Job opening: Pathways Career Internship Student Trainee (Information Technology)
Salary: $36 209 - 64 037 per year
Published at: Sep 21 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Pathways is an Excepted Service Appointment, Schedule D, 5 CFR Part 362, and may NOT be combined with other Excepted Service Appointments (e.g., Schedule A).
For additional information regarding the Pathways Program, please refer to: Students & Recent Graduates on USAJOBS.
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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.
In order to qualify, you must first meet IRS Internship Program eligibility:
You must be enrolled on at least a half-time basis, or accepted for enrollment, and seeking a degree (diploma, certificate, etc.) in a qualifying educational institution; have at least a cumulative (overall) 2.0 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale; remain in good academic standing.
Secondly, you must meet any basic requirements of the position and the experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Competitive Service Student Trainee Positions.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
The IRS Internal Internship Program offers IRS employees, who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment as degree seeking students taking at least a half-time academic, technical, or vocational course load in an accredited technical, vocational, 2- or 4-year college or university, graduate or professional school, the opportunity to work and explore new careers while in school. This program provides experience that is directly related to your educational program and career goals. If selected, employees are required to maintain a schedule that includes attendance at an accredited school combined with career related work in the agency. The work experience with the agency MUST be related to your academic/career goals.
To be eligible for the IRS Internal Internship Program you MUST be enrolled on a full or half-time basis. This is defined by the institution you are enrolled in. If you need to complete less than the equivalent of half an academic/vocational or technical course-load immediately prior to graduating, this is still considered a student for purposes of this Program.
If selected, you will be placed in a student trainee position, and upon successfully completing the program requirements you will be non-competitively placed in the targeted position as indicated in the vacancy announcement. Selectees must remain enrolled in school and maintain a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 or higher to remain in the program. Applicants are acknowledging that they understand these requirements with the submission of their application. All conversion requirements will be identified in the Participant Agreement.
GS-4 Level: You must have 12 months of general work experience reflecting responsible clerical, office, or other work that is related to the position to be filled. General experience for this position includes analyzing problems to identify significant factors, gathering pertinent data, and recognizing solutions; Planning and organizing work; and communicating effectively orally and in writing.
OR
You may substitute 2 academic years of post-high school study or associate degree directly related to the field of study such as computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, technology management in which the student trainees will receive training on the job.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-5 Level: You must have 12 months of specialized work experience reflecting responsible clerical, office, or other work that is related to the position to be filled. General experience for this position includes Analyzing problems to identify significant factors, gathering pertinent data, and recognizing solutions; Planning and organizing work; and communicating effectively orally and in writing.
OR
You may substitute 4 years above high school or a bachelor's degree directly related to the field of study such as computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, technology management in which the student trainees will receive training on the job.
For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.
Education
This position has an education requirement. You
MUST submit dated documentation showing current enrollment in a qualifying institution (e.g. letter from the registrar, unofficial transcripts from current semester) by the closing date of the announcement. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education.
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.
CERTIFICATE: A Certificate program is a post-secondary educational program, in a qualifying educational institution, equivalent to at least one full- time academic year of study, that is part of an accredited college-level, technical, trade, vocational or business school curriculum.
Contacts
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Washington, DC 20224
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- Name: IRS Brookhaven External
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