You will serve as a HISTORIAN within NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND.

Duties

You will have strong knowledge of historical methodology and professional standards of evidence and documentation and skill in testing hypotheses and clarifying complex and casual relationships. You will develop a reasonable, well balanced, and factually accurate synthesis. You will present the results of historical research and analysis in a concise, logically oriented narrative, characterized by clarity, balance, and consistency with the evidence. You will be familiar with public and private documents holdings and of the professional literature to advise the general public on sources of historical information on the U.S. Navy, and expert grasp of U.S. naval, aviation, and military history.

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 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.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a Historian, utilizing professional knowledge of established methods and techniques of historical research in the collection, evaluation, analysis or presentation of historical facts, to perform duties that included: (1) conducting complex research on historical topics; conducting archival research and critically evaluating sources and their validity, along with professional standards of evidence and documentation to develop a reasonable, detail-orientated, well balanced, and factually accurate synthesis. (2) presenting, orally and in writing, the results of historical research and analysis in a concise, logically-oriented short-form and/or long-form narrative, characterized by clarity, balance, and consistency with the evidence. (3) utilizing public and private document holdings and professional literature to satisfactorily advise the general public on sources of historical information on the U.S. Navy, and expert grasp of U.S. naval and military history. 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 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

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

or

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.

GS11:
3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree
or
Ph.D.or equivalent doctoral degree

If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.See the Office of Personnel Management's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND 805 Kidder Breese St Washington, DC 20374 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]