This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. The incumbent will serve as an Archivist at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum and is responsible, along with other members of the archival staff, for planning, performing and monitoring all archival functions in a variety of media, establishing work priorities, and ensuring that priorities and work assigned to the archival staff are completed.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As an Archivist, you will: Work independently in identifying, arranging and reviewing non-classified presidential records in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Plan and direct the arrangement of presidential records, federal records, and donated materials. Apply preservation techniques and recommend strategies for textual records, electronic records, and audiovisual materials. Assess researcher and archival needs and determine priorities for developing finding aids for records processed systematically and records processed in response to FOIA requests. Independently provide reference service in response to regular and complex e-mail, phone, and written requests for information regarding the Library's textual, electronic, and non-textual holdings.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Experience researching and reporting on archival records. AND Experience providing customer service to various audiences through oral and written communication techniques. AND Utilizing various systems or databases to locate and/or analyze archival records. OR 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Your percentage of specialized experience and education must total 100%.Note: Only education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (i.e., beyond the first year) of graduate education is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-9, you must have been at the GS-7level for 52 weeks.

Education

Education Requirements: The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Individual Occupational Requirement
Basic requirement:

1. 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.

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2. Combination of education and experience - at least 30 semester hours that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Contacts

• Address OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES 1200 President Clinton Avenue Little Rock, AR 72201 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-8990
• Email: [email protected]