Human Resources Specialist

Job 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.

• Performs extensive research and conducts program analyses to determine mission/program effectiveness, identify issues and program impediments and establish courses of action necessary to enhance program effectiveness. Develops and researches potential program revisions and solicits input from the HCO and other senior officials within the Service. Analyzes and identifies the ramifications of new initiatives and, when applicable, coordinates initiatives with the appropriate stakeholders. Demonstrates expert technical knowledge in multiple business functional areas including but not limited to policy analysis, program oversight, evaluation activities, strategic planning, and research coordination.
• Functions as a senior level liaison with external organizations and stakeholders to represent the view of the HCO and interests of the IRS. Assists the HCO in setting business unit strategy and goals that enhance compliance with laws and policy aligned with the overall organizational strategy. Plans, performs, and/or coordinates the most significant types of managerial assignments, encompassing all program and functional areas of HCO. Assists in the allocation of resources among the program office; establishes performance measures and goals and manages the execution of program goals; ensures goals, strategy, and policies are clearly communicated to employees to achieve the desired results.
• Analyzes IRS business plans, OPM, Treasury, IRS, and other sources' Human Resources laws, regulations, directives, and issuances to determine Agency impact and to identify future requirements and formulates staffing approaches and plans to meet those anticipated needs. Ensures program development and implementation is consistent with the corporate mission, vision, and goals. Evaluates adequacy of current HR policy in terms of its ability to achieve overall Treasury and IRS goals and objectives, to improve productivity, and to promote state-of-the-art or emerging concepts regarding the delivery of HR services. Prepares directives, issuances, memoranda, policy statements, legislative proposals, and other written guidelines and recommendations to introduce new initiatives and to recommend effective operations consistent with policies and objectives.
• Serves as primary technical coordinator for Treasury deliverables/suspense requests. Coordinates with various levels of leadership to identify divisional roles and responsibilities, impact, and propose recommendations for implementation/resolution. The incumbent analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives and analyzes and integrates program operational, legal, technical, financial, legislative, and other information to advise management on the effectiveness and efficiency of assigned programs and functions.
• Provides expert advice and authoritative information to the HCO, top agency management, and program directors throughout the Service on a wide variety of highly complex, controversial, and sensitive Human Resources (HR) problems and issues. Provides key advice and assistance to the HCO in such areas as organizational consolidation, systems integration, program implementation, functional support, and cross functional issues.

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD26180 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.