Management and Program Analyst

We are seeking a highly skilled Management and Program Analyst to join our team at the Internal Revenue Service. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for providing expert advice and guidance on program management and analysis to senior management and executives.

• Advise managers and executives on critical, sensitive, or confidential matters, including personnel and budget matters.
• Consult with senior management and executives within the business function, and at higher levels within the agency on critical organizational and management issues.
• Exercise authority to represent and make commitments on behalf of management regarding program operations and the administrative management of the organization.
• Guide the practice areas in planning, organizing, and/or leading all phases of multifunctional efforts to evaluate plans and proposals for projects involving broad areas of work processes, operational practices, and integration between various functional areas.
• Counsel management in assessing impact of new or modified program requirements.
• Analyze new or proposed legislation, regulations, or other authoritative guidance to determine impact on program operations.
• Prepare long-range forecasts of developments relevant to program operations.
• Identify and analyze critical problems and issues, the timing and sequence of key program events and milestones, resource utilization and constraints, and coordination of management controls.
• Identify resources for staffing, training, and funding required to support varied levels of program operations.
• Identify trends and anticipate any adverse impact on budget and/or work plans.
• Develop innovative solutions, document findings and conclusions, and make presentations.

• A 1-year probationary period is required (unless already completed).
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

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-14 To be minimally qualified for this position, you must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes:

Experience applying a variety of marketing techniques, and the development and implementation of outreach and recruitment strategies that attract qualified candidates.

Experience creating and implementing a recruiting plan, performing analyses, both qualitative and quantitative, sufficient to identify, evaluate, and develop new/modified work methods and approaches to resolve a wide range of interrelated human resources management problems and issues.

Experience applying the principles, practices, methods, concepts, and techniques associated with recruitment strategies within the Federal sector to provide effective management advisory services, and lead in implementing policies and developing operating practices and procedures, and experience communicating both orally and in writing to write and present recruitment strategies, operating practices and procedures.

AND 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.

AND 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.

Additional information We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.

Additional jobs may be filled.

The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed.

The range will be adjusted for selected duty location.

General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Tour of Duty: M-F 8:00AM -4:30PM

Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.

In the event that a building is closed due to rent management, new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.

Telework Eligible Positions: Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework.

Employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements (e.g., reporting at least twice a pay period to your assigned Post of Duty (POD)) and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program.

Employees must also be within a 200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status.

As a reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.

Relocation expenses - No

The employment of any candidate selected for this position, including a current employee or a new hire, selected for this position may be conditional upon classification and/or audit of federal tax returns.

This audit may include up to 2 years of returns.

A recruitment incentive may be offered - No

Pay retention may be offered based on applicable laws and regulations.

Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents.

Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a not qualified determination.

Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in accordance with the Service's Merit Promotion Plan.

You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

Customer Service (Clerical/Technical)

Oral Communication

Project/Program Management

Reasoning

Writing

Your application will also be rated and ranked among others, based on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training.

Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official.

The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process.

IRS employees may obtain their most recent awards listing at Your rating may be lowered, if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Referral: A category-like rating (Quality Group) will be used to rate, rank and select eligible candidates.

If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories, Superior/Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified.

If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration.

Candidates, if required to participate in a selection interview (telephonic and/or in person at the discretion of the Selecting Official in accordance with hiring practices), will be interviewed in quality group order.

We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), you must receive a score of Highly Qualified or better to be rated as well qualified to receive special selection priority.