Job opening: Contract Support Specialist
Salary: $103 409 - 167 336 per year
Published at: Apr 08 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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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 - Operations Liaison Office
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Serves as a Senior COR and provides consultative advice on all aspects of Contract Oversight activity within the assigned program area.
Performs operational reviews, prepares evaluations, and provides guidelines pertaining to the effectiveness of contract administration and program operations which involve and impact multiple IRS locations and/or organizations.
When applicable, leads or coordinates lower graded employees in the reviews and evaluations of these complex programs. Acts as a senior analyst providing guidance and assistance to lower graded analysts.
Evaluates and devises solutions to COR issues impacting employees and managers in all affected areas of the assigned program. Serves as an analyst responsible for accomplishing various analytical studies and/or projects involving complex programs, systems, and issues, with impact on multiple IRS locations and/or organizations.
Conducts briefings and prepares comprehensive reports to keep managers and executives advised of assignments, contracts, and progress, and to communicate findings and recommendations. Coordinates across operational Business Units in support of Contract Administration, to include HCO, IT, FMSS, etc.
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-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.
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-13: To be minimally qualified for this position you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Level II certified with experience completing contract Acquisition packages, Receipt & Acceptance for invoices on contracts; Experience with vendors and completing shopping carts on the PPS system. Experience initiating funding requests for contracts, writing the technical documents for the contract, including the Statement of Work (SOW), Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP); experience preparing the Independent Government Cost Estimate; and other required planning documents. Experience performing Receipt and Acceptance for invoices on the contract. Experience with a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, both qualitative and quantitative; management and organizational principles to apply to programs, projects and studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of operations and means to improve them. Experience with project management to evaluate complex projects and studies and the ability to identify problem areas, trends, deficiencies, and other similar factors affecting operations. Experience with budgeting methods and techniques to prepare analyses and estimates; oral communication techniques to present findings, deliver briefings, and negotiate solutions to disputed recommendations.
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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.
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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 - Operations Liaison Office
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
- Phone: 866-743-5748
- Email: [email protected]