This position is located in the Northern Region, Region 1, with a duty location of Missoula, MT. Serves as the architectural historian and historic preservation specialist, with responsibility for providing professional leadership, guidance, and expertise in the identification, evaluation, and management of historically significant buildings, structures, and other infrastructure. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Jorie Clark at [email protected].

Duties

Serves as architectural historian and historic preservation specialist with responsibility for program management. Provides expertise, advice, and assistance for compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other applicable cultural resource laws for agency programs. Serves as principal investigator and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the preparation and review of historic property documentation. Provides evaluations of historic buildings, structures, and constructed landscapes in accordance with National Register of Historic Places criteria and guidance. Recommend/carry out elements for research plans related to studies, including specifying methods/conditions for field surveys of historic buildings and structures, archival research, development of historic context statements and evaluation guides. Consults with Forest Service heritage, recreation, engineering, other agencies and the public on the identification, evaluation, treatment, and mitigation of historic buildings, structures, and constructed landscapes. Provides technical authority on projects and plans for protecting or mitigating significant historic buildings and structures. Directs and assists in the preparation and reviews of Forest Land Management Plans, environmental analyses, and cultural resource management plans to ensure that cultural resources are fully considered. Cultivates and maintains professional contacts in academia, private industry, government, and non-governmental organizations. Advises Forest Service personnel at various organizational levels on the requirements, impacts and consequences of current legislation, directives, policies, and public issues affecting management of historic buildings and structures.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.
• A valid State driver’s license is required to operate a variety of motor vehicles.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Basic Requirement: Basic requirements for the GS-0170 Series: Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major field of study in history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history. OR Combination of education and experience: Successful completion of a four year course of study from an accredited college or university that included 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 above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to the basic requirement, you must also possess experience in the amounts listed below: For the GS-12: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Qualifying Specialized experience is defined as meeting two or more of the following duties: Conducting historical research and surveys of historic buildings, structures, and sites and evaluating them using the National Register of Historic Places criteria; Providing guidance and technical assistance on the application of the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties; Ensuring programs that support the preservation, rehabilitation, or restoration of historic buildings, structures, and sites are accurate and in compliance with policies, standards, guidelines. Preparing project proposals, scopes of work, and task directives for the documentation, evaluation, interpretation, planning, and management of historic buildings, structures, and sites. Work Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary, or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate, or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position. 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

There is no substitution for specialized experience.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]