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We're Looking for a skilled Pathways Recent Graduate Program Social Scientist in the Internal Revenue Service based in San Antonio, Texas. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.
The Successful Applicant
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 fulltime work parttimework 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 2year eligibility period may have their eligibility period extended so that they receive the full 2 years of eligibility. The remaining 2year eligibility period will begin upon his or her release or discharge from active duty. The veterans eligibility period may not extend beyond 6 years from the date of completion of all requirements of an academic course of study. Secondly you must meet any basic requirements of the position and the experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions. BASIC REQUIRMENT FOR GS05 AND ALL GRADES: You must have a degree at an accredited college or university in behavioral or social science or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR A combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION FOR GS07: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: experience that demonstrates the use of standard methods and principles of social economics and social psychology and their application to tax return statistics and related research projects Experience using basic social economic and social psychology research and study design and administration processes from the formulation of concepts through specification and analysis of output to the presentation of conclusions Experience assisting with reporting on social science projects data and findings and assisting with creating presentation graphics displaying social science data and findings Experience using basic standard statistical principles and practices sufficient to perform developmental assignments Experience using basic computer programming languages and statistical software packages. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 1 year of graduate level education at an accredited college or university in behavioral or social science or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Superior Academic Achievement may be met by having a Bachelors degree with one of the following: A GPA of 2.95 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study or a GPA of 3.45 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of study or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college university or major subdivision or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION FOR GS09: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS7 grade level in the Federal service. experience must demonstrate knowledge of standard methods and principles of social economics and social psychology and their application to tax return statistics and related research projects Experience using basic knowledge of social economic and social psychology research and study design and administration processes from the planning and formulation of concepts through specification and analysis of output to the presentation of conclusions and control of the studies Experience using knowledge of standard statistical principles and practices sufficient to perform developmental assignments Experience should include assisting in performing social psychology and social economics research and interpreting pertinent information and transforming research into statistical and tax literature for data and social psychology research methodology Experience using knowledge of oriented computer programming languages and statistical software packages. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: a masters or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a masters or equivalent graduate degree in computer science engineering information science information systems management mathematics operations research statistics or technology management or in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaption of applications systems or networks. AND MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS05 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 GS05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks. AND TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement by the cutoff date) specified in this job announcement current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest nontemporary 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. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPMs Qualifications Standards.
What’s on Offer
The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.