Office Manager

Full Job Description

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: 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 detailed below by the closing date of this announcement.

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 Office Manager you must meet the qualification requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: Basic Requirement for Office Manager: For GS-12: Specialized Experience: Your resume must detail at least one year of specialized experience which includes all of the following: Managing daily administrative operations to include developing action plans and estimating resource requirements Analyzing data to track progress toward established goals and performance targets Managing office resources to include contractor support services and office supplies Evaluating current administrative processes to implement improvements This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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-12: 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-11.

Major Duties:

As an Office Manager, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a multitude of administrative and management programs supporting the posts of duty (PODs).

These duties include providing overall administrative management to professional and administrative staff, ensuring full support for administrative and litigation programs, managing databases, and supporting automation initiatives.

The Office Manager is also responsible for managing and overseeing subordinate staffs which may be located in multiple PODs.

As an Office Manager, you will: Assist in directing and conducting studies and analyzes and develops methods to improve the overall accuracy, adequacy, and timeliness of substantive technical and administrative programs within the assigned post of duty location.

Apply qualitative and/or quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of program effectiveness or the improvement of substantive management processes and systems.

Review and analyze the effectiveness of operating procedures, workflow, inter-functional coordination, and organization of assigned POD operations through personal observation, conferences, and status reports and data.

Prepare resulting documents from these reviews and report on progress toward achievement of program initiatives and subsequent recommendations.

Assist in directing all of the administrative/resources management activities necessary for the successful operation of the assigned POD, which may include support of Area Counsel(s), including Budget and Financial Management, Personnel Management and Administration, Facilities Management, etc.

Provide advice and assistance to management in the above areas, as well as provide information, answer questions, and resolve complaints for his/her assigned POD and Area Counsel(s).

Assess the impact of new or modified requirements affecting the offices, develop and implement plans to meet substantial changes in workload requirements, and propose and justify revisions to staffing levels, work priorities, and work processes to implement new or modified requirements; revise work schedules and adjust workloads appropriately to improve work flow and services rendered; plan, direct, assign, and review the work of the assigned staff for technical accuracy.

This is not an all-inclusive list. The selectees from this vacancy announcement will manage one of the following Cluster Chief Counsel Offices: Kansas City/St.

Louis Cleveland/Detroit Indianapolis/Milwaukee