Program Analyst (Senior Program Analyst) Roster

Duties

WHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL (LB&I) DIVISION?

A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:

Large Business and International - ADCCI; Compliance, Planning & Analytics (CP&A) and CP&A-Data Systems Management.

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.

• Plans, organizes, and carries through to completion broad, long-term analytical studies and projects requiring analysis of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of substantive, mission-oriented programs.
• Analyzes program functions and/or areas to discern trends in program delivery. Analyzes overview report data to measure effectiveness in meeting baseline or the degree to which program plans and achievements support strategic initiatives. Serves as the process analysis expert for a program or function.
• Develops various techniques and methods to assess costs and benefits of alternative programs and to evaluate the effectiveness of current programs.
• Develops program plans, designs and issues directives and instructions, and develops recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the program segment.
• Reviews and evaluates the effectiveness of operating procedures, work flow, inter-functional coordination, and organization operation through personal observation, conferences, and of status reports and data. Prepares resulting documents from these reviews, reporting on progress towards achievement of program initiatives. Evaluates the implementation of new procedures affecting the program operations and maintains adequate controls to ensure compliance with procedures and deadlines.
• Assesses the impact of new programs and legislative changes on existing programs and resources. Presents findings through reports, memoranda, oral presentations, and other documents as required. Participates in the preparation and coordination of the program long and short-range business plans.
• Collects, analyzes, and consolidates data and status reports to determine impact on resources, effectiveness, and compliance with established goals and objectives. Prepares required narrative, statistical reports, and recommends necessary corrective measures.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):

PD92915

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• File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

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-13 LEVEL: 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 include:

• Experience leading major project initiatives that required a wide range of evaluative and analytical methods and techniques.
• Experience with a wide range of laws, policies, regulations, and precedents to prepare recommendations affecting program execution, evaluate new or modified legislation for potential impact upon agency operations and adapt basic legislation into program goals.
• Oral and written communication techniques to present findings, negotiate solutions to disputed recommendations, prepare directives, policy statements, legislative proposals, and other written guidelines to introduce new initiatives and recommendations.
• Experience with data systems (i.e., Taxpayer Registry, DataMart, AIMS, ERCS, IBMIS) and data flows for data to be extracted, transformed and loaded.
• Experience using data for analysis and developing solutions or applications that can be used for evaluating and administering projects, solutions and processes.
• Experience with software programs or tools such as Access, SQL Server database, SQL Management Studio; Microsoft InfoPath to develop customized forms for use with SharePoint, and SharePoint Designer to create customized tools, forms and reports.
• Experience administering SharePoint sites and permissions, SharePoint out-of-the-box capabilities and techniques (i.e., Business Connectivity Services; Excel Services; InfoPath; SharePoint views, lists, libraries) for designing, developing and implementing solutions to improve programs and processes.

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MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: 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.

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 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 bargaining unit position.
• Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday; Day Shift, with start and stop times between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.
• Relocation expenses - No
• Pay retention may be offered based on applicable laws and regulations.
• If this position is covered by a formal development plan, pay retention will be offered where applicable based on law and regulation.

Please consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a position at one of your location selections, that location will become your official post of duty.

There are 9 vacancies to be filled in any of the above listed locations.

This is an open continuous announcement which allows applicants to apply up to the closing date of the announcement, 10/09/2023. The announcement will be used to fill an anticipated 9 vacancies. Selections may be made from certificates issued up to 12 months after the 1st cut-off date listed below. Contingent upon funding and space requirements, one or more vacancies may be filled at the locations listed in this announcement as they become available. Applicants need to apply and/or update their applications by 11:59 pm ET at the close of each of the following cutoff dates to be considered: 01/09/2023, 04/09/2023, 07/09/2023, and 10/09/2023. This announcement may be amended to include additional cut-off dates within the 12-month period if needed, not later than 10 days prior to the additional cut-off date or the final selection date.

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