Total 42 customer service job vacancies in Others category in 0905 columbia md

As an IT Specialist (Customer Support) within the Office of the Human Capital, some of your specific duties will include:

• Diagnoses and resolves recurring problems in response to customer reported incidents.
• Installs, configures, and tests software on customer workstations, as well as upgrades and troubleshoots hardware and software components.
• Participates in evaluating effectiveness of customer support services and provides feedback on impacts of proposed IT initiatives to services.
• Provides recommendations for improving customer service delivery and assists higher grade specialists.
• Provides routine advice and guidance to customers requesting information on established policy or procedures.

Eligibility Requirements

In order to be eligible for an appointment under the Pathways Recent Graduate Program you must meet the following requirements:

• You must be a recent graduate who has completed, within the previous two years, an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution such as an accredited technical or vocational school; a 2- or 4-year college or university; a graduate or professional school (e.g., law school, medical school); or a post-secondary home school curriculum; or a qualifying career or technical education program (e.g., Registered Apprenticeship Programs, Job Corps, Climate Corps, AmeriCorps, and Peace Corps). Note: Qualifying volunteer service must be from a federally administered program indicating completion of either: at least 52 weeks of volunteer service (through one or multiple periods of service), or at least 1,700 work hours when the volunteer service period is less than one year. Note: Certificate program is defined as post-secondary education in a qualifying educational institution equal to at least one academic year of full-time study that's part of an accredited college-level, technical, trade, vocational, or business school curriculum.
• OR has completed degree or program requirements within the previous two years. Degree requirements include an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution such as an accredited technical or vocational school; a 2- or 4-year college or university; a graduate or professional school (e.g., law school, medical school); or a post-secondary home school curriculum; or qualifying career or technical education program. Note: Certificate program is defined as post-secondary education in a qualifying educational institution equal to at least one academic year of full-time study that's part of an accredited college-level, technical, trade, vocational, or business school curriculum.
• Veterans who were precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their 2-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty; however, eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed 6 years from the date on which the degree, certificate or qualifying career or technical education program was obtained. The date of release or discharge from active duty should be later than the date the degree or certificate was obtained.

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Assists in advising on the park's cultural resources, particularly history.
• In concert with the supervisor or higher-graded specialist, identifies, evaluates, and monitors cultural resources, identifies potential threats, and makes recommendations to management regarding status and mitigation of impacts (present and future).
• Assists with creating and implementing segments of the cultural resources management plans, interpretive prospectus, and spin-off documents such as specific plans, action plans, revisions, and fiscal and budget documents
• Conducts historical research for planning documents, including general management plans, special history studies, resources management plan, environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, and special resource studies as required to meet the needs of the park.
• Recommends, plans for, and executes historical investigations required to meet National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), NPS guidelines, and the research needs of the park.

• The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.
• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Develops and directs the implementation of program and administrative policies, goals, objectives, and priorities governing the operation of the Division’s field laboratories and laboratory approval service.
• Represents the Agency in presentations of such programs to Federal and State officials, academia, industry, and trade organizations.
• Demonstrates skills in communication both oral and written as well as a thorough understanding of user fee programs.
• Develops short-term and long-range proposals concerning policies, procedures and methods governing the administration of the overall activities of the Division.
• Directs studies for the development of new, improved, or revised procedures and techniques for the analysis of food products and other agricultural commodities.
• Exercises overall authority and responsibility for methods development to meet agency goals and satisfy client needs for testing analyses.
• Conducts periodic reviews to assure that the quality assurance programs are operating effectively, resolves all administrative and technical issues regarding program operation.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Collaborate with U.S. Government agencies, foreign governments, U.S. industry, international organizations and FAS overseas offices to enhance, preserve, and expand the global footprint for U.S. agriculture
• Conducts independent research to inform and provide recommendations to be included in larger or more detailed reports/policy decisions on markets, World Trade Organization matters, and regulatory barriers to trade.
• Analyzes and interprets international trade issues, conditions, or events, develops recommendations, and prepares reports and papers to support decision-making, policy formulation, or program development by FAS and USDA.
• Utilizes written and oral communication skills to coordinate across FAS, USDA, and U.S. government offices to provide technical expertise in support of U.S. agricultural trade in the international market.
• Knowledge of and skill to interpret the WTO and other international agreements that might affect U.S. agricultural trade.

WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER ADVOCACY SERVICE (TAS)DIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Taxpayer Advocate Service, Operations Support, Finance & Human Capital

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.

As a Front Line Manager you will:

• Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
• Evaluate work performance of subordinates and makes recommendations for outstanding performance recognition and/or disciplinary action.
• Give advice, counsel or instruction to employees on work and administrative matters.
• Interview candidates for positions within the organization/unit and recommend appointment, promotion or reassignment to such positions.
• Hear and resolve complaints from employees, refer group grievances and/or more serious unresolved complaints as appropriate.
• Effect minor disciplinary measures, such as warnings and reprimands, recommend other actions in more serious cases.
• Identify developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development and training.
• Initiate ways to improve production, work processes and/or to increase the quality of the work directed.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Sharing responsibility with the Deputy Administrator for formulation and execution of the programs, policies, and processes of the Grants Division, which operates the full range of pre-award and post-award functions.
• Serving as a consultant and advisor to the Administrator and other Department officials on matters relating to Grants Division activities.
• Representing the Deputy Administrator and Associate Deputy Administrator in formulating and administering long-range and current policies and programs relating to grant programs.
• Investigating innovative means to increase efficiency, promote evaluation and impacts analysis, and reduce reporting burden for grants, while ensuring government-wide priorities are met.
• Recommending changes to update and correct deficiencies to the Grants Division's policies, guidelines, and procedures.
• Providing guidance and decisions in establishing priorities and procedures involving policy, setting deadlines concerning negotiation, execution, and post-administration of grant agreements.
• Providing expert management advice to the Deputy Administrator on broad and complex grant administration and systems issues within a wide-range of AMS programs.
• Identifying and recommending training, resources, technological, and process improvements to promote efficiency gains in grants management across all grant programs.
• Ensuring adequate managerial and financial controls in accordance with applicable policy and directives concerning budget, federal assistance, procurement, personnel, and other administrative matters.

The incumbent of this position serves as a Branch Chief responsible for the supervision and management of the National Office Branch of the Office of the Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Criminal Tax) (DC/ACC) providing legal counsel to IRS, Criminal Investigation (Cl). The Branch provides all necessary legal services in connection with formulating and implementing legal positions and policies broadly impacting the criminal tax function; reviews significant or sensitive legal cases and grand jury matters centralized in the National Office and prepares legal opinions on significant criminal tax issues received by the DC/ACC; reviews and prepares a variety of criminal tax work products such as search warrants, undercover requests, responses to congressional correspondence, analysis of legislative matters and manual revisions; reviews criminal tax appellate matters and makes appropriate recommendations for appeal to the Department of Justice; reviews and analyzes forfeiture matters as well as cases involving money laundering and Title 31 violations; provides formal and informal advisory opinions and other assistance to officials of Cl with respect to criminal tax matters; coordinates with other Division Counsel on matters (such as proposed civil liability actions, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and discovery proceedings) relating to particular criminal tax cases; reviews proposed prosecution cases declined by the Department of Justice.

As a Supervisory General Attorney (Tax)-Branch Chief, you will:

• Act as a legal consultant to (CI) on some of the most difficult, important, and complex professional and legal matters arising in the administration of the Internal Revenue laws.
• Direct exhaustive and detailed research on some of the most complicated legal problems within Cl's program areas and direct the preparation of recommendations as to the position to be taken by the DC/ACC and Cl in connection with these matters.
• Prepare or substantively review proposed memoranda on various legal and administrative matters for submission to the DC/ACC, the Deputies Chief Counsel or the Chief Counsel for final approval.
• Direct the participation by the Branch in conferences with representatives of other interested offices concerning projects.
• Examine all matters assigned to the Branch and assigns to each Branch employee work appropriate to his/her grade and experience level.
• Provide coordination, control and direction of criminal tax activities to ensure that specific Chief Counsel criminal tax objectives, policies and programs are implemented effectively and efficiently.

The Associate Chief Counsel (Financial Institutions and Products) has jurisdiction over the taxation of financial institutions, and financial products, as well as tax issues related to tax-advantaged bonds. The Office provides legal advice and litigation services/support to the Department of the Treasury, the IRS, other Chief Counsel organizations, other government agencies, and the public.

As a Senior Technician Reviewer (STR), the incumbent serves as a technical expert with respect to the subject areas and functions of the assigned Branch. Subject areas for which FIP is responsible involve the specialty areas of tax law as it pertains to financial institutions and products, including banks, thrift institutions, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, insurance companies, asset securitization arrangements, debt modifications, options, futures contracts, original issue discount obligations, hedging arrangements, annuities, life insurance contracts, other types of innovative financial instruments and entities, and tax-advantaged bonds.

As a General Attorney (Tax) Senior Technician Reviewer, you will:

• Act as a legal and technical consultant to the Branch Chief, Deputy Associate Chief Counsel, Associate Chief Counsel, and, as assigned, to other officials in the Office of Chief Counsel on some of the most difficult, important, and complex professional legal and policy matters concerned with the work of the Branch, or which may affect the work of other Branches of the office, or other components of the Chief Counsel's Office.
• Act as a reviewer, and in some cases as the initiating attorney, for some of the most complicated, difficult, and unusual assignments and projects involving the development and drafting of Internal Revenue legislation and regulations, considering recommendations for enactment of legislation and the promulgation of regulations, private letter rulings, revenue rulings, technical advice memoranda, Chief Counsel advice, and other advice memoranda dealing with tax problems submitted by taxpayers and their representatives, state and federal agencies, and other Chief Counsel and IRS offices.
• Act as principal attorney in charge of recommending the policies and developing the procedures and regulations implementing new or amended legislation for specific areas of tax law and be responsible for ensuring that these policies, procedures, and regulations are consistent with the intent of the law and are administratively sound, efficient, and economical in operation.
• Support the work of IRS and Chief Counsel components in all aspects of their work, to include litigation activities, technical advice and guidance, the preparation of briefs and appellate recommendations.
• As needed, conduct conferences and represents the IRS on specific issues of a highly complex nature with taxpayers and their representatives.
• As appropriate, represent the Office on training sessions, presentations and panel discussions before IRS and Counsel components, other governmental agencies and business and professional groups on technical and legal matters relating to the work of the Branch.
• In consultation with the Branch Chief, assign work to the attorneys and specialists within the Branch and advises on approaches to be taken. As required, and in cases in which the Branch Chief is absent, substitute for the Branch Chief and performs the full range of duties of that position.
• Perform other professional duties as assigned.

• Manages and participates in all aspects of gardens and grounds maintenance for optimal plant health and aesthetics while maximizing scientific and educational value.
• Works closely with Facilities Manager during construction projects, ensuring adequate protection for plants, soils, and existing garden infrastructure.
• Oversees plant health and integrated pest management program.
• Organizes and participates in systematic, goal-related program reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of horticultural and grounds management efforts and works with the Unit Leader to develop criteria for improvements and priorities.
• Evaluates program needs and adjusts to enhance fiscal and environmental sustainability of horticultural operations. Contributes to annual reports and development of project plans with the Unit Leader.
• Ensures horticultural displays and exhibits support United States National Arboretum (USNA) programs and priorities.
• Serves as subject matter expert, Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), or Agency technical representative for contracts and projects at the USNA.

The selectee will serve as a Supervisory Statistician in the Office of Human Resources, Workforce Planning Division. Typical work assignments include:

• Planning, organizing, directing, and executing complex quantitative studies and statistical analysis programs to support workforce planning for the Secret Service.
• Preparing and reviewing comprehensive recommendations on the development and/or modification of Secret Service policies and procedures that enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness of the workforce.
• Planning, developing, and implementing operational and strategic human capital plans.
• Planning, controlling, directing, and coordinating the work of subordinate supervisors and professional, administrative, and administrative support personnel.

WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION & LIAISON (C&L)DIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions

Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Communications and Liaison (C&L); Communications

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
*Oversees assigned BOD program area projects assigned by the supervisor. Performs special studies and
research projects or assignments, which require application of expertise and mature judgment. Develops
and analyzes the facts needed and recommends the action to be taken on particular matters. Reviews and summarizes information from a variety of sources for the use of the supervisor, exercising sound judgment and knowledge of the purpose of such information. Participates in the planning and conducting of studies of various aspects of the Service's administrative programs and operations to provide a basis for procedural or policy determinations. Reviews and prepares reports for assigned supervisor.

*Participates in the formulation of policies and procedures governing the administrative aspects within the
assigned program office. Assesses the need for and establishes and/or adapts administrative procedures and practices to be used in highly unusual situations requiring deviation from standard administrative
procedures. Keeps the supervisor advised of developments and progress concerning problems and follows up with the responsible official to expedite necessary action and final settlement of the issues.

*Reviews and summarizes information from a variety of sources for the use of the supervisor, exercising sound judgment and knowledge of the purpose of such information. Keeps the supervisor advised of developments and progress concerning problems. Follows-up with the responsible official to expedite necessary action and final settlement of issues.

*Acts as point of contact for the assigned program office responding to internal and external requests for
assistance in a minimum amount of time. Carries out routine, high priority or special tasks, and
assignments. This encompasses a wide variety of issues sometimes involving sensitive and confidential
matters. Independently researches all facets of issues for which program office is responsible and, with
mature judgment and discretion, makes administrative decisions affecting the program office.

*Maintains files and/or records containing confidential employee/labor relations materials; has advance notice of personnel actions and access to management recommendations on contract negotiations; and/or attends regularly scheduled management meetings on labor relations problems, grievance responses and answers to unfair labor practices.

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.

The selectee will serve as a(n) IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INF/CDA) in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. Typical work assignments include:

• Testing, implementing, deploying, maintaining, reviewing, and administering cybersecurity infrastructure hardware and software
• Using data collected from a variety of cybersecurity tools (e.g., IDS/IPS devices, firewalls, packet captures, and host tools) to analyze events that occur within their environments for the purposes of identifying and mitigating threats
• Using mitigation, preparedness, and response and recovery approaches, as needed, in support of incident response in order to maximize system availability and minimize system recovery time
• Using defensive measures and information collected from a variety of sources to identify, analyze, and report events that occur or might occur within the network to protect information, information systems, and networks from threats
• Designing and leveraging automation in support of streamlining completion of cybersecurity tasks across numerous technologies (firewalls, containers and servers [Windows and Linux], etc.) and functions (vulnerability management, incident response, security operations, etc.)

Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will be in a non-pay status for approximately 1 pay period, sometime in December to January, and you will be in a pay status for the remainder of the year.

Government housing is NOT available.

The major duties of the Visitor Services Assistant position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provides information regarding the need for issuing various types of permits including weddings, picnics, sporting, special events, 1st amendment demonstrations and general park information.
• Monitors special use permit activities for compliance with park-established conditions and agency policy.
• Serves as a member of a task and event oriented team by operating and maintaining an information desk which includes answering phones, greeting visitors, and accepting applications.
• Performs general administrative tasks such as filing, copying, and other tasks.
• Collects a variety of data and disseminates information via park website, site bulletin boards, and compiles data for daily reports.

The major duties of the Visitor Services Assistant position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provides information regarding the need for issuing various types of permits including weddings, picnics, sporting, special events, 1st amendment demonstrations and general park information.
• Monitors special use permit activities for compliance with park-established conditions and agency policy.
• Serves as a member of a task and event oriented team by operating and maintaining an information desk which includes answering phones, greeting visitors, and accepting applications.
• Performs general administrative tasks such as filing, copying, and other tasks.
• Collects a variety of data and disseminates information via park website, site bulletin boards, and compiles data for daily reports.