This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration, Research Services. As an Archivist, you will be conducting on-the-job training and assisting in overseeing the work of lower grade archivists, archives technicians, and/or archives aids, contractors, interns, and volunteers.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the FPL 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: Perform complex and difficult descriptive and publication project work within assigned area. Conduct research in the holdings and in secondary sources. Independently provide reference and research service on a major segment of records holdings and on a large number of record groups created by numerous federal agencies and courts. Coordinate and review the work of lower grade archivists and archives technicians, contractors, interns, and volunteers, including ARC inputs to ensure their work meets NARA standards. Undertake arrangement projects at all levels and ensures proper provenance.

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-11 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 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 includes: - Utilizing various systems or databases to locate, analyze, index, and manage archival records; AND - Collaborating and participating in projects describing or preserving a body of records. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) of graduate education is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 includes: -Researching and reporting on archival records; AND -Providing customer service to various audiences through oral and written communication techniques. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 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: For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-9level for 52 weeks. For the GS-9, you must have been at the GS-7level for 52 weeks.

Education

Basic requirements for all grades:

A. 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

B. Combination of education and experience - at least 30 semester hours that included courses as shown in A 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]