Management And Program Analyst - Temporary Not To Exceed 1 Year, Mbe, MBP

Duties

WHAT IS THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 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: Criminal Investigation

• Strategy and Digital Forensics

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

• Serves as the comprehensive professional level management and program analyst responsible for developing and/or interpreting guidance on program planning, execution, and evaluation. Consults with management, subject matter experts and personnel from outside of the IRS (Treasury, other Federal law enforcement agencies, etc.) to develop and implement improvements to the administration and management of CI, Headquarters programs, projects, and operations.

• Performs a wide range of analytical studies and projects affecting major HQ program areas, including administrative and management policies, program objectives, operations, procedures, and resource use. Compiles and presents oral or written reports to a wide IRS audience. Develops and presents policy changes and recommendations to CI executives and/or senior leadership for appropriate course of action. Works independently or with appropriate subject-matter experts to ensure approved policy and procedural changes are implemented and meeting established goals.

• Recommends program staffing by conducting work studies; develops changes in methods, procedures, and techniques to improve baseline measures based on the evaluation of program and workforce data; and conducts studies of employee/organizational efficiency and productivity and recommends changes that increase the effectiveness and improve the overall administration of the assigned organization, staffing levels, and work methods/procedures.

Additional Duties for 3 positions in Asset & Knowledge Management:

• Acts as space management coordinator for IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS CI) Real Estate.

• Manages real estate assets in a manner that improves services for IRS CI personnel, protects assets, ensures equitable space standards, and promotes efficiency.

• Develops relationships and collaborates with other business units and agencies to share best practices, as it relates to space management.

• Reviews and submits Strategic Facility Plans and Business Unit Notifications to IRS CI field office leadership.

• Assists IRS CI field office leadership in identifying staffing requirements and ensuring National Workspace Standards are met.

• Develops space management policy, including National Workspace Standards, Physical Access Control, and Space Assignment.

• Manages IRS CI Space Management SharePoint site and PeopleTrak CI Space Management system.

• Provides guidance and recommendations to IRS CI field office leadership for space management projects.

Additional Duties for 1 position in Digital Forensics:

• Covers field services such as GOV, CIMIS, equipment, administration reviews and provides support to the Computer Investigative Specialists (SA-CIS).

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):

PD23012 and PD23011

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.

• A 1-year probationary period is required (unless already completed).

• Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment, random drug testing while you occupy the position, and have a negative result.

• 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-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: GS-11 LEVEL: You must have one (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: Providing support to customers to help them understand business processes, the needs of business operating divisions, and the information technology systems related to case management; analyzing current business processes, operations, structures, and workloads to use agile customer-centered thinking and draw on leading industry test-and-learn practices to identify a combination of business processes and technology that works best for the customers and employees. Experience with human-centered design practices to learn appropriate methods for sustainable change. Experience monitoring and prioritizing modernization efforts while helping to coordinate migration of legacy systems and business processes into a single technology environment to improve both the employee and customer experience. Experience communicating both orally and in writing.

OR

EDUCATION: 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 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 the work of this position such as: human resources, public administration, organizational psychology, or other administrative and management fields.

OR

COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

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".

GS-12 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

You must have at least one year (1) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11). Specialized experience for this position includes demonstrated accomplishment of evaluative and analytical methods to identify and measure accomplishments and progress, revise methods and develop new approaches to information gathering; experience with project management techniques to plan, schedule, and conduct complex projects; mission, organization, work processes and related administrative activities to identify actual or potential problem areas, trends, deficiencies, or other similar factors affecting operations. In addition, budgeting methods and techniques to prepare analyses and estimates and oral communication techniques to present findings and negotiate solutions.

OR

EDUCATION: 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 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 the work of this position such as: human resources, public administration, organizational psychology, or other administrative and management fields.

OR

COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

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

• This is a temporary position: Not to Exceed one year, May Be Extended up to 5 years, and May Be made Permanent without further competition.

• 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, Mon

• Fri, start and stop times between 6am and 6pm.

• 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.

• Relocation expenses

• No

• Travel to a temporary CI duty location will be based on business needs, with consideration given to location preference(s). Though many locations may be listed, you will be limited to selecting a maximum of five (5) location preferences. Please consider each location preference carefully when applying. If you are permanently selected for a position at one of your location preferences, that location will become your official post of duty.

• This position is Remain in POD. You will remain in your current post of duty but may be required to travel to a temporary CI duty location within your home POD's commuting area to sit in CI Space.

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