Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist

Internal Revenue Service; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Internal Revenue Service seeks qualified specialists for the Tax Professional Management Office (TPMO) – Legal Analysis Branch to apply law, rulings, and court guidance to resolve practitioner misconduct under Treasury Circular 230. The role involves investigations, case reviews, and providing technical guidance to IRS teams.

The successful candidate will operate within the POD, participate in projects to improve enforcement quality, and coordinate with internal stakeholders on complex legal

Qualifications

• Applying law, rulings, and court guidance to resolve tax practitioner misconduct under Circular 230.
• Investigating Circular violations with minimal guidance.
• Reviewing subordinates' work to ensure correct investigation methods.
• Evaluating performance and providing guidance on behavior and data security.
• Reviewing IRM/Technical Guidance for accuracy in OPR procedures.

Job description

WHAT IS TAX PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OFFCE?

A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s): TPMO - Legal Analysis Branch Remain in POD - The vacancy will be filled at the selectee's official permanent position of record, post-of-duty (POD). REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS

As a current employee, you know the great benefits we offer. Should you have any questions about benefits, please contact the Employee Resource Center (ERC) at 1-866-743-5748 option #1 for ERC.

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 IR-04:

• Applying law, revenue rulings, revenue procedures and court cases to resolve issues for tax practitioner misconduct or violations of Treasury Circular 230.


• Investigating violations to the Circular with minimal guidance.


• Reviewing subordinates work to identify correct investigation methods were used and decision was based in sound reasoning of the law.


• Evaluating work performance and provided counselling and guidance to address office behaviors (i.e., unprofessional communications with peers, time and attendance issues, failure to follow managerial direction or non-compliance with data security guidelines).


• Reviewing an IRM or Technical Guidance for accuracy relating to the Office of Professional Responsibility program or procedures and providing technical guidance to other specialists


• Leading or managing a project or initiative that led to the enforcement of a legal decision. Sought out by internal and/or external stakeholders to provide guidance for resolution of tax practitioner misconduct, tax compliance issues or other violations of Treasury Circular 230.


• Serving on a team that identified deficiencies and made recommendations that were implemented territory-wide that improved quality, productivity, or efficiency.

AND

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 was appointed from an announcement open to \"All US Citizens\".

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards. Go to Understanding the IRS Paybands for GS/IR conversion.