This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. The incumbent serves as the Subject Matter Expert for Early - American military records (Revolutionary War through World War I), with the purpose of utilizing expert archival and subject matter knowledge to promote access to a specific body of significant and complex archival holdings encompassing one or more record groups.

Duties

As an Archivist, you will: Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for assigned holdings at the Research Services and lower organizational levels; provide recommendations, advice, guidance, or reports supporting critical management decisions and day-to-day operations about assigned holdings, Provide expert reference consultation according to reference protocols and procedures internally and externally. Carry out complex professional assignments involving delivery of advisory services to federal agencies; accessioning and processing of records; protecting records and ensuring their proper storage, handling, conservation; and delivery of both pro-active and re-active reference service that demonstrates broad knowledge of holdings.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Leading a team, program, or project; AND Collaborating and executing communication strategies, plans or policies to individuals; AND Utilizing archival principles in order to maintain and administer record keeping systems. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-13, you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks.

Education

Education Requirements:

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

• 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 above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Contacts

• Address Research Services 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-8990
• Email: [email protected]