This Interdisciplinary (Archeologist/Landscape Architect) position is located in the Resource Managment Division at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, in Glen Jean, West Viriginia.

Duties

Some of the duties you will perform will include, but are not limited to: Works closely with the park's NEPA Planner to coordinate National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 compliance with the NEPA compliance process for three NPS units: New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National Scenic River. Provides technical assistance, direction, and training to park project managers and other staff on meeting Section 106 requirements for a wide variety of park plans and actions. Develops and maintains working relationships with the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office, tribal governments, and cultural resource professionals in the NPS Northeast Region Office and other associated parks. Takes a leadership role in consulting with affiliated tribes and nations on NPS projects and other undertakings. Inventories, evaluates, and monitors cultural resources for three NPS units. Documents threats to resources and recommends actions to avoid, minimize, and mitigate threats and impacts. Area Information: The duty station of this position will be located at the headquarters complex in Glen Jean, West Virginia. Glen Jean is a small rural community located approximately 10 miles north of Beckley, WV. Beckley offers a wide range of educational (K-12 and small colleges) opportunities, medical, dental, hospital, and banking services, entertainment, shopping, and other amenities common in a small city, including passenger air, rail, and bus services. Major medical, shopping, educational, and other services can be found in the Charleston, WV (60 miles north of Beckley). Housing for rent or purchase is readily available in cities and towns surrounding the park with a reasonable 15-to-30-minute commute. Housing rental and purchase prices are considered moderate. There are outstanding recreational opportunities available in the local area including hiking, varied water-based activities, camping, rock climbing, snow skiing, horseback riding, mountain biking, fishing, and hunting. In addition to the three National Park Service units, there is easy access to other public lands, including State Parks, Wildlife Management Areas, public lakes, National Forests, and designated wilderness.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/04/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. This position may be filled in any one of the following professional occupational series: Archeology GS-0193 or Landscape Architecture GS-0807. You must meet the Basic Requirements for each series you wish to be considered for, AND also meet OPM's Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific positions. 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. Basic Requirements for Archeology GS-0193: Degree: Must have obtained the education described in A through C in this paragraph: A) Bachelor or higher degree that includes 3 semester hours each in the following 5 course areas: 1) History of archaeology; 2) Archaeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; 3) Regional archaeology, archaeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; 4) Theory and methods of archaeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating and analytical techniques; 5) Archaeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work. B) IN ADDITION, must have taken six semester hours of related course work in: geography, geology, or cultural geography; history, historiography, or historical archaeology; environmental studies; scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or surveying. C) AND must have completed archaeological field school. Field school must be documented in your transcripts or resume. -OR- Related Curriculum: Degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements stated in A above, including archaeological field school. Field school must be documented in your transcripts or resume. -OR- Combination of Education and Experience: A combination (college-level education or training) that provided knowledge equivalent to that described above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. -OR- Experience: Four years of archaeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archaeology. The work experience must have included archaeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archaeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archaeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher-grade archaeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archaeological project. Basic Requirements for Landscape Architecture GS-0807: Degree: A degree in landscape architecture or landscape design. -OR- Combination of Education and Experience: A combination with each year short of graduation, the applicant must have had 1 year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original landscape design. In addition to the basic requirements above, to qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following: Experience: At least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes: conducting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 compliance reviews in analyzing impacts to cultural resources; developing actions to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts to cultural resources; using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for mapping and analysis; evaluating sites, landscapes, and/or historic buildings for National Register eligibility; engaging with traditionally associated Native American tribes and nations; conducting or overseeing cultural resources-related research; engaging with partners and other agencies; interdisciplinary teamwork; and writing for professional and public reading. -OR- Education: Successfully completed at least three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree in archeology or landscape architecture or other field directly related to this position, which demonstrates possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this position. (18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours or the number of credit hours the school attended has determined to represent one year of full-time study is considered to be equal to one full year of graduate education.) -OR- Combination of Education and Experience: Combination of such education and experience as listed in 3A and 3B above. NOTE: only graduate education beyond the second year is creditable when combining. For example, I have 6 months of the specialized experience described (50% of the experience requirement), and 45 semester hours or 68 quarter hours of directly related graduate level college study as defined above in an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education). 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.

*One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one year of full-time study. If that number cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered an academic year of graduate study.

Contacts

• Address NPS Inflation Reduction Act 1849 C St. NW Washington, DC 20240 US
• Name: Tiffany Micieli
• Email: [email protected]