Job opening: Historian
Salary: $98 496 - 128 043 per year
Published at: Aug 02 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S LEGAL CENTER AND SCHOOL LEGAL CENTER LEADERSHIP CENTER, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
Duties
Serve as the Regimental Historian /Archivist of The Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGC).
Invite speakers, coordinates funding, and attends to other administrative details associated with this program.
Identify candidates for oral histories and conducts oral interviews or arranges for these interviews.
Provide reference services in response to historical inquiries received by higher headquarters.
Implement comprehensive program designed to educate and preserve the history of the JAGC.
Assist the Leadership Center to develop leaders in the Corps.
Continue to develop and implement plan for JAGC Historical Office, which includes an oral history program, maintaining a Regimental Historical Collection and Archives, and writing scholarly articles on the history of the JAGC.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- One-year trial/probationary period may be required.
- You may be expected to travel up to 10% for this position.
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 Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Basic Requirement for Historian:
Degree: history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history.
OR
Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in history, or a major in a related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes able to conduct historical research and writes narrative history articles dealing with a larger organization; implement programs designed to educate members of the organization and the public on history such aseducation, training, and operational activities of the organization; and assist and give instruction within The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School (LCS) and to the field.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
EntrepreneurshipHistory and ArchaeologyOral Communication
Time in Grade Requirement: 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-12).
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Contacts
- Address HT-APF-W1ETAA JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERALS SCHOOL
DO NOT MAIL
Arlington, VA 22202
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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