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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. Our mission is to serve America's taxpayers fairly and with integrity by providing accurate and impartial interpretation of the internal revenue laws and the highest quality legal advice and representation for the IRS. It is a great place to work with a family-friendly atmosphere.
Learn more about this agency01/14/2020 to 01/28/2020
$54,807 - $71,250 per year
GS 09
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
No
Permanent - Full Time - Permanent
Full-time - Career/Career Conditional
Competitive
09
No
No
CCJD-20-M31
556608400
Current federal employees of this agency.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
All candidates who are: (1) Current Office of Chief Counsel, IRS employees who are qualifying as Status Candidates or currently serving on a Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA), OR (2) CTAP eligibles.
What does a Legal Support Coordinator do?
As a Legal Support Coordinator, you will lead a staff of office administrative and legal support employees in preparing and processing legal documents and correspondence and maintaining legal filing systems. The lead role includes establishing and maintaining office management procedures, as well as managing and making adjustments to the workload of administrative and legal support staff (including Legal Assistants and Secretaries). Leading the support staff includes handling issues that are elevated to you by the staff and ensuring all support staff are trained on the key aspects of their jobs. You will assist the supervisor by providing input to performance appraisals and awards for staff members. Please note this is not a formal management position.
You will serve as a Legal Support Coordinator and the Team Leader.
As a Legal Support Coordinator, you will:
As a Team Leader, you will:
Because of its tax-related mission, the Office of Chief Counsel requires fingerprinting, tax verification, and a background security investigation as part of the pre-employment process.
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Resolving problems of a non-technical nature, analyzing office operations and making recommendations to improve efficiency, assisting with workload management of an office support staff, providing final review of documents for compliance with office policy and regulations, and providing guidance to office and support staff. Performing administrative duties, such as preparing requisitions, monitoring expenditures, reviewing time and attendance, or reviewing travel documents. You have an expert knowledge of office software, such as Word, Excel, document scanning programs, and database software in order to create, manipulate, analyze, report, and retrieve information. Your experience includes training others on office procedures, databases, software and/or legal work. OR
You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR
You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.
The experience may have been gained in the public or private sector, or through 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 the number of hours worked per week on your resume.
In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following, if applicable:
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. 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.
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 all required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position, as failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a “not qualified” determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas:
Your application will 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. Your rating my be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.
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 be reimbursed for 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 score an 85 or higher 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 may 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.) To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and the number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure that it supports your responses to the questions. Please view Resume Tips for additional guidance.
CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) DOCUMENTATION
If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
Submit a copy of your most recent, signed, completed annual performance appraisal which includes the final rating. If it is not dated within the last 12 months or if you have not received a performance appraisal, please explain why in your application.
EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTATION
SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITIES DOCUMENTATION
If you are applying under a special hiring authority, submit a copy of proof of your eligibility.
EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. 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. Please 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 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT, 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.
T check the status of your application for this position, please follow these steps:
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.
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/556608400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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