Job opening: Historian
Salary: $69 107 - 89 835 per year
Published at: Nov 21 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park in the Resource Management Division.
This position is open to applicants in the Local Commuting Area of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Applicants must reside within 50 miles to be considered in the local commuting area.
This position is being advertised concurrently under Merit Promotion Announcement #IRA-NPS-24-12211560-DE
Duties
This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.
The National Park Service retains the right to extend the duration of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the regulation governing the number of years term appointments may last. This change, which may be made at the agency's sole discretion and without further competition, shall not be construed or interpreted as the granting of a right to a selectee or employee to such an extension. No extension to a term appointment shall be granted to a selectee/employee to an amount of time that exceeds the maximum number of years authorized under any present or current regulation, unless such regulation expressly allows such action.
Major duties include but are not limited to:
Working in collaboration with an Interdisciplinary Team to complete project reviews for built environment and cultural landscape properties to ensure compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Conducting archival research on historic properties to develop a greater understanding of the historical context, usage, ownership, and evolution of specific buildings, sites, monuments, etc.
Collaborating with colleagues and partners, conducting research and assessments of properties to develop a record of treatment of properties, and contributing to the planning of maintenance, preservation and rehabilitation.
Organizing hard copy and digital or scanned records, documents, files, photos and other data for long-term storage/curation.
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Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/28/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience.
For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.
To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following basic requirements:
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
Degree: A degree in history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history. You must include a copy of your transcripts.
-OR-
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. You must include a copy of your transcripts and hours worked per week on your resume.
In addition to meeting at least one of the basic requirements listed above, to qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:
EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: planning and conducting historical research (i.e. National Register of Historic Places, (NR) nominations, historic contexts, or reports); conducting site documentation fieldwork, or conducting oral history interviews. You must include hours per week worked in your resume.
-OR-
EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in an accredited educational institution concentrated in a field that is directly related to the work of this position. You must provide copies of your transcript.
-OR-
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To calculate your percentage of qualifying graduate education, divide your number of semester hours in excess of 36 semester hours by 18 or the number your school uses to represent one year of full time graduate academic study. To calculate your percentage of experience, divide your months of qualifying specialized experience by 12. Add the two percentages. They must equal 100% to qualify using this option. You must include hours worked per week and a copy of your transcripts.
Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
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.
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