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Small Business/Self Employed is the largest Chief Counsel division, with attorneys assigned to 47 field offices. These attorneys work directly with IRS field agents providing legal advice on tax cases involving individuals, small business, and all cases involving collection and bankruptcy issues. When these cases go to trial, SBSE attorneys are the IRS litigators, with responsibility for identifying the desired legal theories, developing the trial strategies and representing IRS in court.
Learn more about this agency03/08/2021 to 09/30/2021
$77,488 - $141,548 per year
GS 12 - 14
Many vacancies in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - 1 to 5 nights per month
No
Permanent
Full-time - Full-Time Excepted Service Appointment
Excepted
14
No
No
CCAH-21-60
594520300
U.S. Citizens and U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required.
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14. These are not all inclusive:
NOTE: This is an open-continuous announcement. Applicants will be referred to the selecting officials and referral lists issued as vacancies occur.
Referral Lists: Cutoff for receipt of applications will be midnight EST on the date a vacancy has been determined. Applications received after that date, may be considered on future referral lists. Notifications will be sent to applicants when application has been referred or not. The announcement may close prior to the closing date, if management has succeeded in filling all vacancies and has no further use for a standing register. Applications may be updated and/or resubmitted to continue receiving consideration till the closing date of this announcement.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
You must meet the following requirements by the cut-off dates or closing date of this announcement, whichever comes first:
GS-14: Possess a J.D. and one year of general legal experience, plus two years of specialized experience (one year must have been comparable to the GS-13 level) OR Possess an LL.M. plus two years of specialized experience (one of which must have been comparable to the GS-13 level).
GS-13: Possess an LL.M. degree and have at least one year of professional tax experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service OR Have at least two years of professional legal experience after receiving my J.D. of which at least one year is in the tax law and is equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service.
GS-12: Possess a J.D. and have one year of professional attorney experience comparable to the GS-11 in the Federal service OR Possess a LL.M. degree.
Specialized Experience: The experience referenced above must have included professional tax legal experience in federal income tax controversy, federal income tax litigation, or federal income tax consulting.
You must have graduated with a J.D. and/or LL.M. from an ABA-accredited law school.
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 atte schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of credibility 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.
Applicants will be considered based on their overall background as it relates to the position to be filled. Interviews may be held at the option of the office. All application materials and interviews, if conducted, will be used in the final evaluation and selection process.
Referral: Professional Order will be used to refer and select eligible candidates. Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of the certificate in alphabetical order and considered before non-preference-eligibles. All other candidates will be listed in alphabetical order.
If you are among the top qualified candidates, 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.
Bargaining Unit Chief Counsel employees will be given first consideration. To receive first consideration, Bargaining Unit Chief Counsel employees seeking reassignment must be on the Master First Consideration List (MFCL). In regard to this announcement, the MFCL is only for reassignments of employees currently occupying Bargaining Unit positions. If you are applying for a promotion, please apply to the announcement.
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 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.
In addition, applicants are required to submit: 1) An unofficial or official transcript(s) for your J.D. degree or LL.M. degree (an official transcript is required if you are selected); and 2) An 8-10 page legal writing sample.
If selected, you will be required to submit proof of bar membership.
VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION: There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Office of Chief Counsel considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. If you are claiming veterans’ preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 (Member 4 copy), or other official documentation from a branch of the Armed Forces or the Department of Veterans Affairs showing dates of service and type of discharge. Ten-point preference eligibles must also submit an Application for 10-point Veteran Preference, SF-15, along with the required documentation listed on the back of the SF-15 form. For more information on veterans' preference view FedsHireVets.
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) by each cutoff date or by the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CST, 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 begin, either click the Create a New Account button and follow the prompts to register or if you previously registered, click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts.
If you are experiencing system issues with your application, please contact the CareerConnector Help Desk at
careerconnectorhelp@do.treasury.gov
and/or the USAJOBS Help Desk.
To 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.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/594520300. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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