You will serve as an Archivist in the Histories and Archives Division of NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND.

Duties

You will encompass the servicing of records held by the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), which includes the arranging, describing, preserving, and providing reference service from public records and historic documents. You will serve as a Processing Archivist assisting in the accomplishment of the Branch mission and functions specifically in the area of the arrangement and description of official records. You will maintain physical, intellectual, and administrative control over all archival materials in their care. You will analyze archival materials in relation to their function, background, content, and use to appraise their inherent evidential or informational values and make recommendations regarding their retention or their destruction.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final top security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional Archivist performing most or all of the following duties: 1) Maintaining physical, intellectual, and administrative control over all archival materials; 2) Analyzing archival materials in relation to their function, background, content, and use to appraise their inherent evidential or informational values and make recommendations regarding their retention or their destruction; 3) Analyzing, processing, and making available born-digital and digitized records such as electronic files and databases; image capture; data migration; and metadata creation; 4) Producing detailed and accurate processing plans, finding aids, catalog records, and metadata entries; and 5) Digitalizing archival materials and contributing as directed to the maintenance of information for archive digital and textual collections. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess

1. Bachelor's degree in archival science or bachelor's degree with a major that includes 18 semester hours in archival science, history and/or in political science or government, and 12 semester hours in one or any combination of the following: archival science, history, American civilization, economics, political science, public administration, or government.

OR

2. Combination of education and experience - at least 30 semester hours that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Educational Substitution:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or
3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
or
LL.M., if related
OR, Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND 805 Kidder Breese St Washington, DC 20374 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]