Lead Public Affairs Specialist

Duties

WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER SERVICES 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

GRP 1-CORP/DIV & SR EXEC COMM

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

• As Team Leader, exercises significant and continuing authority in planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling the overall process of the review of assignments.
• Communicates the Service's mission, vision, and values to team members and ensures integration into overall goals, objectives, strategies, work plans, products and services.
• Articulates work assignments, projects, problem areas, significant issues, and deadlines for completion to team members. Leads the team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload based on established workflow and skill levels. Makes adjustments to complete work assignments based on priorities and/or deadlines. Ensures integration of team members in developing final team products.
• Provides guidance in the selection and application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques for team members. Advice includes work methods, practices, and procedures relative to the work assignment/project, as well as providing assistance in identifying parameters to viable solutions.
• Ensures team members are trained in team-building methods and techniques in addition to accomplishing tasks/projects as a "team". Serves as coach, facilitator, and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus-building activities among team members.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Standard Position Descriptions (spd)

PD94765

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• 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.
• 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-14 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Experience assigning work; reviewing, editing and publishing written content; providing feedback on AP Style and IRS writing standards; assuring message consistency of communications delivered across multiple platforms and providing updates to management on team accomplishments and deliverables; Experience as a webmaster for both IRS intranet and IRS internet content updates; Experience with IRS Strategic Communications Planning.

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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.

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

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.

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