You will serve as a HISTORIAN in the HISTORY DIVISION of TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND.

Duties

You will execute the Marine Corps History Division Oral History Program, to include scheduling interviews with current and retired senior leaders, preparing interview questions, conducting interviews, and maintaining interview files. You will develop and maintain working relationships with principals and staff, as well as staying up to date with current Marine Corps operations, initiatives, and developments. You will advise and assist History Division historians and field historians in planning and executing interviews and coordinate with Archives Branch in the transfer of interviews to the Marine Corps Oral History Collection. You will research/write historical studies as directed with an emphasis on those utilizing History Division’s oral history holdings, present papers and participate in discussions at professional conferences.

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
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• 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 SECRET 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.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• 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 at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: conducting and maintaining oral history interviews as part of a Marine Corps' oral history program; circulating among active-duty, former, and retired Marines to arrange and conduct oral history interviews with Marines of all grades, including general officers; publishing books, book chapters, or articles using original historical documents and/or oral history interviews as source material; and assisting in archiving and cataloging oral histories for research and reference. GS-09: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: applying current techniques in oral history interviews, processing procedures, and historical writing; using digital recording and transcribing equipment and computerized systems to save and maintain sound recordings; and researching, writing, and editing historical manuscripts using original historical documents and/or oral history interviews as source material. 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/#url=0100-ndx https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/history-series-0170/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess.

1. Degree: history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history.

OR

1. Combination of education and experience: 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 in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Applicants may also qualify based on education OR a combination of education and experience, in lieu of the one year specialized experience indicated in the Qualifications Section.

GS-11 GRADE LEVEL

3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

GS-09 GRADE LEVEL

2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree

Contacts

• Address TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND 1019 Elliot Road Quantico, VA 22134-5001 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]