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Duties

WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER EXPERIENCE OFFICEDIVISION? 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 Experience Office - Chief of Staff The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Serves as liaison between the CTXO and external contacts on significant issues relating to taxpayer experience legislative matters. Provides advice and consultation to other IRS executives, directors and legislative contacts to ensure comprehensive and integrated program development and implementation. Provides guidance to team members and staffs of other functions on procedural and technical matters. Provides technical analysis for legislative issues, priorities and policies, new program areas or revised program priorities in anticipation of, or in response to Congressional interest in the administration, analysis, and implementation of nationwide efforts. Recommends changes in bills that would ease the tax administration process. As needed, communicates with appropriate personnel precipitating the submission of Unified Work Requests (UWR) related to newly enacted public laws. Tracks all proposed tax legislation affecting ongoing TXO projects. Coordinates the submission of action items in stages of Service-wide implementation plans. Tracks UWRs related to enacted legislation to ensure the appropriate programming changes were implemented. Reviews technical matters such as regulations, internal guidelines, and IRS notices for impact on tax administration efforts and administrative feasibility. Keeps abreast of a broad range of developments, policy considerations, legislative proposals, trends, and the internal climate to factor into policies and programs as they are developed or to change existing ones. Coordinates the submission of cost estimates related to proposed legislation. Provides legislative summaries and other technical information to various organizational components during submission of costs for budget amendments or supplemental appropriations related to newly enacted laws.

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: 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: Leading major project assignments that required a wide range of knowledge of tax or appropriations laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the program affected by the assigned project or study in order to provide recommended approaches and solutions to executives and leadership for resolution. You must have experience analyzing or interpreting tax law for the effect of law changes on operations and resource needs or participating in the budget and appropriations legislative process in order to advise senior officials or executives on options and outcomes of the changes. Coordinating and integrating project objectives and recommendations with stakeholders to effectively implement legislative or resource changes within your organization. Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing, sufficient to explain and advise senior officials or executives about legislative mandates and Congressional intent. Experience leading major project assignments applying a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, to accomplish complex projects or studies broad in scope and magnitude. Experience maintaining harmonious relationships with peers and all levels of management. Experience with the Service's mission, organization, policies, practices, and procedures, including program areas specific to the Business Division. 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 TXO - Chief of Staff 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748
• Email: [email protected]