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The Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, the largest tax law firm in the country, is looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team and gain valuable experience in a legal environment. The Office of Chief Counsel’s mission is to serve America's taxpayers fairly and with integrity by providing correct and impartial interpretation of the internal revenue laws and employs the highest quality legal advice and representation for the Internal Revenue Service. It's a great place to work with an excellent benefits package and family-friendly.
The Area Counsel is responsible for the effective supervision, management, and performance of all tax law activities within assigned geographic and program areas in support of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) Division. The incumbent provides legal advice and assistance in determining strategies, plans, and policies for a comprehensive and customer-oriented tax administration program to meet the needs of individual and small business taxpayers and practitioners within the geographic area. The incumbent serves as senior legal advisor and expert consultant to officials of the Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, Treasury, and other agencies and organizations on the legal issues, regulations, and needs relevant to serving all individuals filing schedules C, E, F, and/or Form 2106, as well as corporations, S corporations, and partnerships with assets of $10 million or less. In addition, the incumbent is responsible for planning, directing, supervising and coordinating policies and programs for the delivery of legal advice and development of strategies for general litigation, and for providing other support, as needed, to the IRS SB/SE Division, other IRS Divisions, Counsel offices, government agencies, and the public.
05/17/2018 to 06/01/2018
$126,148 - $185,100 per year
ES ES
1 vacancy in the following location:
Occasional travel - Travel may be required.
Yes—Relocation will be authorized for Federal employees only.
Permanent
Full-time - Full-Time Excepted Service Appointment
ES
Yes
CCCM-ERB-18-61
499972400
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
The experience may have been gained in the public, private sector, or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work 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 must have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association leading to a professional law degree - JD. An LLM in Taxation is desired but not required.
Specialized experience may have been gained while employed in a professional legal position in the Federal, state, or local government, the private sector including law firms, or nongovernmental organizations.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application includes your resume and 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 will result in a “not qualified” determination.
Applicants will be considered based on their overall background as it relates to the position to be filled. All application materials and interviews, if conducted, will be used in the final evaluation and selection process.
Candidates found basically qualified will be further evaluated by an Executive Resources Board based on the extent and quality of their experience as it relates to the Professional/Technical Competencies and the Executive Core Qualifications needed for this position. Appropriate consideration will be given for job-related training, education, awards, publications, and supervisory appraisals of job performance. Interviews of applicants may be held at the option of the Board. Selected applicant will be subject to certification of their executive qualifications by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (unless previously certified). (Note: Current and former SES members, and other candidates who have already been OPM/QRB-certified, are not required to address the executive core qualifications. They must, however, provide documentation of certification in the form of an SF-50 showing career SES status, or an OPM issued SES qualification certificate.)
Referral: 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. We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site.
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All applicants must submit the following documents:
1. Cover letter (memorandum of interest) summarizing your interested position.
2. Resume detailing your relevant qualifications and specialized knowledge and experience.
3. A supplemental narrative statement that addresses your possession of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ's) and the Professional/Technical Competencies (PTC's).
4. If you are not an OPM - certified SES member or candidate, you must address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ's).
5. For Chief Counsel employees: A Supervisory Report (ERB Form 1-88, 4/11) regarding your suitability for the position as completed by your current or most recent supervisor. You are responsible for notifying your supervisor that this report must be received no later than five workdays after the closing date of this announcement.
6. A complete application includes (1) a resume, (2) vacancy question responses, (3) A supplemental narrative statement that addresses your possession of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ's) and the Professional/Technical Competencies (PTC's), and (4) submission of any required documents noted in the vacancy announcement. 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 will not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).
7. All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and number of hours 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.
CURRENT AND FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES - Documentation Relating to Your Federal Employment
-Submit a copy of your SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which shows your current (or most recent) grade and competitive service status.
-Indicate on your application the highest permanent grade you have held; if this grade is different from your current grade; submit a copy of an additional SF-50 showing this grade.
-Submit a copy of your most recent, signed, completed annual performance appraisal which includes the final rating. If the performance appraisal is not dated within the last 12 months or if you have not received a performance appraisal, please explain why in your application.
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 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date. Treasury provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.
To check the status of your application for this position, please follow these steps:
1. Login to your USAJOBS account, select the "Applications" section and click on the vacancy you would like to view and have already applied for.
2. Under "application status," click "additional application information" and you will be taken to the CareerConnector website where you can check your application status. The "additional application information" link may not be available if your application status says "Unavailable." This indicates that your application is not complete.
If the "additional application information" link is not available and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Update Application" to be taken back to the CareerConnector portion of the application.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/499972400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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