Staff Support Assistant (Office Automation) Temp NTE 1 Year, Mbe, Mbmp - Amended

Duties

WHAT IS THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY SERVICES 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:

Facilities Management and Security Services

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

• Receives, screens, and answers routine telephone calls, and provides receptionist services to visitors.

• Establishes, organizes, and maintains files of correspondence, manuals, and other related information in accordance with IRS regulatory policies and guidance. Compiles records of organizational and workflow charts, staffing levels, and mission and function statements.

• Reviews all incoming mail and correspondence to determine proper action; and, as appropriate, prepares written responses. Determines deadlines for correspondence needing suspense dates.
  
  Logs, and maintains correspondence and suspended action file. Follows-up on suspense dates to ensure timely reply to suspended items, as well as matters resulting from meetings and conferences.

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):

PD94328, PD94329, and PD94330

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).

• 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:

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, you must meet the qualification requirements outlined below:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-05-LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes providing office administrative support doing functions such as preparing correspondence and greeting and directing visitors.

OR

A bachelor's degree or four (4) years of education above high school in any field of study from an accredited college or university. You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-06-LEVEL: 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 providing office administrative support doing functions such as preparing correspondence, greeting, and directing visitors, and coordinating services between customers and providers for support services.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-07-LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes providing office administrative support doing functions such as preparing correspondence, greeting, and directing visitors, managing a calendar, and coordinating services between customers and providers for support services.

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".

You must meet the following special requirements:

Applicants must be a qualified typist with a minimum typing speed of 40 words per minute (based on a 5-minute sample with three or fewer errors). Applicants may meet these requirements by passing the appropriate performance test, presenting a certificate of proficiency from a school or other organization authorized to issue such certificates by the Office of Personnel Management local office, or by self-certifying their proficiency. Performance test results and certificates of proficiency are acceptable for three years. We may verify proficiency skills of self-certified applicants by administering the appropriate performance test.

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.

• Relocation expenses

• No

• This is a non-bargaining unit position.

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

• Tour of Duty: Monday

• Friday, Day Shift

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

• Selectee will be able to work with manager to pick start/stop times for shift as long as it is in dayshift hours.

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

• This is a temporary not to exceed (NTE) 1 year. Extensions may be made in one-year increments, NTE 5 years, and this may be made permanent without further competition.

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