for use by education specialists, instructors, managers/supervisors,

and employees.

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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Conditions of Employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):

PD94800, PD94801, and PD94802

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.

• 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:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-9 LEVEL: 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 working with basic human resources development (HRD), practices, laws, regulations, policies, and precedents to provide HRD management advisory, and technical services on non-controversial factual, procedural, and/or recurring issues relating to learning and employee development; Experience applying instructional design principles and the processes used in designing and delivering learning products to assist other specialists in developing routine training material; Experience in applying principles, practices and elementary techniques of education, adult learning theory, and employee development to assess, define and meet individual learning needs; Experience in applying basic analytical methods and diagnostic techniques to identify HRD and non-HRD interventions to address routine HR problems and issues; Experience using oral communication techniques to present findings and recommendations and experience applying written communication techniques to draft and/or prepare in final form project papers, and training material.

OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A master's or equivalent graduate degree in a field of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position such as: human resources, public administration, organizational psychology, or other administrative and management fields. OR Two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a graduate degree in a field of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position such as: human resources, public administration, organizational psychology, or other administrative and management fields. OR LL.B or JD in a field of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position such as: human resources, public administration, organizational psychology, or other administrative and management fields. OR You may qualify with an equivalent combination of qualifying experience and education.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-11 LEVEL You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience working and applying a range of human resources development (HRD) practices, laws, regulations, policies, and precedents to provide HRD management advisory and technical services on non-controversial factual, procedural, and/or recurring issues to learning and employee development; experience applying principles, practices and techniques of education, adult learning theory, and employee development to assess, define and meet individual learning needs; Experience using knowledge of instructional design principles and the processes used in designing and delivering standard learning products to improve employee performance, increase employee satisfaction, and facilitate management involvement in employee development; Experience applying analytical methods and diagnostic techniques to identify, evaluate, and recommend to management HRD and non-HRD interventions to resolve problems of limited scope; Experience using oral communication techniques to present findings and recommendations and experience using written communication techniques to prepare project papers, and training material.

OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position such as: human resources, public administration, organizational psychology, or other administrative and management fields. OR Three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a graduate degree in a field of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position such as: human resources, public administration, organizational psychology, or other administrative and management fields. OR LL.M. in a field of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position such as: human resources, public administration, organizational psychology, or other administrative and management fields. OR You may qualify with an equivalent combination of qualifying experience and education.

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: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm (May be negotiated after selection.)

• TOD may be adjusted occasionally to accommodate workload needs and may include periodic coverage of late shifts.

• Local travel among campus/non-campus buildings/locations may be required.

• 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.

• 10 positions to be tilled within HCO, Ottice of HR Strategy, Enterprise Talent Development, CLS, as follows:

• 1 position to be filled at one PR site: (PR3930)7 Tabonuco Street, Guaynabo, PR 00968 or (PR4001) City View Plaza, 48 Carr 165, SUITE 2000, Guaynabo, PR 00968 or (PR4065) Caparra Office Building, 103 Gonzalez Giusti Ave, Guaynabo, PR 00966

• 1 position to be filled at (TN2709)127 International Drive, Franklin, TN 37067

• 1 position to be filled at (FL0067) 400 West Bay Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202

• 1 position to be filled at (VA0088) 400 North Eighth Street, Richmond, VA 23219

• 1 position to be filled at (PA0233) 1000 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

• 1 position to be filled at (CO1811)1999 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202

• 1 position to be filled at (MO0106)1222 Spruce, St. Louis, MO 63103

• 1 position to be filled at (WA0101)915 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174

• 1 position to be filled at (OR6728)100 SW Main Street, Portland, OR 97204

• 1 position to be filled at (IN0133)575 N Pennsylvania, Indianapolis, IN 46204

The offices within Enterprise Talent Development (IRS University) support various aspects of learning, and development within the Service, including but not limited to: classroom training delivery; virtual training delivery; leadership training and development; professional and cross functional training; HR professional training; career management; knowledge management; and training plans approval and evaluation.

Classroom Learning Services (CLS) is part of the Enterprise Talent Development division and supports face-to-face classroom training delivery at the 14 CLS training sites.

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.

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