This position is in the Museum Conservation Services and Collections Program at Harpers Ferry Center (HFC), National Park Service (NPS). The incumbent serves as a processing archivist for the NPS History Collection.

Duties

The major duties of the Archivist include, but are not limited to, the following: - Researches collection provenance, original order, series components, dates, document formats, processes, creators, authenticity, topical content data, legal status, and legal validity of access restrictions and ownership history. - Arranges the collection following detailed guidelines. Creates, edits, and indexs folder lists, box/container lists, and updates, edits, and indexes the collection-level survey description as needed. - Supports the education program by preparing collection documentation such as finding aids, exhibits, slide shows, and similar publications to assist in thematic research. - Rehouses archival and manuscript collections. Sets up archival storage, processing, work, and reference services areas. - Writes sections of access and use policies and provides reference services. Administers photograph reproduction program. Writes terms and conditions for use policy and manages reproduction permission requests and copyright concerns in consultation with others.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-06/25/2024-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 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized 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. 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. BASIC REQUIREMENTS 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. 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. AND To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Experience at this level must include all of the following: Specialized experience related to the operation or management of a museum, archive, or similar collection of valuable objects. This includes activities such as: surveying, appraising, arranging, and rehousing archival and manuscript collections; accessioning and cataloging archival collections into a museum database; and creating finding aids. You must include hours per week worked. OR-EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two (2) years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. You must include transcripts. -OR-Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take percentage of education required for the grade level. Then take the number of months of full time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. 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.

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 Harpers Ferry Center 67 Mather Place Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 US
• Name: Washington Office
• Email: [email protected]