Job opening: Lead Customer Support Representative
Salary: $60 135 - 91 582 per year
Published at: Jul 30 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS THE HEADQUARTERSDIVISION?
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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Direct File
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
The incumbent of this position serves as a Lead who, as a regular and recurring part of their assignment,
leads three or more employees in one-grade interval work. The incumbent also performs work that is usually
of the same kind and level as that done by the team led. Leaders are responsible to their supervisors for
ensuring that the work assignments of the other employees of the team are carried out by performing a range
of the duties such as:
Distribute and balance the workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job
specialization, assure timely accomplishment of the assigned workload, and assure that each employee has
enough work to keep busy.
Keep in touch with the status and progress of work, and make day- to- day adjustments in accordance with
established priorities, obtaining assistance from the supervisor on problems that may arise, such as backlogs
which cannot be disposed of promptly.
Instruct employees in specific tasks and job techniques and make available written instructions, reference
materials and supplies.
Give on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.
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-09 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-8 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-08 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying the methods, precedents, and guidelines related to individual and/or business accounts and the specialization of the assigned workload to advise taxpayers of their rights and appeals procedures; Experience working, researching accounts and dealing with all individuals including third party representatives, often in sensitive situations, including those where individuals are evasive, irate, and unwilling to accept the Service's or Employers position as to the determination of their account. Servicing internal and external customers by identifying organizational functions, terminology, quality assurance techniques, and reporting requirements in order to coordinate workflow and resolve related problems; Experience assessing the performance capabilities of employees in order to assign work appropriately experience with organizational office operation, processing and procedures and administrative policies, to support the supervisor or to use when acting as supervisor; Experience utilizing inventory management procedures to control casework and conduct research.
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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 (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or
here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
Contacts
- Address HQ - Direct File
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
- Phone: 866-743-5748