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Job opening: Secretary (Office Automation)

Salary: $37 696 - 60 703 per year
Published at: Aug 18 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties

WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE SERVICE (TAS) 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: Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), Deputy Executive Director Case Advocacy (DEDCA), Area 5 The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position. Receives, screens, and answers routine telephone calls. Provides telephone and receptionist services to visitors. Establishes, organizes, and maintains files of correspondence, manuals, and other related information. Maintains the files in accordance with IRS regulatory policies and guidance. Maintains the manager's calendar by scheduling, canceling and shifting appointments based on the manager's commitments. Arranges conferences and meetings, reserves office space, notifies participants and provides pertinent information and documents to participants. Attends conferences or meetings when required to record and transcribe minutes from written notes. Prepares minutes of conferences or meetings and distributes as per manager's instructions. Briefs the manager on important and office related facts, issues, reports, and correspondence arising during the manager's absence.

Requirements

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. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-05: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must meet the basic requirements below: One year or twelve (12) months of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-04) in the Federal government. Specialized experience is experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. Examples of specialized experience include: providing telephone and receptionist services; Maintaining records; Requisitioning office supplies; Filing material and maintaining office filing system; Receiving and controlling incoming and outgoing correspondence and reports for format, grammar, and punctuation; Writing simple or repetitive, non-technical correspondence such as letters of acknowledgment; Scheduling appointments and preparing notes regarding topics to be discussed; Ability to operate a variety of office hardware and software systems and knowledge and skill applying grammar, spelling, and punctuation. OR A Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of education above high school in any field of study from an accredited college or university. OR An equivalent amount of combined education and experience. Only education in excess of 60 semester hours, 90 quarter hours or 1440 classroom hours is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement for the GS-5 level. For example, one full year of academic study (30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or 720 formal classroom hours) beyond the second year is equal to 6 months of specialized experience. To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, college or university. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-06: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must meet the basic requirements below. You must meet have one year or twelve (12) months of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-05) in the Federal government. Specialized experience is experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. You may have gained this experience in a full-time secretary, senior clerk, management assistant, personnel assistant, legal assistant position, and other similar positions where you independently provided clerical support, typing, maintaining files, records, screening material, establishing procedures, following up action items, editing correspondence, requisitioning supplies, equipment, and services for office chief and staff. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-07: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must meet the basic requirements below. You must meet have one year or twelve (12) months of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-06) in the Federal government. Specialized experience is experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. You may have gained this experience in a full-time secretary, management assistant, personnel assistant, legal assistant position, and other similar positions where you use your technical and administrative knowledge to schedule supervisor's activities, compose correspondence, resolve problems, locate information, prepare travel arrangements, including travel vouchers, and organized the workflow of the office. AND You must meet the following special requirements: Applicants must be a qualified typist with a minimum typing speed of 40 words per minute (based on a 5-minute sample with three or fewer errors). Applicants may meet these requirements by passing the appropriate performance test, presenting a certificate of proficiency from a school or other organization authorized to issue such certificates by the Office of Personnel Management local office, or by self-certifying their proficiency. Performance test results and certificates of proficiency are acceptable for three years. We may verify proficiency skills of self-certified applicants by administering the appropriate performance test. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

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.

Contacts

  • Address TAS - Deputy National Taxpayer Advocate 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
  • Name: IRS Memphis External
  • Email: [email protected]

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