Information Technology Specialist (Policy and Planning) (12 Month Register)

Company: Department Of The Treasury
Location: Louisville
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Duties

WHAT IS THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) 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:

* Information Technology

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.

* Develop knowledge management program plans, policies, and standards; provide input to the IT capital planning process; develop, implement, and interpret metrics for the evaluation of IT program effectiveness and efficiency; and leverage human resources in the accomplishment of mission requirements.
* Lead development of an enterprise IT modernization plan; work with other business units to establish priorities for IT investments, build business cases, demonstrate total cost of investment; and establish metrics and associated performance measurement tools.
* Manage communities of interest involved in the development and implementation of workable approaches to IT architecture, capital investment planning, e-Government, and other IT-related legislative and policy initiatives.
* Conducts in-depth analysis of project data, requirements and impact; identifies problem areas and determines how to resolve them.

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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-13 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.

This experience must include Information Technology (IT) related experience that demonstrates each of the following four competencies: 1) Attention to Detail, 2) Customer Service, 3) Oral Communication and 4) Problem Solving. Specialized experience for this position includes: Demonstrated accomplishment of computer project assignments that required a wide range of knowledge of computer requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be filled. This knowledge is generally demonstrated through assignments that required the ability to analyze a number of alternative approaches in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of IT system design. This would include defining what system interrelationships must be considered, or what operating mode, system software, and/or equipment configuration is most appropriate for a given project.

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In addition to meeting the requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the requirements listed below:

At this level, your experience must be sufficient to demonstrate the ability and skills in the development and interpretation of policies, procedures, and strategies governing the planning and delivery of services to develop new standards, methods, and techniques, evaluate the impact of technological change and conceive solutions to highly complex technical issues. Mastery of, and skill in applying project management practices including developing plans and schedules, estimating resource requirements and monitoring activities. Your experience should include coordinating policy dissemination, managing policy maintenance, and developing mechanisms to measure policy effectiveness and compliance.

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MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: 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.

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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.

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