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Overview
* Accepting applications
* Open & closing dates
04/17/2024 to 10/30/2024
* Salary
$41,971 - $77,879 per year
* Pay scale & grade
GS 5 - 9
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Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes-as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
2210 Information Technology Management
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
24-12380463B-ITB-2210-5T9
Control number
786668300
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This job is open to
* Recent graduates
Individuals who have graduated from an accredited educational institute or certificate program within the last 2 years or 6 years for Veterans.
Clarification from the agency
Open to IRS Career/Career-Conditional employees who have completed a degree or certificate from a qualifying education institution within the previous 2 years or are within 9 months of graduating. Veterans unable to apply within 2 years of receiving their degree, due to militaryservice obligation, have a full 2-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty. The eligibility period for veterans must be within 6 years of degree completion.
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Duties
The IRS Internal Recent Graduates Program affords a developmental opportunity to IRS employees, who have graduated within the previous 2 years from a qualifying educational institution or program. In addition, the IRS implemented the new IRS Recent Graduate Program that includes an additional year of formal development, training, networking, project teams, and may includerotational assignments.
Upon successful completion of the program requirements, you will be permanently placed at the grade level within the position's career path, not higher than the full-working level of the position selected, to which you meet qualifications and time-in-grade requirements. If for any reason do not successfully complete the program you will be returned to the previous grade of the same or similar position you previously held within IRS prior to being selected for the Recent Graduates Program. Program requirements include but are not limited to:
* Successful completion of at least 1 to 2 years of continuous service depending on the position;
* Completion of at least 40 hours of interactive training;
* Mentorship;
* Demonstration of successful job performance; and
* Meet the qualification position standards.
If selected, you will be placed in a developmental position as a IT Specialist (Systems Analysis/Applications Software), GS-2210-5/7/9 with promotion potential to GS-12 in the division listed below:
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)
A description of the business unit can be found at:
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
The employee works in one or more areas of systems analysis and applications software design,
maintenance, or modification performing work assignments such as the following:
* Plans, develops, schedules and conducts systems acceptability tests of modernization and production systems; including Tier I and Tier II applications for mission critical tax processing and internal support systems.
* Provides technical guidance during a significant project in designing, coding, testing, debugging, and maintaining programs; translating and interpreting functional requirements;
* Translates and interprets functional requirements involved with the local phase of national project;
* Tests software during a significant local project or as needed to support applications which have a broad impact;
* Provides guidance to less experienced coworkers in solving programming problems;
* Performs other related duties as assigned.
This position has career progression. If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example, you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in as little as three years.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD):
PD96075, PD96076, and PD96074
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* Telework Eligible Positions: Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework. Employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements (e.g., reporting at least twice a pay period to your assigned Post of Duty (POD)) and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program. Employees must also be within a 200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status. As a reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.
* All selectees must sign a Participant Agreement.
* A 1-year probationary period is required (unless already completed).
* Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
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-timework 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.
In order to qualify, you must first meet IRS Recent Graduate Program eligibility:
You must have, within the previous 2 years, completed all educational requirements for a qualifying associate, bachelor, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying institution; or intended graduation is no more than 9 months from date of application;
* OR-
Veterans (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 2108) who, due to a military service obligation, were precluded from applying to a Recent Graduates Program during any portion of the 2-year eligibility period may have their eligibility period extended so that they receive the full 2 years of eligibility. The remaining 2-year eligibility period will begin upon his or her release or discharge from active duty. The veteran's eligibility period may not extend beyond 6 years from the date of completion of all requirements of an academic course of study.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS GS-5 AND All GRADES:
Experience must include Information Technology (IT) related e.