This position is located in National Capital Area Office, in the Resource Stewardship and Science Division. This is a temporary promotion not to exceed 1 year, and can be extended up to 5 years. This temporary promotion may be permanent without further competition. Open to the first 35 applicants or until 05/20/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

The major duties of the Historian GS-0170-12 position include, but are not limited to, the following: Cultural Resource Management: Carries out the duties of the NCR History Program in compliance with Section 106 and 110 of NHPA and per DO28 and NPS 28 Cultural Resource Management Policy, Guidelines, and Standards Program Management: Leads NCR History Program. Serves as the NCR National Register Coordinator. Develops annual workplans to address Section 110, 106, or educational needs in parks. Project Manager: Plans and writes scopes of work for task agreements and contracts for the completion of NPS baseline documentation and other needed research documents for planning or education. Serves as Agreements Technical Representative and Contracting Officers Representative on history projects. Program Subject Matter Expert: Conducts primary and secondary research, scholarly writing, and provide professional information, expert advice, guidance and training on the history of US History, NCR National Parks, and history of peoples and communities associated with NCR National Parks Program Liasion: Builds and maintains cooperative relationships with WASO, NCR Divisions, RESS Programs, NCR Parks, peers in private and academic sectors, and the general public for the development of cooperative agreements, general agreements, and collaborative projects that result in NPS baseline documentation and/or NCR park based educational products.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/20/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position, you must meet one the following Basic Requirements in order to be eligible for this position: If you do not meet these basic requirements, you will be considered not qualified and will not receive consideration for this position. 1. Degree in history or in a related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history -OR- 2. Combination of education and experience with 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 To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience must include all of the following: (1) Preparing and writing historical context studies and action plans pertaining to the evaluation and analysis of cultural resources; (2) Preparing historical documentation, and projecting/contracting oversight as it relates to cultural resources and historic preservation. You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: 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. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

• Address National Capital Area Office 1100 Ohio Drive SW Washington, DC 20242 US
• Name: NCR SHRO
• Email: [email protected]