Job opening: IRS Congressional District Liaison
Salary: $122 198 - 169 195 per year
Published at: May 21 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION & LIAISONDIVISION?
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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Communication and Liaison, Office of Legislative Affairs,District Congressional Liaison Office
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Facilitates legislative and non-legislative relations between the IRS and Congress in conjunction with the
National Director for Legislative Affairs. This is accomplished by maintaining continuing liaison with
members of Congress and their staffs.
The incumbent furnishes authoritative information regarding IRS policies, programs, operations and
activities.
Formulates and implements a comprehensive plan to carry out Legislative Affairs initiatives. Adapts
Legislative Affairs initiatives to local congressional offices' preferences, priorities and available resources to accomplish program objectives. Evaluates the effectiveness of ongoing initiatives in achieving Service goals, and identifies and implements changes needed to improve program effectiveness, and/or communicates needed modifications to responsible functions.
Establishes and controls program objectives, systems, standards, and evaluation criteria for Congressional Affairs Program within assigned states.
Plans and carries out feasibility, cost, and other types of comprehensive analytical and evaluative studies of current and contemplated Legislative Affairs operations to ensure accomplishment of the Service's goals.
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-14 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal Government. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience leading major project assignments that required a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, sufficient to accomplish complex projects or studies broad in scope and magnitude. Experience with program management techniques to accomplish program objectives. Experience with the operations of Congress, its relationship with the executive branch, the legislative process, the role of the General Accounting Office, and the roles and responsibilities of the Office of Legislative Affairs, to identify and act on significant risks. Experience with Tax Law and Legislative Analysis. Experience with oral and written communication to write effective reports, proposals, and agreements; to make clear, professional oral presentations; to build effective partnerships with IRS officials, other Federal agencies, and Congressional staff members.
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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
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 CL - Legislative Affairs
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
- Phone: 866-743-5748
- Email: [email protected]