This position is located at Colonial National Historical Park. Serves as a senior principal advisor in the management of cultural resources and is responsible for program development and implementation of topical areas. Professional expertise is pertinent to the park's resources and may include, but are not limited to, cultural anthropology, history, historic preservation, archeology, ethnology, historic landscape architecture, historic architecture, horticulture, and museum operations.

Duties

The incumbent serves as a senior principal advisor in the management of cultural resources and is responsible for program development and implementation. Makes presentations in the park, in public gatherings, and at professional meetings; provides for public involvement, including Native American and other traditionally associated groups, in sensitive or potentially controversial resources issues. Performs or directs substantive, project-oriented work in one or more of the following professional fields: history, cultural anthropology, archeology, and museum operations. Identifies research needs, prepares requests for proposals or statements of work, and provides oversight for research projects. Based on results of inventories, in-depth studies, and monitoring, the incumbent develops and conducts scientifically credible preservation, mitigation, stabilization, and restoration projects needed to restore and/or maintain resource integrity.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/12/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. Historian (0170). Completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in history; or a related field, that included at least 18 semester hours in history OR a combination of education and experience that included course work equivalent to a major (i.e., 18 semester hours) in history or a major in a related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history, as shown above, PLUS appropriate experience or additional education. Archeologist (0193). [A] A 4-year degree in Archeology 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 which 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; OR [B] A combination of college-level education, experience or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described above, PLUS appropriate technical experience or additional education. [C] 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. Landscape Architecture (0807). A degree in landscape architecture or landscape design; OR a Combination of education and experience--for each year short of graduation, the applicant must have had 1 year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original landscape design.

Education

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: You must document your course work and/or degree completed in your resume or other application materials you submit. You must submit a copy of your transcripts or a complete list of college courses taken that identifies for each course the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade received, and date completed. If you do not submit specific course work information or your transcript(s) as described previously, your application will be rated not qualified for consideration. (A copy of your official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty, if selected).

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your 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.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Colonial National Historical Park 1000 Colonial Parkway Yorktown, VA 23690 US
• Name: Christopher Pfahl
• Email: [email protected]