Clarification from the agency

Open to IRS Career/Career-Conditional, Treasury/IRS CTAP, & IRS RPP employees

WHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL (LB&I) DIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Advises managers and executives in critical, sensitive or confidential matters, including personnel and budget matters. Consults with senior management and executives within the business function, and at higher levels within the agency on critical organizational and management issues. Exercises authority to represent and make commitments on behalf of management regarding program operations and the administrative management of the organization.
• Guides the practice areas in planning, organizing, and/or leading all phases of multifunctional efforts to evaluate plans and proposals for projects involving broad areas of work processes, operational practices, and integration between various functional areas. Projects and studies involve providing technical expertise, directing the analysis and evaluation of plans and proposals for projects, providing implementation support, assessing accomplishment of program and management goals and objectives, and prescribing or formulating new or revised policy.
• Counsels management in assessing impact of new or modified program requirements. Analyzes new or proposed legislation, regulations, or other authoritative guidance to determine impact on program operations. Prepares long-range forecasts of developments relevant to program operations. Identifies and analyzes critical problems and issues, the timing and sequence of key program events and milestones, resource utilization and constraints, and coordination of management controls. Identifies resources for staffing, training and funding required to support varied levels of program operations. Identifies trends and anticipates any adverse impact on budget and/or work plans. Develops innovative solutions, documents findings and conclusions, and makes presentations.

Conditions of employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):
PD98999
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• If you are in a telework eligible position, you may be directed to temporarily telework on a full-time basis due to COVID 19. Employees must be within a 150-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status. Once normal operations resume, employees may be directed back to the office to perform the duties of their position. Telework eligibility does not guarantee telework; employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program. 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).
• 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: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Day Shift
• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.
• Relocation expenses - No

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.

Applicants should have specific experience and knowledge in the following areas:

• Quality Assurance, adult learning theories and other instructional design methodologies and technologies, to lead timely development and delivery of training, including identifying training gaps, designing and creating instructional content and recommending effective program delivery.
• Development, delivery and marketing of training initiatives. Facilitating teams of subject matter experts and management in the development of communications, educational materials, training and program delivery.
• Manage training budget; plan, prepare and maintain reports; identify, develop and implement assessments to evaluate training effectiveness, employee performance, program outcome, and processes; develop and deliver training surveys; analyze and transform survey results into executive briefings and recommendations.
• Collaborate with other teams and external vendors to promote relevant course learning opportunities and ensure that current tax issues and trends are promptly delivered
• Strong oral and written communication skills to clearly convey ideas, including technical knowledge of writing conventions, IRS Style Guide and formatting.
• Execute large scale in-person and/or virtual training projects using Skype, SABA, Zoom, etc.
• Software programs including PowerPoint, Excel, Access, SharePoint, OneNote, ITMS, Visio, SABA, Skype, Tempo, etc.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-14 LEVEL: You must have 1 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 leading major project assignments that required a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, sufficient to accomplish complex projects or studies broad in scope and magnitude; Experience with 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 orally and written communication.

AND

MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: For positions above the GS-05, applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for.

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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Continued LB&I Core Cities:
TX:300 E 8th ST,AUSTIN,78701;8701 S GESSNER,HOUSTON,77074;1919 SMITH,HOUSTON,77002;4050 AlphaRd,FARMERSBRANCH,75244;3651 S IH35,AUSTIN,78741;12941 I45,HOUSTON,7060;Ashford Oak 8122 Data Point 26 Dr. San Antonio 78229;5450 Stratum Dr,FTWORTH,76137;12309 N MOPACEXPWY,AUSTIN,78758;UT:324 25th St,OGDEN,84401;1160 W 1200 S,OGDEN,84404;105 23rd ST,OGDEN,84401;178 S RIOGRANDE ST,SALTLAKECITY,84101;VA:7980 Quantum Drive,VIENNA,22182;400 N 8TH ST,RICHMOND,23219;200 GRANBY ST,NORFOLK 23510;WA:915 2nd Av,SEATTLE,98174;WI:N14 W24200 TowerPlace,WAUKESHA,53188;211 W Wisconsin Av,MILWAUKEE,53203

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 in accordance with the Service's Merit Promotion Plan. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

• Decision Making
• Oral Communication
• Planning and Evaluating
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Writing