Management & Program Analyst

Duties

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL HQ 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:

National HQ Office of the Commissioner

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

• Serves as senior project manager for the planning, development, coordination, and implementation of customer relations and continuity of operations projects that impact multiple organizations and/or IRS locations. In this role, he/she may administer and safeguard data collection for emergency and incident management impacting up to 80,000 thousand IRS employees. Provides key input to leadership and team members and ensures all project tracking and documentation aspects are completed accurately, thoroughly, and timely.

• Responsible for developing and managing the initial design of new program activities, and may coordinate and consult with Department of Treasury, FEMA, Homeland Security, and private industry sources. Represents the IRS interests and coordinates the impact of the projects with employees and managers in all affected areas within the Service and with individuals and organizations outside of the Service.

• Responsible for monitoring the progress of projects/programs and updating all project control systems used by SCR-CO. As needed, conducts reviews of projects/programs with SCR-CO scope impacting performance measures, incident and emergency management standards and records management assigned to others within the business units to ensure compliance with all customer requirements. Provides OJI (on-the-job-instruction) to other analysts/specialists in business units with responsibility for reporting business performance measures and incident and emergency management data with SCR-CO impact as needed.

• Utilizes the full range of project management skills in the accomplishment of work assignments. This includes addressing such areas as compliance/integration with organizational goals and objectives; workload and work-flow issues; impact to staffing levels; timelines; coordination with IT (Information Technology), and identifica-tion and coordination with all other program specialties involved in the implementation, execution, and tracking phases. Identifies all problems encountered pertaining to resource, funding, and/or project requirement issues.

• Responsible for the planning, development, coordination, implementation, and assessment of assigned SCR-CO projects/programs. Proactively consults with leadership at all levels to identify/define customer needs and requirements relative to employee compliance with safety, security, incident and emergency man-agement protocol. Monitors project status and adjusts work plans for project accomplishment.

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Conditions of Employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):

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• 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).

• 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-14 LEVEL:

You must have one 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 in leading major project assignments that required a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, to accomplish complex projects or studies broad in scope and magnitude.

Experience with the application of a range of laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the segment(s) of the Service's program affected by the assigned project or study; Experience with management principles and processes to perform project management duties to effectively coordinate and integrate project objectives and recommendations with key line and/or staff functions of the Service; Experience with oral and written communication. Experience editing and proofreading using multiple content management systems.

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 non-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.

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