Clarification from the agency

• IRS Career/Career Conditional Employees • Treasury CTAP Eligibles in the Commuting Area

WHAT DOES AN INTERNAL REVENUE AGENT, VIRTUAL/CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR TRAINER (VCIT) DO? As a Virtual/Classroom Instructor you will be responsible for delivering the instruction/training to individuals from within your organization. As a Virtual/Classroom Instructor, you will use your technical expertise and years of experience to plan and conduct training on basic and/or advanced areas of tax law, procedures, policies, techniques, or other specialized fields unique to your position/occupation. As a Virtual/Classroom Instructor you will be called upon to share knowledge and expertise with employees within your unit/organization in a one to one environment and/or a virtual environment. You will perform these duties as a collateral duty assignment, with no change to your current position description or post of duty. As a Virtual/Classroom Instructor, you have the extraordinary opportunity of sharing your expertise and knowledge with others, while at the same time serving in a role that is of tremendous benefit to the Service as a whole!

As an Internal Revenue Agent, Virtual/Classroom Instructor (VCIT) you will:

• Perform your regular duties and direct work, either phones and/or paper during non-training times. During the training assignment, if the Virtual/Classroom Instructor member is not actively involved in the essential Virtual/Classroom Instructor duties, he/she will return to direct work activities when not preparing, instructing, coaching and/or facilitating.
• Coordinate as appropriate in delivering Virtual/Classroom Instructor instruction/training materials. Analyze, write and review course material. Develop, plan, schedule, coordinate, and/or present basic, advanced, or specialized training material or instruction as assigned.
• Teach and/or provide instruction in recruit, basic, advanced, and specialized courses and technical knowledge, counsel others during the progress of the Virtual/Classroom Instructor to assist with problems and provide special guidance.
• Coordinate with others who may be assigned on either a full time or part time basis for recruit, basic or advanced training as required. Assure that instructors or other coaches are informed of any changes in course or technical subject matter. 
• Coordinate as appropriate on methods, techniques, training aids, and trainee management relative to assigned training or technical areas. May also provide specialized Virtual/Classroom Instructor training to other Virtual/Classroom Instructor instructors, if appropriate.
• Ensure familiarity with course materials, illustrative material, case studies, technical materials and Virtual/Classroom Instructor assignments accordingly. Ensure consistency in technical interpretation of regulations and their application.
• Recommend changes in emphasis, adjustment in the division of time spent in, discussion, workshop, or other elements of Virtual/Classroom Instructor training activities; also recommends necessary changes in other training needs and/or identified in Virtual/Classroom Instructor observation.
• Evaluate and/or recommend whether trainees or others should be retained and/or need additional instruction; in addition, evaluates trainees’ Virtual/Classroom Instructor progress and/or conduct.

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Conditions of employment

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• This is a collateral duty assignment, for up to 3 years in length
• Refer to "Other Information"
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
• IRS Employees with Career or Career Conditional Appointments.

Employees must be a current Small Business / Self Employed; Examination Operations; Field Examination; North Atlantic Area. 

Employees must be a current Internal Revenue Agent GS-0512-12; Internal Revenue Agent GS-0512-13.

You must be in the current position and grade level, be able to demonstrate the level of knowledge necessary to carry out the responsibilities of this position, and have a current performance appraisal rating of fully successful or above.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL GRADES
A Bachelor's or higher degree in accounting from an accredited college or university that included at least 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) in accounting or 24 semester hours in accounting and an additional 6 semester hours in related subjects such as business law, economics, statistical/quantitative methods, computerized accounting or financial systems, financial management or finance. OR

A combination of experience and education at an accredited college or university equivalent to a four year degree that included courses equivalent to a major in accounting, i.e. at least 30 semester hours in accounting or 24 semester hours in accounting and 6 semester hours in related subjects as described above. OR

A Certificate as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) obtained through written examination in a State, territory or the District of Columbia. OR

Are currently serving as an Internal Revenue Agent GS-0512 and have been in this position for at least one year or was previously an Internal Revenue Agent GS-0512 and held the position for at least one year. AND

You must possess the following professional accounting knowledge's: Principles of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Cost Accounting, Advanced Accounting, and Auditing. For more information on the required accounting knowledge's please refer to Internal Revenue Agent Basic Requirements

This knowledge is typically acquired by completion of an accounting degree from a four-year college or university. If not from an academic environment, the knowledge can also be obtained from certain work experience.

BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS:
This is a collateral duty assignment with no promotion potential, change to your current permanent position description of record, or post of duty. To qualify for this Certified Instructor position, you must be able to demonstrate the level of technical expertise and experience to plan and conduct Virtual/Classroom Instructor training on basic or advanced areas of tax law, procedures, policies, techniques, or other specialized fields unique to your position/occupation to carry out the responsibilities. You must have a current performance appraisal rating of fully successful or above. You must currently be on the position description and at the post of duty listed in this vacancy announcement.  

The Virtual/Classroom Instructor position covered by this announcement is identified below:

Internal Revenue Agent GS-0512-12; Internal Revenue Agent GS-512-13

In addition, for SB/SE "Examination Operations." 

-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.

How you will be evaluated

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 CJEs of the position to be filled per the National Agreement Article 13 and Article 30. Your application will also be rated and ranked among others, based on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, training, performance appraisals and awards relevant to the duties of this position (i.e., teaching expertise, subject matter experience, course writing experience, and recent instructor experience.). 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.

Referral: If you are among the qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. Qualified applicants may be interviewed and required to give a short teaching presentation to the interview panel. We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site.

If selected, an instructor will remain in the cadre (pool of instructors) for 3 years. After 3 years, an employee will need to reapply to remain in the cadre. New instructors will be required to attend CITC training, and will be certified during their initial instructional assignment. Applicants who are already CITC trained will not be required to take CITC again.