Revenue policy / administration /customs advisors

SCOPE OF POSITION: The U.S. Treasury Department Office of Technical Assistance is recruiting experienced professionals in Revenue Policy and Revenue Administration on a competitive basis for both resident and/or intermittent assignments under personal services contracts. This announcement is for global technical assistance assignments. We are recruiting for assignments in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South and Central America. We thus have specific interest in specialists willing to accept assignments worldwide. For purpose of this document ‘revenue' includes tax and non-tax revenues as well as customs compliance. Current assignments include, for example, Ukraine, Moldova, Haiti, Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Burma, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon. Short-term assignments can normally be expected to range in duration from two to six weeks. Resident assignments, though few in number, may place advisors in a host country for one year or more. Applicants must be willing to accept often arduous international travel.

QUALIFICATIONS: Treasury is seeking candidates who possess expertise in revenue policy or revenue administration, including customs administration. Revenue administration experts should have strong experience in any of the following areas of revenue administration: tax and revenue administration law, executive management, audit, dispute resolution, internal audit / inspections, collection, customs, returns and payment processing, tax forms design, taxpayer service and education, public affairs and media relations, human resources, training, and IT systems. Revenue policy experts should possess experience in any of the following: organizing revenue policy analysis organizations; review, analysis and development of revenue and tax policy proposals; drafting and review of revenue laws and regulations; review and analysis of the economic impact of tax and fiscal policy changes; and application of statistical modeling to revenue forecasting. Certain assignments require candidates to have significant project management experience, including the ability to prepare project work plans, statements of work and manage human resources. In addition to technical skills, we are looking for individuals with outstanding communication skills, who are especially effective at assessing client needs and then providing effective oral and written guidance. Prior foreign technical assistance work and knowledge of a foreign language are highly desirable, but not required. There is a special interest currently in individuals with both technical skills and bilingual fluency in French/English, Spanish/English, Portuguese/English, and Russian (or Ukrainian)/English.

Candidates must be U.S. citizens.

SALARY AND BENEFITS: The salary ranges are from $66.05 per hour to the current maximum salary prescribed by the Office of Technical Assistance, $84.72 per hour. Overseas benefits are provided as allowed by federal regulations.

BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SECURITY CLEARANCE: SECRET.
The advisor will work in developing and transitional countries worldwide to support U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government economic and national security objectives. The advisor may be deployed to countries with elevated threat levels, including potentially high/critical threat posts, as determined by the U.S. Government.

Successful applicants must be able to obtain State Department medical clearance for worldwide travel. If selected, the applicant will be required to complete OGE financial disclosure forms.

HOW TO APPLY: Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume by e-mail to: recruitment@ota.treas.gov or by mail to:

Office of Technical Assistance
ATTN: Recruitment Coordinator
1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20006

If applying by email, submit documents to recruitment@ota.treas.gov ONLY. For consideration, emailed applications must not be sent, or contain a cc, to any OTA, IRS, or other government personnel or email address.

Please reference Solicitation 2032K819R00021 on your cover letter and resume. When e-mailing, the subject line must contain the following: Solicitation 2032K819R00021 -Revenue (Policy/Admin/Customs) Advisors - Applicant's Last Name, First Name. Emails received not containing this subject line will be deemed non-responsive, and thus will not be forwarded to the program office/selection official(s) for consideration.

Please be advised that all contractors, if hired, must obtain a Data Universal Number (D-U-N-S). Only applicants to be interviewed will be contacted. No phone calls please and no hand carries. This announcement is open and continuous until December 31, 2019 although selections may be made in advance of that date.

The U.S. Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer