Administrative Officer

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WHAT IS CHIEF RISK AND CONTROL OFFICER ?

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• Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s):
  • CRCO-Chief Risk and Control Officer-Office of Continuity Operations

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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.

• Represents the SCR in contact with other IRS executives/officials, representatives of other agencies, and officials from the private sector regarding cross-functional or building/geographic area-wide administrative support matters and initiatives. Provides key linkage/coordination between customers and providers in ensuring cross-functional support activities and initiatives are carried out. Serves as the primary liaison with service providers requiring information about activities impacting multiple functions within a single location.
• Serves as the SCR's principal 'problem solver' for identifying, analyzing, and resolving building/geographic area-wide or multi-functional problems and complex issues. Develop new or 'cutting edge' solutions/courses of action that ensure all related issues are identified and effectively integrated across functional lines asappropriate. Ensures that the appropriate senior leadership/managers or other service providers are alerted of any emerging issues, systemic problems, developing trends, etc. As necessary, coordinates with service providers to implement solutions/courses of action.
• Assumes a leadership role in coordinating building/geographic area-wide or cross-functional administrative activities and initiatives. Continually studies, analyzes, and anticipates building/geographic area-wide program activities, initiatives, and/or requirements. As needed, coordinates the development of action plans and schedules for initiating multiple cross-functional projects, including projected personnel, equipment, and/or budget requirements. Establish criteria for measuring degree of project achievement and customer satisfaction. Ensure plans are consistent with Service goals and policies while meeting customer needs and expectations. Provides briefings and prepares comprehensive reports to keep the SCR, other executives/managers, and NTEU (National Treasury Employee's Union) officials apprised of all facets relative to cross-functional program initiatives and projects.
• Develop and implements strategies for creating effective partnering with NTEU representatives. Creates unique methods and approaches for establishing and maintaining positive work relationships in order to foster trust and cooperation. On behalf of the SCR, serves as the initial key focal point in addressing/developing remedies to extremely significant building/geographic area-wide or cross-functional administrative support issues/disputes/concerns between management and labor.

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD93500

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Conditions of employment

• Probationary Period - A person who is required to go through a probationary period and then is transferred, promoted, demoted, or reassigned before he or she completes such period is required to complete the remainder of the probationary period in the new position.

• Government Credit Card - Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SHOWN IN QUALIFICATIONS SECTION

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.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-14:

You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13, in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Demonstrate accomplishment of administrative support services and operations assignments that required a range of knowledge of management principles and labor relations concepts, and project management techniques needed to manage cross- functional work processes. This knowledge is generally demonstrated by assignments where you analyze a number of alternative approaches in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of personnel, facilities /building management, time management, incident management and safety/security, program requirements. It also includes positions where you demonstrate use of judgment to choose, adapt and interpret appropriate guidelines and apply these guidelines to complex cross functional program issues and problems encountered. Additional examples of specialized experience include representing a team in cross functional labor relation issues including negotiations and acting as a subject matter expert to lower graded co-workers. You may also, on behalf of management, have heard grievances of a cross functional nature and will coordinate and lead local negotiations. At this level, your experience should demonstrate high level skill in communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, to prepare assessments, to conduct meetings, to identify and resolve complex problems and skill in meeting and dealing tactfully and persuasively with others to resolve issues which are controversial/sensitive in nature.

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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 .

Education

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 (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).

Additional information

• In the event that a building is closed due to rent management, new hires may be placed in a local commuting location.
• Additional jobs may be filled from this announcement or any other source to fill these vacancies.
• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours may be available.
• Salary: General Schedule (GS) Locality Pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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