This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. Incumbent performs non-professional, quasi-professional, and technical work that supports access to archival holdings and physical and intellectual control over records.

Duties

As an ARCHIVES TECHNICIAN, you will: Provide written and oral "first-line" reference assistance and consultation, respond to all forms of inquiry concerning NARA's broad range of archival holdings, in original or surrogate format, by using complex finding aid systems and related archival sources, in both electronic and analog formats. Use available tools and software to verify electronic records in a variety of moderately complex formats. Prepare records for digitization. Assignments typically include working with textual archival materials, identifying, capturing, and documenting metadata; performing quality control of digital surrogates; and preparing digital surrogates for upload to approved storage and to the National Archives Catalog. Participate in the digitization efforts of archival holdings for public access and permanent retention following broad NARA guidance and procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Specialized Experience for the GS-07 grade level is defined as one year of experience at the GS-06 grade level, or equivalent, that is typically in or related to the position and which equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience: Using judgement and analysis to determine the proper course of action and steps needed to accomplish an assignment; AND Understanding archival functions, such as methods and terminology; AND Completed work in records transfer, reference, refiling and interfiling operations; AND Communicating and assisting various audiences. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-07, you must have been at the GS-06level for 52 weeks.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address LEGISL ARCHVS, PRES LIB, AND MUS SV 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda, CA 92886-3903 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-8990
• Email: [email protected]