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04/12/2024 to 05/08/2024
$49,025 - $140,713 per year
GS 7 - 12
2 vacancies in the following locations:
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Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
13
No
No
24-12378731M-HCS-0110-7T12
786283100
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
Current federal employees of this agency.
WHAT IS THE HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICE DIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions
Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Human Capital Strategy Planning, Human Capital Research Branch
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
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.
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
BASIC REQUIREMENT : You must have a four (4) year course of study from an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in economics that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus.
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A combination of education and experience. The education must include courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. To be qualifying your experience may have included the following or must be sufficient demonstrate the ability to perform the following: Individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation; supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following: (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics; or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-07 LEVEL: In addition to the basic requirements above, you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying basic knowledge of methods and principles of economics to research projects; applying knowledge of research and study design and administration processes to the presentation of conclusions of limited projects. Experience utilizing current research procedures and basic techniques to perform research; developing, analyzing, and presenting statistical information and recognizing and adopting new techniques to fit the needs of research projects. Knowledge of human resources policies and systems applicable to the area of responsibility; knowledge of the types of economic and statistical programs conducted in Federal agencies or other organizations and their usefulness in evaluating or completing research projects. Skill in oral communications and descriptive report writing.
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You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: One (1) year of graduate level education from an accredited college or university in economics.
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Superior Academic Achievement may be met by having a Bachelor's degree, with one of the following: A GPA of 2.95 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.45 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.
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You may qualify with a combination of qualifying education and experience.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-09: In addition to the basic requirements above, you must have one (1) 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: Experience applying professional knowledge of methods and principles of economics to research projects; utilizing knowledge of statistical principles and practices and current research procedures and techniques to develop, analyze, and present statistical information. Knowledge of human resources policies and systems applicable to the area of responsibility; knowledge of the economic significance of the information reported on human capital documents and the impact of proposed policy changes on research projects; knowledge of the types of economic and statistical programs conducted in Federal agencies or other organizations and their usefulness in evaluating or completing research projects; and knowledge of computer programming languages and statistical software packages. Skill in oral communications and descriptive report writing.
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You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A master's or equivalent graduate degree in economics. OR
Two (2) full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree in economics.
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You may qualify with a combination of qualifying education and experience.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-11: In addition to the basic requirements, you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying professional knowledge of methods and principles of economics to research projects. Skill in developing, analyzing, and presenting statistical information and recognizing and adopting new techniques to fit the needs of research projects. Experience with research and study design and administration processes from the formulation of concepts through specification and analysis of output to the presentation of conclusions. Knowledge of human resources policies applicable to the area of responsibility and knowledge of human capital data systems, the data elements contained in them, and how they can be used to conduct research; knowledge of the economic significance of the information reported on human capital documents and the impact of proposed policy changes on research projects; knowledge of the types of economic and statistical programs conducted in Federal agencies or other organizations and their usefulness in evaluating or completing research projects; and knowledge of computer programming languages and statistical software packages. Skill in oral communications and descriptive report writing.
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You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in economics.
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Three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in economics.
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You may qualify with a combination of qualifying education and experience.
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SEE ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION IN EDUCATION:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-12: In addition to the basic requirements, you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying comprehensive professional knowledge of methods and principles of economics to research projects. Skill in developing, analyzing, and presenting statistical information including various statistical data produced by Federal agencies or non-Governmental organizations and using the data to evaluate assigned programs; recognizing and adopting new techniques to fit the needs of research projects and preparing comprehensive reports necessary for the successful completion of assignments. Experience with research and study design and administration processes from the formulation of concepts through specification and analysis of output to the presentation of conclusions. Knowledge of human resources policies applicable to the area of responsibility and knowledge of human capital data systems, the data elements contained in them, and how they can be used to conduct research; knowledge of the economic significance of the information reported on human capital documents and the impact of proposed policy changes on research projects; knowledge of the types of economic and statistical programs conducted in Federal agencies or other organizations and their usefulness in evaluating or completing research projects; and knowledge of computer programming languages and statistical software packages. Skill in oral communications and descriptive report writing.
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MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks.
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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.
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.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing 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 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 competencies of the position to be filled per the IRS Merit Promotion Plan in the following areas:
The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English.
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 05/08/2024 and/or cut-off dates in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date.
To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12378731
Treasury believes in a working environment that supports inclusion; please view our reasonable accommodation policies and procedures at https://www.jobs.irs.gov/midcareer/reasonable-accommodation.html. We will provide 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.
Once your application package and online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email. You are responsible for checking status updates and notifications in USAJOBS. Hard copy notifications will not be sent to you. You may check the status of your application for this position at any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My Account" tab and clicking on "Application Status." For a more detailed update of your application status, you may click on "more information." Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. If your email mailbox is full or blocked (SPAM) you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.
Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes:
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/786283100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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