Executive Assistant

Summary

WHAT IS HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICE (HCO)? 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): HCO This job (or announcement) is open to current permanent IRS competitive service employees in Human Capital Office (HCO) business units. REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS

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. Leads the development, integration, and execution of strategic and operational plans aligned with agency mission and Departmental priorities. Translates executive vision into measurable goals, performance frameworks, and implementation roadmaps. Establishes governance structures and decision-support processes to ensure alignment across multiple organizational components. Identifies enterprise risks, implementation implications, and resource gaps; formulates mitigation strategies and executive recommendations. Provides executive-level oversight of priority initiatives and enterprise programs. Monitors performance metrics, deliverables, and compliance requirements. Directs cross-functional coordination to resolve barriers affecting execution. Develops executive dashboards and reporting mechanisms to inform leadership decision-making. Ensures alignment with federal regulations, internal controls, and performance management frameworks. Serves as a principal executive staff resource to assigned HCO leadership in the planning, coordination, and integration of high-priority human capital initiatives and management matters having significant organizational impact. Provides continuity and coordination across HCO functions and ensures matters requiring executive attention are appropriately analyzed, developed, and positioned for timely leadership action. Reviews and assesses complex and sensitive matters involving HCO programs, operations, workforce issues, employee relations, organizational priorities, and management initiatives. Identifies interdependencies, conflicting requirements, implementation concerns, and matters requiring resolution or elevation. Develops assessments, options, recommendations, and executive-level briefing materials to support management deliberations and decisions. Coordinates HCO responses and actions involving IRS organizations and, as appropriate, Treasury, OPM, oversight organizations, and other governmental entities. Synthesizes information and recommendations from multiple HCO functions and organizational components; identifies unresolved issues or differing positions; and facilitates resolution or presents matters to leadership for decision. Manages and coordinates executive-level actions arising from inquiries, reviews, audits, organizational initiatives, and other matters requiring HCO leadership attention. Evaluates submissions for completeness, responsiveness, consistency with established requirements and leadership direction, and potential impact on HCO programs and operations. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD26068 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.

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. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, you must meet the qualification requirements outlined below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-15: To be minimally qualified for this position you must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-14) in the Federal Government. Specialized experience is experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience serving as a trusted advisor to the executive on administrative, operational, and cross-organizational coordination matters impacting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and departmental priorities, being the central coordination point between the executive office, external partners and interagency partners on sensitive and high-priority matters, and representing the Chief executive, as appropriate, and represent executive in internal coordination meetings and senior-level discussions focused on execution, alignment, and operational follow-through. Experience with management principles, theories, and practices and their applicability to IRS' programs, functions, objectives, and the development of long-term strategic plans incorporating short-term and long-term goals. Identify operational gaps, process inefficiencies, and coordination challenges; recommend and implement solutions to improve organizational effectiveness, responsiveness, and execution discipline. Experience communicating both orally and in writing with internal and external stakeholders to persuade implementation of substantial changes in agency resources and established procedures. Synthesize input from senior leadership, interagency partners, and external stakeholders into clear, concise, and actionable recommendations. Preparing agency directives, service-wide policy statements, briefing documents, status reports, and other written guidelines and recommendations. Experience overseeing, coordinating and conducting the development of briefing material, presentations and negotiations on technical problems, outcomes, and recommendations to gain cooperation from top IRS officials and other top officials at federal, state, local, and non-government organizations to improve services provided, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with strategic objectives. Establish and maintain effective relationships to gain confidence and cooperation of supervisors, managers, and co-workers to accept proposals. 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 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.

Requirements

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

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).

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on 09/10/2026. To begin the application process, click the "Apply Online" button. You will be re-directed to USA STAFFING to continue your application process; answer the online questions. To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link:https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13049805. Upload all required documents. (To submit supporting documents, import documents from USAJOBS to the appropriate document types. If the document you need is not imported from USAJOBS, you may upload it directly into this application.) Click the Submit Application button. Reasonable Accommodations (RA): We provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process. To review reasonable accommodation policies and procedures please visit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/disability-employment/reasonable-accommodations/. To update your application, including supporting documentation: Visit USAJOBS - How to Update Application during the announcement open period, make updates or add supporting documentation, then continue through the entire application process and click Submit Application to send updates to the hiring agency. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the job status or your application status: Visit USAJOBS - How to View Application/Job Status. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application.