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WHAT IS THE WAGE AND INVESTMENT (W&I) 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: Wage and Investment - CARE - Customer Assistance, Relationship and Education, Media and Publications, Publishing, Non-Tax Products W&I 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. Incumbent serves as a consultant and advisor to customers, team members and peers. Serves as a first point of contact in the Division on all of the technical aspects of satisfying printing and publishing requirements. Provides technical guidance to a designated customer base, team members and peers. Assigns and reviews work and provides guidance to lower graded or other team members when required. Performs an in-depth analysis of each request to fulfill all responsibility for understanding the use, application, function and need of proposed items and makes alternate proposals in relation to any aspect of the project. Performs content analysis of products to assure organizational accuracy, adequacy of documentation, arrangement of statistics, and placement of illustrative materials. Makes determinations based on independent analysis; utilizes statistics and other information from a variety of sources. Ensures that proposed products conform, to all legal and regulatory requirements; are produced in a quality manner with the most effective design and format. Develops technically accurate specifications and prepares all procurement documents. Ensures that all appropriate products are posted to the core repository. Performs press inspections and quality assurance visits with full authority to ensure quality output. Analyzes requirements, develops distribution patterns, and establishes stocking points for new publications, forms, and other printed matter to ensure that timely distribution is made of the correct quantity; and that the total process is accomplished by the most economical means commensurate with end use. Updates and maintains all established program and management information systems, electronic and/or paper. Develops, formulates, initiates, and executes annual plans to acquire products. Shares these annual plans with team, customers, support personnel and management. Establishes schedules and/or procedures for monitoring performance against these plans and shares findings with stakeholder on an on-going basis. Conducts periodic planning production meetings with customer base. Apprises customers of current multimedia capabilities relevant to their products, program and/or project.

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-12: 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. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Determining specifications for the printing of manuscript, i.e., selection of typography, layout, composition, format, paper stock, and other printer's instructions. Negotiating or administering contracts for procurement of manuscript and illustrations, printing, binding and allied services, or printing stocks (paper, inks, etc.). Managing a printing plant that produces printing either for the government or private industry customers. Performing production control work in a large printing plant. Serving as a sales representative for a wide variety of printing equipment. Analyzing the price and cost of preparation and production of printing. Planning, estimating, and scheduling printing on a full-time basis for a variety of publications. Performing substantive administrative support or policy functions directly related to publishing and printing program management or operations. In addition to the above, you must have experience with electronic composition methods (including but not limited to HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), XML (Extensible Markup Language), and JavaScript); Determining specifications for the printing of manuscript, i.e., selection of typography, layout, composition, format, paper stock, and other printer's instructions; Negotiating or administering contracts for procurement of manuscript and illustrations, printing, binding and allied services, or printing stocks (paper, inks, etc.); Managing a printing plant that produces printing either for the government or private industry customers; Performing production control work in a large printing plant; Serving as a sales representative for a wide variety of printing equipment; Analyzing the price and cost of preparation and production of printing; Planning, estimating, and scheduling printing on a full-time basis for a variety of publications; Printing processes and equipment and their capabilities, limitations and applicable uses; Industry-wide product design standards, publishing standards, electronic and digital publishing systems, including source file management, standard file formats, markup languages, concept and use of a core repository, and electronic composition and delivery to prepare a variety of procurement documents; Program and product management principles, distribution methods, federal budget process, forecasting production scheduling and estimating to perform program and product planning and printing activities; Experience with the requirements and limitations of the various contracts issued by the Government Publishing Office (GPO). GS-12 TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Under merit promotion procedures, Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. Time is credited based on calendar time served in a grade, regardless of the number of days or hours worked. If you currently hold or have previously held a position at the same (or equivalent) or higher grade/level in the Federal government as of this announcement, you will meet the TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENTS. AND 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.

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 WI - CARE-Customer Assistance, Relationship and Education 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: IRS Ogden/Fresno External
• Email: [email protected]