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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: Refund Fraud and Investigative Support - Refund and Cyber Crimes The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. As a team leader, communicates the Service's and CI's mission, vision, and values to team members and ensures integration into overall program goals, objectives, strategies, work plans, and products and services. Articulates work assignments, projects, problem areas, significant issues, and deadlines for completion to team members. Identifies, distributes, and balances workload based on established workflow and skill levels. Adjusts complete work assignments based on priorities and/or deadlines. Trains or arranges for training of team members in methods and techniques of team building and working as a team in accomplishing tasks or projects and provides or arranges for specific administrative or technical training necessary to accomplish individual and team tasks. Coaches the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques; provides advice on work methods, practices, and procedures; and assists the team and/or individual members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution.

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-11: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-10 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes experience working with of the paper and electronic processing of Federal income tax returns, including ability to identify sources of these documents for pre-trial preparation. Experience working with Federal income tax laws, forms, notices, IRS policies/procedures, and how to research information from these and the Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) in preparation for a trial. Experience working with and researching the Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS) and with numerous IDRS transaction/command codes. Experience verbally communicating with various internal and external audiences and conducting effective exchanges in aggressive and/or hostile situations, including testifying in judicial proceedings. Experience explaining technical information to audiences that have some familiarity with the information shared. Experience managing changing workloads to meet changing and/or short deadlines. Experience reviewing written documents, identifying missing information, interpreting the information and perfecting those documents for evidence and/or trial. Experience in the proper techniques used in giving testimony in criminal and civil trials and general knowledge of the legal theories used to discredit the tax system sufficient to be able to prepare refutations and determine which organizational component can provide the most credible witness. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field of study that demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field of study that demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR LL.M., if related. 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 CI 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748