This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration, serving within one of the program offices under the Chief Operating Officer,carrying out complex professional assignments involving delivery of advisory services to Federal agencies; development and application of records schedules; processing of records; protecting records, ensuring their proper storage, conservation, digitization intended to enable discovery and use of records; and delivery of reference services.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As an Archivist, you will: Determine appropriate levels for the establishment of intellectual control and identify controlling methods that assist users in recognizing relationships among records. Review transferred records to confirm their provenance and assure proper application of the records schedule or deed of gift that authorized their transfer. 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. Prepare descriptions of complex bodies of records for inclusion in the National Archives Catalog.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. To be qualified for this position at the GS-9 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position must include: Experience performing basic archival tasks, such as verifying the completeness of a set of records or locating relevant records to answer customer requests. AND Experience researching and reporting on archival records. AND Experience providing customer service to various audiences through oral and written communication techniques. AND Experience utilizing various systems, software, or databases to locate and manage records or complete other tasks. OR 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (i.e., beyond the first year) of graduate education is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable (as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F): For the GS-09, you must have been at the GS-07level for 52 weeks.

Education

Education Requirements:The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Individual Occupational Requirement

Basic requirement for all grades:

• 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 above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

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]