This is an Archivist position at the National Archives and Records Administration, serving in an organizational unit within the Office of Research Services under the Chief Operating Officer. The archivist will carry out complex professional assignments involving various media types (e.g. textual, motion picture, sound, photographic, or cartographic). Responsibilities may include accessioning, processing, preserving, digitizing, and providing access to the holdings of the National Archives.

Duties

The following includes duties for these positions at the GS-12. However, the position that you are applying for is at a lower grade. You will have the opportunity to learn to perform relevant duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As an Archivist, you may: Cooperate with staff in Preservation Programs and other qualified experts to establish preservation and conservation priorities and identify solutions to preservation challenges. Coordinate activities associated with treatment and reformatting of records by qualified NARA staff or NARA-approved experts in other agencies or private organizations. Develop and deliver responses (orally or in writing) to non-routine reference requests (including researcher requests, complex FOIAs , and Congressionals) that draw upon a broad knowledge of records, involve multiple sources of information, employ innovative research techniques, or require interpretation of complex rules or procedures. Develop plans for processing records beyond the establishment of initial control; coordinate processing activities carried out by other NARA staff. Interact with the researchers during in-person and virtual consultations. Familiarize researchers with existing finding aids and other related material such as the National Archives Catalog, and other subject area guides to media holdings. Interpret complex descriptive standards and assist others in applying them. Increase access to records by screening records, and/or improving finding aids such as box and/or file lists, scope notes and other descriptive identifiers using NARA systems. Plan and coordinate activities leading to the identification of records eligible for transfer; document the transfer of legal or physical custody of records from the records creator to the National Archives and Records Administration; resolve issues associated with transfers. Recognize relationships among records transferred to the legal and/or physical custody of the National Archives and Records Administration, establish the boundaries of series, and determine appropriate record group allocation. Review records and apply appropriate restrictions in compliance with EO 13526, the Freedom of Information Act, access rules of the House and Senate, copyright laws, or donor requirements. Review transferred records to confirm their provenance and assure proper application of the records schedule or deed of gift that authorized their transfer; resolve uncertainties about the provenance of transferred records.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. To be eligible for the Recent Graduates Program, applicants must have, within the previous 2 years*, completed all educational requirements for a qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying institution; [or intended graduation is no more than 9 months from date of application. (However, you must graduate prior to being appointed to the position.)] if applicable. *Veterans who, due to a military service obligation, were precluded from applying to a Recent Graduates Program during any portion of the 2-year eligibility period may have their eligibility period extended so that they receive the full 2 years of eligibility. The remaining 2-year eligibility period will begin upon his or her release or discharge from active duty. The veteran's eligibility period may not extend beyond 6 years from the date of completion of all requirements of an academic course of study. To be qualified for this position at the GS-7 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position includes: -Preforming archival functions, such as: accessioning, handling donations, processing or describing, or digitizing collections, monitoring, researching and managing documents; AND -Experience communicating and assisting various audiences. OR 1 year of graduate-level education; or superior academic achievement (A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.). OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. NOTE: Only education in excess of the basic education requirement (i.e., beyond bachelor's degree) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement.

Education

Individual Occupational RequirementBasic Education Requirement:

• 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

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

Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment.

Contacts

• Address RESEARCH SERVICES 8601 Adelphi Road Suite 5100 College Park, MD 20740 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-8990
• Email: [email protected]