Secretary

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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.

1. Serves as the liaison between the manager and his/her key subordinate staff members and other key officials. Assures understanding and clarification of manager's views on all problems and issues. Serves as liaison with Headquarter and Program Officials in matters relating to highly sensitive congressional inquires, reorganizations, receiving and transmitting information, etc.
2. Acts as office manager for the office and ensures that the practices and procedures used by secretaries and administrative staff in subordinate offices are consistent with those of the office. On own initiative, recommends changes in administrative policies. Devises and installs office procedures and practices to be used by secretaries and administrative staff in subordinate offices. Prepares agenda for and conducts periodic secretarial training sessions for all secretaries.
3. Exercises exclusive control over the manager's appointments, with complete authority for commitments of time. Screens all calls and visitors, answering most questions and completing most administrative business involving established policy or routine matters.
4. Analyzes incoming directives, manual issuances, policy changes, regulatory and procedural changes, etc., for significant potential effect on manager's objectives and for general interests of the manager. Alerts manager of the area of potential impact and arranges for any necessary follow-up technical review by an appropriate segment of the organization. Ensures the follow-up action is accomplished.
5. Personally handles to completion a variety of administrative projects, performing necessary coordination, making contacts, obtaining comments from management officials concerned, and preparing correspondence. Reviews agenda items for Executive Conferences and assembles digests, consolidates comments from management officials, and summarizes material for use by the manager in preparation for conferences.

Standard Position Descriptions (SPD): PD92940 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.