Management and Program Assistant

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-05 You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Specialized experience is experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the knowledges, skills and abilities required for successful job performance.

To be qualifying, your experience must be sufficient to demonstrate knowledge of applicable program policies and procedures to assist in identifying potential and actual problems, probable causes, research specific issues, gather pertinent statistics or information, and reports findings. For example, preparing memoranda, preliminary reports, and charts; Evaluating redundancy or systematic problems; and reviewing timeliness and effectiveness of actions.

Knowledge of work functions of assigned area and familiarity with objectives to identify problems and gather information. OR A Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of education above high school in any field of study from an accredited college or university. OR A combination of qualifying graduate education and experience equivalent to that described above.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-06 You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the knowledges, skills and abilities required for successful job performance.

To be qualifying, your experience must be sufficient to demonstrate knowledge of applicable program policies and procedures to analyze and evaluate information, interpret guidance, draw conclusions, and coordinate studies or projects. For example, preparing memoranda, preliminary reports, and charts; Evaluating redundancy or systematic problems; and reviewing timeliness and effectiveness of actions.

Knowledge of work functions of assigned area and familiarity with objectives to identify problems and gather information; Experience performing individual management or program analysis clerical or technical assignments to provide effective management/program support. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-07 You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the knowledges, skills and abilities required for successful job performance. To be qualifying, your experience must be sufficient to demonstrate extensive knowledge of applicable program policies and procedures to analyze and evaluate information, interpret guidance, draw conclusions, and coordinate studies or projects.

For example, preparing memoranda, preliminary reports, and charts; Evaluating redundancy or systematic problems; and Reviewing timeliness and effectiveness of actions.

Thorough knowledge of work functions of assigned area and familiarity with objectives to identify problems and gather information; Experience performing individual management or program analysis clerical or technical assignments to provide effective management/program support 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.

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. Identifies potential and actual problems, probable causes; researches specific issues, gathers pertinent statistics or information, reports findings and may recommend corrective action for the full scope of a program or function.

Monitors, reviews, and evaluates operations and interrelationships with other functions regarding workflow, work redundancy, or systemic problems. Randomly verifies completeness of specific sets of controls, accuracy of procedures, and timeliness and effectiveness of actions. Revises procedures, controls, etc., as indicated by studies or assigned by analyst. Prepares memoranda, reports, and charts showing findings or recommendations.

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD92138, PD92139, and PD92140 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.