Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist (Legislative Affairs Manager)

Internal Revenue Service • Washington, DC

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About The Position

This senior management position is in the IRS National Headquarters, Office of the Commissioner, Office of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs. The incumbent directs and oversees a team of Legislative Affairs Advisors responsible for congressional liaison activities, Executive Secretariat coordination, legislative analysis, regulatory support, and executive communications. The position provides executive oversight for developing, reviewing, clearing, and delivering congressional correspondence, Questions for the Record (QFRs), testimony coordination, briefing materials, technical assistance, and responses to congressional inquiries. It coordinates Service-wide legislative and regulatory activities with Treasury, congressional committees, IRS Business Operating Divisions, the Executive Secretariat, and the Office of Chief Counsel. The incumbent reviews proposed legislation, congressional inquiries, Treasury initiatives, and regulatory guidance to assess impacts on operations, compliance, and tax administration, and oversees briefing books, talking points, executive summaries, legislative analyses, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership.

As a senior manager, the incumbent exercises delegated managerial authority over planning, direction, and timely execution of programs or staff functions; establishes and clears goals and objectives for subordinate organizational leaders; approves and manages multi-year work plans; revises long-range plans; manages policy and organizational changes; and approves allocation and distribution of budget funds. The role is subject to a one-year supervisory or managerial probationary period unless already completed. Newly appointed employees are also subject to a probationary or trial period. Alternative work schedules and staggered work hours may be available.

Requirements

• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower-level payband or GS-14, including supervision of professional employees, leadership of complex legislative programs, or management of high-visibility tax, legal, legislative, or public policy initiatives.
• Experience supervising, leading, or directing professional staff, including planning work, assigning priorities, evaluating performance, developing employees, allocating resources, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Experience advising senior executives, organizational leaders, congressional or legal staff, government officials, or clients on complex tax, legislative, legal, operational, or public policy matters.
• Experience researching, interpreting, and applying the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury regulations, IRS guidance, administrative authorities, judicial decisions, legislative proposals, or related legal authorities to provide strategic recommendations.
• Experience planning, coordinating, or directing legislative affairs, congressional or legal relations, executive correspondence, executive action tracking, and organizational responses to congressional or legal inquiries, oversight, hearings, investigations, QFRs, appropriations matters, or technical assistance requests.
• Experience reviewing, coordinating, or directing congressional or legal responses, executive correspondence, testimony, briefing books, decision memoranda, policy papers, legislative analyses, executive summaries, talking points, or other executive-level written products.
• Experience analyzing legislation, Treasury initiatives, appropriations, or executive priorities and advising leadership on legal, operational, compliance, policy, or organizational impacts.
• Experience representing an organization before senior executives, congressional or legal staff, policymakers, clients, professional organizations, or other external stakeholders.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, such as congressional or legal staff, CPAs, enrolled agents, economists, investigators, policy analysts, attorneys, executives, or other subject-matter experts.
• Experience managing multiple high-priority assignments with competing deadlines and sensitive issues, exercising independent judgment, and improving processes, clearance procedures, correspondence systems, workflow controls, or performance measures.
• Demonstrated experience working with Congress, including congressional offices, committees, or staff.
• Must meet the federal minimum age requirement: generally 18, or at least 16 under one of the stated education or vocational-training conditions.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national and provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with the Selective Service System or demonstrate exemption.
• Must provide two forms of identification for Personal Identity Verification; documents must be unexpired originals or certified copies.
• Must meet IRS suitability requirements, including prior IRS employment screening where applicable, tax verification, and personnel vetting with a background investigation and continuous vetting enrollment.
• Foreign education used to meet requirements must be shown to be equivalent to conventional U.S. education; supporting evidence is the applicant’s responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Direct and oversee Legislative Affairs Advisors handling congressional liaison, Executive Secretariat coordination, legislative analysis, regulatory support, and executive communications.
• Oversee the development, review, clearance, and delivery of congressional correspondence, QFRs, testimony coordination, briefing materials, technical assistance, and responses to congressional inquiries.
• Coordinate Service-wide legislative and regulatory activities with Treasury, congressional committees, IRS Business Operating Divisions, the Executive Secretariat, and the Office of Chief Counsel.
• Review and analyze proposed legislation, congressional inquiries, Treasury initiatives, and regulatory guidance for operational, compliance, and tax administration impacts.
• Oversee preparation of briefing books, talking points, executive summaries, legislative analyses, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership.
• Plan, direct, and ensure timely execution of programs or staff functions, including setting and clearing objectives for subordinate organizational leaders.
• Approve multi-year work plans and manage work to advance organizational goals and objectives.
• Revise long-range plans, goals, and objectives, and manage policy or organizational changes in response to appropriations, legislation, or program needs.
• Exercise discretionary authority to approve allocation and distribution of organizational budget funds.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to employees and their families; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• Alternative work schedules and staggered work hours may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed