Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, is looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team and gain valuable experience in a legal environment. Our mission is to serve America's taxpayers fairly and with integrity by providing correct and impartial interpretation of the internal revenue laws and the highest quality legal advice and representation for the IRS. It is a great place to work with an excellent benefits package and family-friendly atmosphere.

Duties

The Associate Chief Counsel, Finance & Management (F&M) supports the administrative, financial, and managerial programs of the Office of Chief Counsel, and provides advice on all management matters for the organization nationwide. The Human Resources Division provides state-of-the art human capital services to all Chief Counsel employees and provides consulting expertise and outstanding customer service in the areas of staffing, classification, processing, benefits, and executive services. As a Lead Human Resources Specialist, you will serve as Lead for the Staffing and Classification Branch. As such, you will provide leadership for the operational, developmental, and evaluation aspects of the human resources management programs related to position classification, staffing, and other programs related to a variety of human resources management issues in the Office of Chief Counsel. As a Lead Human Resources Specialist, you will: Provide oversight of day-to-day staffing and recruitment for a broad range of administrative, technical, and clerical positions, plan and coordinate recruiting efforts, and advise managers of alternate hiring mechanisms to ensure staffing goals are met; act as a technical consultant on the most difficult, important, and complex issues in the areas of staffing. Consult with management and provide advice/guidance on a wide range of external and/or internal hiring activities, including those of a complex nature. These activities may include merit promotion, reassignments, change to lower grade actions, transfers, competitive examining, direct hires, and special authorities such as student, veteran, disability programs, or other appropriate alternatives. Lead the team in identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level, and/or occupational specialization; making adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks; and ensuring that each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product. Coach the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques, provide advice on work methods, practices and procedures, and assist the team and/or individual members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution. Represent the team consensus and convey the team's findings and recommendations in meetings and dealings with other team leaders, program officials, the public and other customers on issues related to or that have an impact on the team's objectives, work products, and/or tasks. Intercede with the supervisor on behalf of the team to inform the supervisor of performance management issues/problems and to recommend/request related actions, such as: assignments, reassignments, promotions, tour of duty changes, peer reviews, and performance appraisals. Perform work that is of the same kind and level as the highest level of work accomplished by the team members led. This is not an all-inclusive list.

Requirements

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• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See "Required Documents" for a list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Career Transition Assistance ProgramCurrent Chief Counsel Employee In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. To qualify for this position of Lead Human Resources Specialist you must meet the qualification requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: For GS-14: Specialized Experience: Your resume must detail at least one year of specialized experience which includes: Demonstrating practices, laws, regulations, policies, and precedents associated with personnel staffing, recruitment, and/or pay setting within the Federal sector; experience applying at least 2 human resources management programs (i.e., position management/classification, staffing, recruitment, placement, and/or human resources development) sufficient to provide comprehensive technical and consultative services to management; demonstrating communicative techniques in order to meet and deal tactfully and persuasively with others to resolve issues which are often controversial and sensitive in nature; utilizing analytical techniques by conducting research, analysis, evaluation, and drafting of responses. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work 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. Time in Grade Requirement for GS-14: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).

Contacts

• Address Office of Chief Counsel, IRS Staffing, Classification and Benefits Branch 1111 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: Joseph Daniels
• Phone: 469-801-1010
• Email: [email protected]