Lead Human Resources Specialist (Employee Development)

Lead Human Resources Specialist (Employee Development)

Department: Department of the Treasury

Location(s): Washington, District of Columbia, Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Farmers Branch, Texas, Richmond, Virginia

Salary Range: $106437 - $187093 Per Year

Job Summary: With nearly 1,700 attorneys, IRS Chief Counsel is the largest tax law firm nationwide. Our attorneys are among top tax law practitioners and some of the very best legal minds found anywhere. Together with the IRS, we serve the public by applying the tax code with fairness and integrity. After pausing hiring in 2025, we now seek new law graduates and experienced attorneys to join us. Click to learn more: IRS Office of Chief Counsel Careers Site Meet Our People Learn about our Legal Divisions

Major Duties:

• As a Lead Human Resources Specialist (HR Development), you will: Act as a technical training advisor to HR Specialists and Chief Counsel managers by providing advice and information on technically complex training policies and procedures and course development activities. Analyze major facets of Chief Counsel training programs and apply evaluation models to demonstrate their effectiveness. Develop and maintain appropriate national guidelines and standards for planning, organizing, coordinating, staffing, and evaluating assigned training activities. Evaluate new training initiatives or course materials developed in the field to ensure continuity with centralized courses and materials. Provide technical guidance to lower-level HR Specialists (HR Development) and review and revise material prepared by such employees. Lead the team in identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialization; making adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks. Monitor and report on the status and progress of work; Prepare reports and maintain records of work accomplishments and administrative information, as required, and coordinate the preparation, presentation and communication of work-related information to the supervisor. This is not an all-inclusive list.

Qualifications: Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See "Required Documents" for a list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Career Transition Assistance Program Current Chief Counsel Employee In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. To qualify for this position of Lead Human Resources Specialist (HR Development) you must meet the qualification requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: For GS-14: Specialized Experience: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as: Served as a training expert in the development of new training courses and activities for legal and non-legal instruction; Used a broad range of performance support tools and techniques to plan and direct the development of system components including on-line help, computer-based training and complete integrated performance support systems; Identified, developed, and vetted new or updated trainings, and other programs; drafted office-wide or targeted communications to employees and management regarding training programs and events; and evaluated the quality and effectiveness of training programs and reviewing and determining evaluation criteria. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14). Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work 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.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply 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 (05/04/2026) of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/application/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.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-04