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Learn more about this agency03/11/2019 to 01/15/2020
$33,394 - $61,584 per year
GS 05 - 07
7 vacancies in the following locations:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
07
No
No
19CS1-HCN0249-0203-5-7-NW
526927700
IRS Employees with Career or Career Conditional Appointments
WHAT DOES A HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT DO? As a Human Resources Assistant, you will provide clerical, administrative and limited technical support to personnel engaged in personnel management functions such as employee benefits, recruitment and placement, personnel/payroll processing, classification, labor relations, and employee development. In this position you will provide evaluation and analysis involving practices and principles of the assigned program specialty.
As a Human Resources Assistant you will:
If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER IRS CAREERS? If you want to find out more about IRS careers, visit us on the web at www.jobs.irs.gov
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You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
GRADE 05 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-4 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that is in or related to this position and provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying experience may have been gained in positions performing routine assignments related to human resource management functions to include:
• Maintaining position description books, classification standards, and files.
• Providing routine information to managers and employees on various human resources issues.
• Reviewing requests for personnel actions.
• Reviewing position descriptions for format, completeness, and consistency.
• Identifying and helping resolve discrepancies and errors.
• Maintaining manual and automated records
• Providing support work to others managing programs (e.g. training programs, education programs, etc).
• Participating in preparing course materials for printing and distribution.
This list is not inclusive.
If you do not have 1 year of specialized experience, you may also qualify if you have successfully completed at least 4 years of education above the high school level (120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours), have a Bachelors or higher degree, or have 2880 hours of formal classroom training in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school.
For Grades 5 : You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.
GRADE 06 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that is in or related to this position and provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying experience may have been gained in positions performing assignments to support human resource management functions such as:
• Preparing vacancy announcements for less-complex positions.
• Screening applicants against minimum experience and educational requirements.
• Reviewing position descriptions for format, completeness, and consistency.
• Reviewing or processing requests for personnel actions.
• Gathering data and preparing reports and documents.
• Providing information to managers and employees on various human resources issues.
• Researching, correcting, and validating pay transactions
• Utilizing office automation and various program applications in order to research information.
This list is not inclusive.
GRADE 07 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-6 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that is in or related to this position and provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying experience may have been gained in positions providing technical support to human resource management functions such as:
• Preparing vacancy announcements.
• Screening applicants against minimum experience and educational requirements.
• Providing information to managers and employees on various human resources issues (e.g., employee benefits, labor relations, staffing, recruitment, position classification, worker's compensation, etc.).
• Utilizing office automation and various program applications in order to research information.
• Utilizing personal computers to gather, maintain and compile statistical data on performance development activities.
• Participating in course development activities such as gathering data and conducting limited task analyses and preparing reports.
• Utilizing personnel and payroll systems to affect a variety of personnel and pay actions.
This list is not inclusive.
-The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-timework; 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.
In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following, if applicable:
You must have been at the next lower grade level of the grade you are applying to for 52 weeks (time-in-grade requirement).
This position located in an assigned Business Operating Division (BOD), within the Internal Revenue Service. Incumbent performs technical assistance work which involves internal merit promotion and external delegated examining hiring in support of staffing/recruitment activities. The incumbent may be tasked to provide service to any one or more BODs in the IRS. While the incumbent works within the assigned BOD, they operate under the guidance of the staffing guidelines and best practices set for within the Human Capital Office (HCO). The incumbent ensures BOD compliance within those guidelines.
Positions are located in an assigned Business Operating Division: 5015 S IH-35, Austin, TX 78744 (TX2746)(1 Vacancy); 550 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (OH0189)(1 Vacancy); 1040 Waverly Avenue, Holtsville, NY 11742 (NY0376)(1 Vacancy); 333 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, MO 64108 (MO1937)(1 Vacancy); 5333 Getwell Road, Memphis, TN 38118 (TN0005)(1 Vacancy); 1160 W 1200 S, Ogden, UT 84404 (UT0036)(1 Vacancy); 2970 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (PA0809)(1 Vacancy).
POSITION DESCRIPTIONS 98190, 98191, 98192
A PM/C SharePoint site is available for IRS Employees at: https://organization.ds.irsnet.gov/sites/HCOETS/PMC/SPDLibrary/SitePages/Home.aspx
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a “not qualified” determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated on the competencies of the position to be filled per the IRS Merit Promotion Plan in the following areas: Customer Service, Interpersonal Skills, Managing and Organizing Information, Problem Solving, Reading, Writing.
Your application will also be rated and ranked among others, based on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, training, performance appraisals and awards relevant to the duties of this position. IRS employees may obtain most recent awards listing at https://persinfo.web.irs.gov/ Your rating may be lowered, if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.
Referral: You will be assigned to one of three quality groups. Each group represents a quality level (i.e., Superior/Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, Qualified). Candidates will be considered in quality group order.
If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview (telephonic and/or in person at the discretion of the Selecting Official in accordance with hiring polices). We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site.
If you are a displaced or surplus Treasury employee eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), you must receive a score of, HIGHLY QUALIFIED or better to be rated as well qualified to receive special selection priority.
A complete application includes 1. A resume, 2. Vacancy question responses, and 3. Submission of any required documents. Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you will not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).
All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) Cover Letter Tips
To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest that you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. Please view resume tips Resume Tips
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) DOCUMENTATION If you are a displaced or surplus Treasury employee, click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents. IRS CTAP eligibles can apply for jobs within and outside the commuting area.
IRS Reassignment Preference Program (RPP) You must meet the requirements in your RPP notice. Submit a copy of your RPP Notice along with a copy of your most recent annual performance appraisal. Your performance appraisal must have a fully successful or higher overall rating.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL/AWARDS Submit a copy of your most recent completed performance appraisal. If a revalidated appraisal is used for merit promotion, the supervisor must prepare a narrative for each critical job element that does not have a narrative describing the performance in the appraisal period covered by the rating. Note: If you are a manager or management official, your most recent annual performance appraisal must be used for the overall rating identified.
EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION If you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. If the position has specific education requirements and you are currently (or have previously been) in the Federal job series to be filled, there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time. 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.
If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date.
This is an open continuous roster announcement which allows applicants to apply up to the last cutoff date listed in the announcement. The roster open period is 03/11/2019 through 01/15/2020. The roster will be used to fill an anticipated one or more vacancies throughout the next 12 months. Selections may be made through 04/15/2020. Contingent upon funding and space requirements, one or more vacancies may be filled at the locations listed in this announcement as they become available. Applicants need to apply and/or update their applications by 11:59 pm ET at the close of each of the following cutoff dates to be considered: 03/22/2019, 07/15/2019, 10/15/2019, and 01/15/2020.
Treasury believes in a working environment that supports inclusion; please view our reasonable accommodation policies and procedures at https://jobs.irs.gov/seasonal/reasonable-accommodation.html. We will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us hco.mphs.apply@irs.gov if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.
If you are experiencing system issues with your application, please contact the CareerConnector Help Desk at careerconnectorhelp@treasury.gov and/or the USAJOBS Help Desk.
You may check the status of your application for this position at any time by logging onto the USAJOBS “My Account” tab and clicking on “Application Status.” For a more detailed update of your application status, you may click on “more information.”
Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that if you provide an email address that is inaccurate or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/526927700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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