IRS Internal Recent Graduate Program

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Duties
The IRS Internal Recent Graduates Program affords a developmental opportunity to IRS employees, who have graduated within the previous 2 years from a qualifying educational institution or program. In addition, the IRS implemented the new IRS Recent Graduate Program that includes an additional year of formal development, training, networking, project teams, and may include rotational assignments.

Upon successful completion of the program requirements, you will be permanently placed at the grade level within the position's career path, not higher than the full-working level of the position selected, to which you meet qualifications and time-in-grade requirements. If for any reason do not successfully complete the program you will be returned to the previous grade of the same or similar position you previously held within IRS prior to being selected for the Recent Graduates Program. Program requirements include but are not limited to:

• Successful completion of at least 1 to 2 years of continuous service depending on the position;
• Completion of at least 40 hours of interactive training;
• Mentorship;
• Demonstration of successful job performance; and
• Meet the qualification position standards.

If selected, you will be placed in a developmental position as a Safety Officer, GS-0018-7/9 with promotion potential to GS-11 in one the division(s) listed below:

Facilities Management and Security Services (FMSS)

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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:

• Facilities Management and Security Services Pathways

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.

• Monitors delivery of safety related work requests and execution of standard operating procedures, guidance documents and other related materials to ensure consistency in safety program operations through out all Territory facilities and in conformance with REFM program directives.
• Analyzes cases of personal injury and occupational disease to determine cause. Compiles and analyzes accident and injury/illness data and prepares recommendations for corrective action, supported by charts, tables, reports for presentation to REFM and Business Unit Leaders and management officials. Identifies injury/illness and mishap trends, risk patterns and safety program deficiencies, and proposes remedial measures with associated costs.
• Recommends to management the application of specific techniques, methods, and procedures to eliminate or control unsafe acts or conditions identified in surveys, job risk assessments, or through analysis of territory accident and injury data.
• Tracks and maintains the safety inspection process. Assures sufficient safety inspector cadre. Assures identified safety problems have been assigned abatement responsibility and tracks remediation results to completion in order to reduce or eliminate safety and health hazards within the designated facilities. Analyzes hazard identification to look for trends and develops prevention tactics and remediation based on such analysis.

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.

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