Human Resources Specialist

Duties WHAT IS THE 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:

HCO, Office of the Chief of Staff, Compliance & Risk Management Office, Compliance & Assessment Branch The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Supports an on-going HCO Operations enterprise-wide program to assess the current state of delivery and execution of all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and procedures pertaining to HR Operations. Provides advisory services for HCO Operations on matters pertaining to initiating, changing, and evaluating the compliance and risk, efficiency and effectiveness of the assigned program operations, internal controls, processes, and procedures.

Develops approved strategies for testing, fielding, and evaluating new or revised processes and systems supporting human capital programs requirements. Plans, organizes, and conducts independent assessments to manage HCO Compliance and Risk Management program to reduce risk and improve compliance within the operations. Performs extensive research, leads, or conducts comprehensive reviews, process mapping and conducts program analyses to evaluate and assess program/project effectiveness and provide recommendations to rectifies significant and high-risk areas, potential program issues and problems.

Identifies actual or potential performance problems, emerging patterns, and new developments. Leads, plans, organizes, and execute individual studies of major programs to develop the annual assessment plans, schedule, and implement internal control standard operating procedures. Prepares and develops new assessment guide that contains detailed assessment methodologies and project milestones designed to determine compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies/procedures, effectiveness of internal control, and management of risks in human capital programs.

Meets with top- level managers and executives within the Service to define risks challenges to programs and socialize annual assessment plan/schedule. Plans and coordinates the activities of the assessment to include personnel and budget requirements, assignment of work, monitoring milestones, communicating with customers and stakeholders throughout the life of projects, and mentoring and reviewing the work of assigned staff. Conducts in-depth analyses of applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures on human capital entity's or programs under review.

Research's Human Capital entity's business processes, policies, mission, and procedures to be assessed. Identifies, analyze, assesses, risks and compliance effectiveness of internal controls, in human capital office. Gathers and documents sufficient, competent, and relevant information and data to provide the basis for assessment conclusions.

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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. Must be a U.S.
  
  Citizen or National and provide proof of U.S.
  
  Citizenship. (Birth certificate showing birth in the U.S; Unexpired U.S. Passport; Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization; or Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S.
  
  Citizen (Form FS-240)) A 1-year probationary period is required. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. Undergo a review of prior performance/conduct and an income tax verification.
  
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  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-timework 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 FOR GS-14:
  
  You must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience leading large teams in planning, conducting, and reporting on complex independent audits, analytical studies, and assessments that evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness, and risk and compliance of federal (or other) human resource programs and developing recommendations for improvements.
  
  Experience in developing strategies for testing and evaluating human resources program operations, planning and coordinating the activities of the assessment including personnel, communication with management and stakeholders, and providing feedback to staff; conducting independent quality reviews of comprehensive assessment reports to ensure conclusions reached are fully supported by evidence collected, negotiating and resolving controversial situations, and persuading others to accept assessment recommendations. Experience applying a wide range of advanced human resources (HR) laws, regulations, compliance, policies, and precedents and comprehensive knowledge of HR principles, practices, and procedures sufficient to plan and provide comprehensive HR management advisory and technical services, assess program compliance, and develop and implement recommendations to improve program compliance. 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 For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. 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 non-bargaining unit position. Tour of Duty: Day Shift 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. Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
  
  These documents must be unexpired original or certified copies. The employment of any candidate, 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.
  
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  Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act.
  
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