Appeals Officer (Senior Appeals Settlement Officer (Program Analyst) 12 month Roster

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Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.

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

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-14 LEVEL :

You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience for this position includes :

• Demonstrating expert knowledge of Appeals policies, practices, and procedures to address all circumstances involving the settlement of complex and difficult tax cases.
• Your experience must demonstrate the ability to analyze and evaluate Appeals collection programs, policies, or procedures to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency in the use of resources and to assess the impact of new programs, policies, or legislative changes on existing programs and resources.
• Your experience must also demonstrate expert knowledge of current and past tax laws, regulations, and IRS policies to include Internal Revenue Code, IRM, court decisions, tax publications, and procedures related to assigned areas (e.

g., Trust Fund Recovery Penalty) with expertise on technical collection issues in order to research and apply relevant tax law to issues that are unclear or where a clear precedent is lacking, and determine the appropriate resolution based upon relevant factors including reasonableness, adjudication trends, and settlement practices for collection issues.

• Experience applying expert knowledge of Compliance / Collection investigative procedures, subject matters, organizational structure and office policies and practices that pertain to Appeals collection issues.
• Your experience must also demonstrate skill in personal relationships and ability to conduct meetings and conferences in an orderly, fair, and impartial manner as well as skill in oral and written communications and the ability to persuade, solicit, and provide information on highly complex collection issues requiring coordination with other professionals both inside and outside of the Appeals office.
• Examples include : conducting conferences with internal stakeholders and other business divisions regarding the most complex technical collection issues;
• providing technical expertise of Appeals collection programs to executives, senior managers, supervisors, and employees;

developing new or revised policies or procedures that address the full range of Appeals collection programs; serving as a resource person in providing guidance and assistance to managers and other technical employees in interpreting and implementing Appeals policies, procedures, and the most complex provisions of the pertinent laws and regulations.

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.

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".

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.

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

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