You will serve as a Archivist in the Histories and Archives Division of NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND. ***This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants. Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, HOW TO APPLY, and WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT sections below for instructions.***

Duties

You will encompass the servicing of records held by the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), which includes the arranging, describing, preserving, and providing reference service from public records and historic documents. You will serve as a Processing Archivist assisting in the accomplishment of the Branch mission and functions specifically in the area of the arrangement and description of official records. You will maintain physical, intellectual, and administrative control over all archival materials in their care. You will analyze archival materials in relation to their function, background, content, and use to appraise their inherent evidential or informational values and make recommendations regarding their retention or their destruction.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• MSP/PPP applicants must currently hold the required security clearance.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

GS-11: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional Archivist performing most or all of the following duties: 1) Maintaining physical, intellectual, and administrative control over all archival materials; 2) Analyzing archival materials in relation to their function, background, content, and use to appraise their inherent evidential or informational values and make recommendations regarding their retention or their destruction; 3) Analyzing, processing, and making available born-digital and digitized records such as electronic files and databases; image capture; data migration; and metadata creation; 4) Producing detailed and accurate processing plans, finding aids, catalog records, and metadata entries; and 5) Digitalizing archival materials and contributing as directed to the maintenance of information for archive digital and textual collections. GS-09: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-07) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional Archivist performing most or all of the following duties: 1) Assisting in the organizing, arranging, describing, and preserving official records and personal papers collections held by the archives; 2) Receiving guidance on the maintenance of physical, intellectual, and administrative control over all archival materials; 3) Processing available born-digital and digitized records such as electronic files and databases; image capture; data migration; and metadata creation; 4) Utilizing processing plans, finding aids, catalog records, and metadata entries; and 5) Digitalizing archival materials and contributing as directed to the maintenance of information for archive digital and textual collections. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1400/archivist-series-1420/

Education

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

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.

Evaluation of Experience:
Professional experience must have been in archival science, or in a directly related field of work such as history that involved the collection, appraisal, analysis, or synthesis of information having historical or archival values. The following are illustrative of kinds of experience that may be accepted as meeting the professional experience requirements: (1) experience as an archivist in Federal, state, religious institution, business, or other archives, or in manuscript depositories, and (2) experience of an archival nature that involved research in archival science, or in a directly related field such as history, government, economics, political science, international relations, or international law.


GS-11 Education Substitute: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

GS-09 Education Substitute: 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree

Contacts

• Address NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND 805 Kidder Breese St Washington, DC 20374 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]