Department of the Treasury

Operations Coordinator

San Diego, California, Seattle, Washington Full time

Operations Coordinator

Department: Department of the Treasury

Location(s): San Diego, California, Seattle, Washington

Salary Range: $69373 - $91664 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:

  • What does a Operations Coordinator do? As an Operations Coordinator, you will provide and coordinate a variety of complex legal support functions and administrative duties, as well as provide technical advice and guidance to a team of support staff located in assigned Post of Duty (POD). The Operations Coordinator will serve as a leader to the team that provides administrative and clerical assistance to the first and second line managers, attorneys, and paralegals within the cluster. Each POD serves a mix of different legal divisions, each with its particular case processing needs, rules and other specialized considerations. Additional duties include, but are not limited to the following: As an Operations Coordinator, you will: Serve as the focal point for coordinating and administratively handling more complex or unique calls and/or correspondence concerning the legal support work provided to the different functional areas. Monitor the work of the legal assistants in the office to serve, as needed, as a back-up so that information is being properly inputted into office related systems and that reports are correctly and timely generated and distributed. Provide training to new employees in accordance with established administrative procedures and practices. Analyzes new directives, guidelines, and procedural changes received from business unit headquarters and courts. Provides administrative oversight and accountability for the accuracy of data and records that are inputted in the automated systems. This is not an all-inclusive list. This vacancy announcement is to fill one vacancy in the San Diego, CA office, and one vacancy in the Seattle, WA office.

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 Operations Coordinator you must meet the qualification requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: For GS-09: Specialized Experience: Your resume must detail at least one year of specialized experience which includes: Providing and coordinating a variety of complex legal support and administrative duties, using database systems and file management, and providing technical advice and guidance to a team of support staff. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education Substitution: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, which demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position such as a business or management degree. OR Combination of Education and Experience: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education: Options for qualifying based on a combination are identified in the online questions. NOTE: If qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application package. 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. Time in Grade Requirement for GS-09: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

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 (05/15/2026) 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: 2026-05-15