Tax Policy Analyst

Summary

WHAT IS SMALL BUSINESS SELF EMPLOYED (SBSE)? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s): SBSE COLL - Collection Operations - Headquarters Collection, Collection | Collection Policy Remain in POD - The vacancy will be filled at the selectee's official permanent position of record, post-of-duty (POD). REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position. The incumbent serves as an expert analyst responsible for developing policy and interpreting guidance on program planning, execution, and evaluation for the tax compliance, accounts management and/or taxpayer education and communication functions. Plans, analyzes, determines cost/benefit relationships and coordinates a variety of functions, operations, and teams. Independently studies problems facing operating unit functions or those of particular concern within the organization assigned. This may require coordinating input from activities outside the division and identifying new methods of performing work. This requires the incumbent to demonstrate analytical, technical, and process analysis skills. Analyzes assigned program area(s) to discern trends in program delivery. Consolidates report data to measure the effectiveness in meeting baselines or the degree to which program plans and achievements support strategic compliance initiatives. Develops and presents complete plans for activities assigned, and coordinates programs or program segments and related procedures. Has a significant role and substantive impact in the establishment and monitoring of division and or area policy for segments of SB/SE and TE/GE mission critical tax related operating programs. Coordinates with management to implement the policies established by National Headquarters. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD95829 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through 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/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of the annoucement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-13: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Applying all phases of administrating Collection program oversight (e.g., ensuring program goals are met, procedures, studies/projects and sufficient resources) to meet program goals. Applying technical experience of Campus Compliance processes to assess and evaluate program goals to determine impacts of unforeseen changes to IRS policies to program goals. Applying a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods with the intent to develop new approaches to the existing program or process. Communicating both orally and in writing to convey information to others including top-level management, as well as preparing comprehensive written reports, disseminate policy information, and document findings and conclusions. Providing guidance, serving as a technical program and policy expert and preparing complete decision packages, studies, and recommendations. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. AND You must also meet the following requirement(s): TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): 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" TIME IN GRADE (TIG): For positions above the GS-05, applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for. For positions at the GS-05, you cannot advance to the GS-05 if you have held a GS-02 in the past 52 weeks. There is no TIG restriction for GS-02, 03 or 04 positions. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

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. We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).