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Duties

WHAT IS THE APPEALS 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: Office of Appeals Case and Operations Support 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. Provides in-depth expertise and analysis on various tax issues, practices, and trends, and top-level advice related to short- and long-range program policies, strategies, and objectives for Appeals, to promote and facilitate the implementation of Servicewide priorities and policies and to ensure consistency of approach, technical correctness, and fair and equitable treatment of customers. Provides expert tax analysis and advice to the Deputy Chief on legislative issues, litigation matters, tax administration priorities and policies, new or revised program priorities, and significant technical issues. The incumbent provides advice on the most difficult, sensitive, and complex matters that are of high-level importance to the Agency. As such, the incumbent plays a key role by assisting the Deputy Chief in addressing numerous complex tax issues. Coordinates on behalf of Appeals with the Office of Chief Counsel on published guidance and other technical tax administration issues. The incumbent works with the Office of Chief Counsel to develop guidance that reflects Appeals' unique role in tax administration. The incumbent personally assists or represents the Deputy Chief at top-level meetings where policy is developed and determined. The incumbent is assigned matters which involve detailed research and analysis on complicated technical issues as to the position to be taken by Appeals. The incumbent receives assignments consisting of a variety of matters including, but not limited to, drafting or preparing complete reports on changes in basic legislation; reviewing policies, procedures, technical manuals as well as other Agency publications; drafting policy and developing the procedures and regulations to implement new or amended legislation.

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-15 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience serving in a leadership capacity on major programs, leading organization-wide projects and/or initiatives, making critical decisions that impact an organization or division, and experience supporting and representing top executive leadership. Experience with quantitative and qualitative techniques to lead analyses of interdisciplinary issues pertaining to general (strategic) management, public policy or public administration and to provide top management with analysis of major issues of strategic importance, to develop new approaches and to prepare policy options and action plans; Experience with oral and written skills sufficient to develop, persuade and negotiate a wide range of technical and implementation issues. AND 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. 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

A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. If the position has specific education requirements and you currently hold, or have previously held, a position in the same job series with the IRS, there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time. Applicants are encouraged, but are not required, to submit an SF-50 documenting experience in a specific series. 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 Appeals - Case and Operations Support 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748