This position is located in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agriculture Library (NAL), Data Production Division and Access Branch, in Beltsville, MD. In this position, you will provide research and reference services for rare and historical materials and acquire, process, organize, preserve, and provide access to the collections.

Duties

Oversee collection processing decisions, initiatives, documentation, and workflow. Prepare electronic, written, or telephonic replies to inquiries from the public, researchers, USDA employees, and scholars. Assess physical shape of the collections and identify those requiring preservation or rehabilitation. Recommend priority of collections to receive analysis based on collection strengths and desired subject focus. Work with cataloger/metadata librarian to ensure compliance with national standards for describing archival and rare book content. Manage archival activities by collecting, appraising, arranging, accessioning, inventorying, preserving, and archiving historical materials in all formats.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: 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 https://www.e-verify.gov/

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Basic Requirements Degree: 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirements described above, applicants must also meet additional qualification requirements as stated below. GS-12 Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-12 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-11 which is directly related to the work of this position, and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is experience ensuring the proper handling of historical materials; analyzing records, publications, documents, papers, artifacts, or other materials for potential historical value; and identifying collection materials that require preservation or rehabilitation. 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 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

Please see above for education qualification requirement information.

Contacts

• Address Agricultural Research Service 10301 Baltimore Ave Beltsville, MD 20705 US
• Name: Jared Foret
• Phone: 7032599390
• Email: [email protected]