Management & Program Analyst

Overview

WHAT IS THE OFFICE OF CONTINUITY OPERATIONS PROJECT MANAGER? 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): CRCO -Chief Risk and Control Officer, Continuity Operations 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

Major 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. Serves as project manager for the planning, development, coordination, and implementation of customer relations and continuity of operations projects that impact multiple organizations and/or IRS locations. In this role, he/she provides support to the Senior Project Manager to administer and safeguard data collection for emergency and incident management impacting up to 80,000 thousand IRS employees. Provides key input to leadership and team members and ensures all project tracking and documentation aspects are completed accurately, thoroughly, and timely. Responsible for developing and managing the initial design of new program activities, and may coordinate and consult with Department of Treasury, FEMA, Homeland Security, and private industry sources. Represents the IRS interests and coordinates the impact of the projects with employees and managers in all affected areas within the Service and with individuals and organizations outside of the Service. Responsible for updating project control systems used by Office of Continuity Operations. As needed, conducts reviews of projects/programs with Office of Continuity Operations scope impacting performance measures, incident and emergency management standards and records management assigned to others within the business units to ensure compliance with all customer requirements. Utilizes project management skills in the accomplishment of work assignments. This includes addressing such areas as compliance/integration with organizational goals and objectives; workload and workflow issues; impact to staffing levels; timelines; coordination with IT (Information Technology), and identification and coordination with all other program specialties involved in the implementation, execution, and tracking phases. Identifies all problems encountered pertaining to resource, funding, and/or project requirement issues. Responsible for the planning, development, coordination, implementation, and assessment of assigned Office of Continuity Operations projects/programs. Proactively consults with Senior Project Manager, business unit managers and leadership to identify/define customer needs and requirements relative to employee compliance with safety, security, incident and emergency management protocol. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD99066 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 this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-13 Level: You must have one 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 Experience in leading project assignments that required a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, to accomplish projects or studies broad in scope and magnitude. Experience with the application of a range of laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the segment(s) of the Service's program affected by the assigned project or study; Experience with management principles and processes to perform project management duties to effectively coordinate and integrate project objectives and recommendations with key line and/or staff functions of the Service; Experience with oral and written communication. Experience editing and proofreading using multiple content management systems. 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).

Benefits

As a current employee, you know the great benefits we offer. Should you have any questions about benefits, please contact the Employee Resource Center (ERC) at 1-866-743-5748 option #1 for ERC.

Probationary Period - A person who is required to go through a probationary period and then is transferred, promoted, demoted, or reassigned before he or she completes such period is required to complete the remainder of the probationary period in the new position. Government Credit Card - Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SHOWN IN QUALIFICATIONS SECTION