Job opening: Investigative Aide
Salary: $39 576 - 79 331 per year
Published at: Mar 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (CI)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:
Criminal Investigation, Systems and Operational Support (will be seated in a Refund and Cyber Crimes sub dept).
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Selects and isolates pertinent investigative data for analysis and for review by a superior.
Develops, analyzes and disseminates information and develops financial data to assist operating elements in selecting and conducting tax investigations.
Queries existing databases for information to discern interrelationships and correlation and to identify potential illicit schemes.
Prepares for dissemination, with little to no supervision, more complex case information and studies of some complexity involving factual data or statistical compilations. Prepares brief uncomplicated studies and portions or summaries of larger studies.
Evaluates and makes preliminary analyses of raw departmental intelligence data based on comparative analysis and authenticity of technical detail which may in itself appear insignificant. However, when related to other information the item assumes a different significance.
Establishes and maintains files of raw or abstracted data and analyses.
This position has career progression. If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example, you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in as little as three years.
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: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for this position includes providing technical support to inspections or investigations such as searching, gathering, screening, and providing factual information or explanations related to the subject of an inspection or investigation or to the compliance program itself. The work must have included activities such as obtaining background information on subjects of inspections or investigation by means of record searches, structured interviews, automated information retrieval, telephone inquiries, or correspondence. Experience using computers, computer systems and software application to collect data and prepare required reports. Experience clearly and concisely expressing facts and conclusions.
OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Four (4) years above high school level in any field of study from an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.
OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-06: You must have one 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 providing technical support to inspections or investigations such as searching, gathering, screening, reviewing, and providing factual information or explanations related to the subject of an inspection or investigation or to the compliance program itself. Work must include activities such as obtaining background information on subjects of inspection or investigation by means of record searches, structured interviews, automated information retrieval, telephone inquiries, or correspondence. Experience clearly and concisely expressing facts and conclusions to summarize data obtained from various sources. Experience using computers, computer systems and software application to collect data and prepare required reports.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-07: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to GS-06 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes experience providing technical support to inspections or investigations such as searching, gathering, screening, reviewing, providing factual information or explanations related to the subject of an inspection or investigation or to the compliance program itself, making preliminary analyses of raw data; and evaluating authenticity of technical detail to assist in identifying potential illicit schemes. The work includes activities such as obtaining background information on subjects of inspections or investigation by means of record searches, structured interviews, automated information retrieval, telephone inquiries, or correspondence. Experience using computers, computer systems and software application to collect data and prepare required reports. Experience clearly and concisely expressing facts and conclusions to summarize data obtained from various sources.
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 CI
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: IRS Cincinnati External
- Email: [email protected]