This position is located within the Historic Preservation, Cultural Resource Compliance Program (EH), Environment Fish and Wildlife (E), Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). The purpose of this position is to manage cultural resource compliance for projects and programs in Power, Transmission, Fish and Wildlife, and the FCRPS program responsibilities.

Duties

As a Interdisciplinary - Supervisory Historian/Supervisory Anthropologist/Supervisory Archeologist, you will: Serve as the Manager for Environment Historic Preservation Program and as a member of the EFW management team. Act as the Federal Preservation Officer for BPA. Make major recommendation and decisions which have a direct and substantial effect on the Environment Historic Preservation Program elements managed. Determine goals for the organization, independently of or jointly with higher management. Plan for long-range staffing needs, including such matters as whether to contract work. Exercise delegated supervisory authorities and responsibilities, directing, coordinating, and overseeing the work and providing similar oversight of contractors. Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Make selections for subordinate nonsupervisory positions, and recommends selections for subordinate supervisory positions.

Requirements

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT 0170: A. Degree: history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history. or B. 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. 0190: A. Degree: appropriate field of anthropology. or B. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in an appropriate field of anthropology, or related course work, plus appropriate experience or additional education. or C. Experience: four years of appropriate experience in anthropology performing research, museum work, or similar professional-level work. 0193: A. Education 1. Degree that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: History of archeology. Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa. Regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development. Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques. Archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work. and Six semester hours of related course work in: geography, geology, or cultural geography; history, historiography, or historical archeology; environmental studies; scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or surveying; and Archeological field school. 2. Related Curriculum: degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements in A.1 (including archeological field school). or B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. or C. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-14) in the Federal service. Specialized Experience is defined as: Experience 1) Leading a Historic Preservation Program to ensure an organizations activities comply with laws and regulations governing environmental, historic, and cultural preservation (e.g. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Executive Order 11593, National Environmental Policy Act, the Archeological Resources Protection Act, etc.); 2) making recommendations and decisions related to policy formulation and long-range planning of a historic preservation program. Administration and ManagementHistory and ArchaeologyInfluencing/NegotiatingLeadershipManages Human Resources "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration. CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Department of Education Accreditation Search to verify school accreditation.
Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system.
Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of "Ineligible".

Contacts

• Address Bonneville Power Administration P.O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208 US
• Name: Richard Howard
• Phone: 5032303230
• Email: [email protected]