Human Resources Specialist

This Human Resources Specialist position is with Internal Revenue Service (Department of the Treasury) in Bullhead City, AZ. WHAT IS COMPLIANCE AND COMMUNICATIONS?? 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): HCO - Compliance and Communication 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 Key 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. Provides expert advice and authoritative information to all levels of leadership (including executives) throughout the IRS on a wide variety of highly complex, controversial, and sensitive program problems and issues. Conducts fact-finding and analysis and presents recommendations and conclusions. Serves as technical advisor and consultant on HR policy-related legislative and regulatory matters and serves as a liaison between IRS and OPM, Treasury, HCO, or other stakeholders on issues relative to policy and interpretation. Monitors proposed and new legislation, OPM regulations, and Treasury orders or directives to proactively determine the need to establish and/or update IRS policies and/or seek negotiability determinations as necessary. Devises strategy and timeline to develop and effect these new or updated policies. Creates, develops and publishes (using professional authoring tools and software as required by the IRS's Internal Management Documents (IMD) process) HR policies and guidance for all of IRS. These policies are based on law, regulation, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and U.S. Department of Treasury ("Treasury") directives, and the HR specialist applies consistent methodology for this policy development across all HR lines of business. Coordinates and/or prepares responses to audit findings/reviews related to assigned policy areas for external agencies such as the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) audits/reviews. Coordinates and/or effects any planned corrective actions related to assigned policies, and works collaboratively, if applicable, with OHRO. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD23180 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. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-13: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the normal progression in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Applying advanced human resources (HR) management principles, concepts, regulations, and practices and a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods related to developing or evaluating federal HR policies based on law, regulation, OPM guidance, and Treasury orders or directives. Experience in one or more federal HR discipline (i.e., staffing/ employment, pay administration, leave, hours of duty, work schedules, benefits administration, telework, performance management, employee recognition and awards, restructuring and employee relations) and advising HCO and business unit leadership, other HCO organizations, and employees regarding authoritative policy interpretations concerning servicewide issues. Evaluating the potential or actual impact of trends and decisions relating to IRS policies and recommending revisions or actions as appropriate. Project management experience including planning, organizing, and developing solutions to significant HR issues and concerns, and analytical and evaluative skills including gathering and evaluating data and recommending, developing, and implementing solutions. Drafting formal policy or guidance and/or proposals such as white papers, PowerPoint briefings, or IRS intranet guidance, and presenting findings, delivering briefings, helping others in understanding and accepting findings and recommendations, and negotiating solutions to disputed recommendations. 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. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.