IRS Recent Graduate Operations Research Analyst - NTE 1 year, MBMP

Duties

The IRS Internal Recent Graduates Program affords a developmental opportunity to IRS employees, who have graduated within the previous 2 years from a qualifying educational institution or program. In addition, the IRS implemented the new IRS Forward Recent Graduate Program that includes an additional year of formal development, training, networking, project teams, and may include rotational assignments.

Upon Successful Completion Of The Program Requirements, You Will Be Permanently Placed At The Grade Level Within The Position's Career Path, Not Higher Than The Full-working Level Of The Position Selected, To Which You Meet Qualifications And Time-in-grade Requirements. If For Any Reason Do Not Successfully Complete The Program You Will Be Returned To The Previous Grade Of The Same Or Similar Position You Previously Held Within IRS Prior To Being Selected For The Recent Graduates Program. Program Requirements Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Successful completion of at least 1 to 2 years of continuous service depending on the position;
• Completion of at least 40 hours of interactive training;
• Mentorship;
• Demonstration of successful job performance; and
• Meet the qualification position standards.
  
  

If Selected, You Will Be Placed In a Developmental Position As a GS-09 OR GS-11 With Promotion Potential To GS-11 In One The Division(s) Listed Below:

• BOD 1 TXO - Taxpayer Experience Office
  
  

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:

• BOD 1 TXO - Taxpayer Experience Office
  
  

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

• Assists with designing, developing, and implementing operations research, mathematical, statistical and other scientific methods and techniques to analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of taxpayer experience programs.
• Participates in complex taxpayer experience studies that range from non-technical to technical and from the small to the very large.
• Assists operational research and analysis concerning taxpayer experience forecasting and management issues
  
  

by utilizing mathematical techniques, statistical methods, analytical models, and scientific discipline recommending changes and improvements to existing analytical and modeling systems to increase taxpayer satisfaction.

• Develops formulas, testing, and evaluations using discriminate and other statistical analysis applied to taxpayer experience issues.
• Consults with leadership, customer experience strategists and a variety of other professionals to provide advice and direction on comprehensive taxpayer experience studies. Such guidance requires the proficient interpretation and translation of broad and specific technical problems and conditions.
  
  

This position has career progression. If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example, you may be hired as a GS-09, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-09 to a GS-11 in as little as one year.

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Conditions of Employment

Standard Position Descriptions (spd):

22472 and 22473

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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.
• All selectees must sign a Participant Agreement.
• A 1-year probationary period is required (unless already completed). The employment of any candidate, including a current employee or a new hire, selected for this position will be conditional on obtaining and maintaining a High Risk Security Clearance.
• 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-timework 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.

In order to qualify, you must first meet IRS Recent Graduate Program eligibility:

You must have, within the previous 2 years, completed all educational requirements for a qualifying associate, bachelor, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying institution; or intended graduation is no more than 9 months from date of application.

OR

Veterans (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2108) who, due to a military service obligation, were precluded from applying to a Recent Graduates Program during any portion of the 2-year eligibility period may have their eligibility period extended so that they receive the full 2 years of eligibility. The remaining 2-year eligibility period will begin upon his or her release or discharge from active duty. The veteran's eligibility period may not extend beyond 6 years from the date of completion of all requirements of an academic course of study.

Secondly, you must meet any basic requirements of the position and the experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Basic Requirement Or Individual Occupational Requirement (all Grades):

A degree in operations research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics and at least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.

Evaluation of Education: The primary requirement of operations research work is competence in the rigorous methods of scientific inquiry and analysis rather than in the subject matter of the problem. Therefore, applicants should have sufficient knowledge of applied mathematics to understand and use the fundamental concepts and techniques of operations research methods of analysis. In addition, some positions may require knowledge of a specific subject area.

Courses acceptable for qualifying for operations research positions may have been taken in departments other than Operations Research, e.g., Engineering (usually Industrial Engineering), Science, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or Management Science.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-09 LEVEL: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes:

• Experience with mathematical methods and scientific principles to assist other analysts with specific limited parts of studies and developing mathematical models and recommendations.
• Experience with multivariate techniques and mathematical, simulation economics, econometric and statistical operations research techniques.
• Experience in research skills to obtain pertinent data from a wide variety of sources to analyze more difficult parts of projects.
• Experience with the Internal Revenue Code applicable to assigned subject matter projects and of the meaning of the data secured from tax returns.
• Experience with user-oriented computer programming languages and statistical software packages.
  
  

OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:

• A master's or equivalent graduate degree in operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, management science, economics, mathematical logic, science, engineering, or related field.
• or Two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree in operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, management science, economics, mathematical logic, science, engineering, or related field.
  
  

OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: you may qualify with a combination of qualifying education and experience equivalent to the amount required.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-11 LEVEL: In addition to the program requirements and the basic requirements, to be eligible for this position at this grade level you must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

• Experience with mathematical methods and scientific principles in order to accomplish research studies, develop a variety of mathematical models and provide management with viable solutions or recommendations.
• Experience with multivariate techniques and pertinent mathematical, simulation economics, econometric and statistical operations research techniques to use in the context of government policy decisions.
• Experience with research skills to obtain pertinent data from a wide variety of sources for complex and highly technical projects and programs.
• Experience with the Internal Revenue Code applicable to assigned subject matter projects and of the meaning of the data secured from tax returns.
• Experience with user-oriented computer programming languages and statistical software packages.
  
  

OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:

• A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, management science, economics, mathematical logic, science, engineering, or related field.
• orThree (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, management science, economics, mathematical logic, science, engineering, or related field.
  
  

OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: you may qualify with a combination of qualifying education and experience equivalent to the amount required.

AND

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

This position has an education requirement. You MUST submit dated documentation showing completion or intended completion of all educational requirements (e.g. letter from the registrar, unofficial transcripts). An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

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.

The following are illustrative of acceptable courses: optimization; mathematical modeling; queueing theory; engineering; physics (except descriptive or survey courses); econometrics; psychometrics; biometrics; experimental psychology; physical chemistry; industrial process analysis; managerial economics; computer science; measurement for management; mathematical models in social phenomena; and courses that involved application of operations research techniques and methodologies to problems of management, marketing, systems design, and other specialized fields; or other comparable quantitative analysis courses for which college-level mathematics or statistics is a prerequisite. Courses in theory of probability and statistics are highly desirable but are not specified as minimum educational requirements because to do so would possibly exclude some applicants who would otherwise be well qualified.

CERTIFICATE: A Certificate program is a post-secondary educational program, in a qualifying educational institution, equivalent to at least one full- time academic year of study, that is part of an accredited college-level, technical, trade, vocational or business school curriculum.

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.
• In the event that a building is closed due to rent management, new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.
• Relocation expenses -No
• Pay retention may be offered based on applicable laws and regulations.
  
  

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