The incumbent serves as the park archivist, identifying, collecting, interpreting, and preserving the National Archives of Black Women's History and supporting the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. The Council House was the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women where Bethune achieved her greatest recognition. The site is administered by NACE, a complex portfolio of park and sites in the DC and Maryland, consisting of over 8,000 acres.

Duties

The major duties of the Archivist position include, but are not limited to, the following: Design, manage, and organize archival records and develop classification systems to facilitate access to archival materials. Manage archival and manuscript collections including appraisal, arrangement, accessioning, cataloging, and description. Provide preservation, storage, security, access and management to materials according to professional standards and modern archival theory. Manage projects relating to archival collections. Provide access to archival collections; produce finding aids and repository level guides. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/14/2023-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. SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position requires knowledge and education related to African American Studies is required (Must submit transcripts to verify). Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position AND to qualify for the Archivist position at the GS-9/11 grade level, you must meet one of the following basic education requirements by close of the announcement: 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 A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. To qualify for the Archivist position at the GS-9/11 grade level, you must also meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:GS-9 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Experience at this level must include all of the following: (1) Utilizing various systems or databases to locate, analyze, index and manage archival records with minimal supervision; (2) Assisting in the appraisal and processing of archival records; and (3) Providing customer service to various audiences through oral and written communication techniques. -or- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two (2) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. You must include transcripts. -or- Combination of Graduate Education and Professional Experience: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take percentage of education required for the grade level. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. GS-11 SPECIALIZED 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). Experience at this level must include all of the following: (1) Utilizing various systems or databases to locate, analyze, index and manage archival records; (2) Appraising and processing of archival records; and (3) Providing customer service to various audiences through oral and written communication techniques. -or- EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. -or- Combination of Graduate Education and Professional Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week. 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. A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive. A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another.

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.

Contacts

• Address National Capital Parks-East 1900 Anacostia Drive SE WASHINGTON, DC 20020 US
• Name: NCR SHRO
• Email: [email protected]