Failure to submit any of the required documents/information will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents/information has been submitted. This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of two years. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.

Duties

This position is located in Alaska Regional Office in the Subsistence Division. The purpose of the position is to support National Park Service (NPS) operations in the implementation of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). Duties include but are not limited to the following: Represents the Alaska Regional Office Subsistence Program when working with other agencies, organizations, tribes, the public, etc., on subsistence-related issues. Assists with the integration of cultural, local, and indigenous knowledge, in subsistence management. Supports the efforts of other programs in the management and protection of cultural and natural resources including the integration of customary and traditional use of natural resources and documentation and integration of ethnographic information into analyses. Serves as Agreement Technical Representative (ATR) for projects conducted through contracts, interagency agreements, and cooperative agreements. Assists in maintaining, organizing, and archiving regional and historic records in both digital and written media formats. Supports the Federal Subsistence Management Program by reviewing, analyzing, tracking, and presenting on State and Federal regulatory proposals and analyses. Assists park and regional staff in the writing and review of analyses pertaining to ANILCA Section 810, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Assists in review of Federal and State of Alaska fish and wildlife proposals concerning subsistence resources and user groups. Government housing is not available. Please visit find a park for additional location information.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/25/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. 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 number of hours worked per week, full-time, or part-time. If you indicate part-time, you MUST indicate the number of hours worked per week so that your qualifying experience can be prorated for credit. IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility to clearly show in your application package how you satisfy the below requirements. If you do not provide transcripts and/or documentation that clearly show how your completed college coursework and/or experience meets all of the requirements, you will be rated ineligible. Your rating will be based solely on the information you submit with your application. Candidates who do not meet these requirements by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. To qualify for this position, you must possess one of the following basic qualifications for the Cultural Anthroplogist, GS-0190 series by close of the announcement: A Bachelor or higher degree in an appropriate field of anthropology. -OR- A combination of education and experience in courses equivalent to a major in an appropriate field of anthropology, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in an appropriate field of anthropology, or related coursework, plus appropriate experience or additional education. -OR- Four years of appropriate experience in anthropology performing research, museum work, or similar professional-level work. In addition, to qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following qualifications by close of the announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) that is directly related to the work of the position. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience may include collecting field data contributing to the natural or cultural resources inventory of a monitoring program to assess status and trends of resources condition; preparing reports that are used for management decisions on natural and cultural resources and activities on public lands; identifying groups with traditional associations to public lands and consulting with them on management decisions; conducting ethnographic research such as ethnographic overviews and assessments; and analyzing data related to natural and cultural resources. You must include hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: At least three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a directly related field of study. You must include a copy of your transcripts with your application and the hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- A COMBINATION OF THE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND THE GRADUATE LEVEL EDUCATION DESCRIBED ABOVE: To calculate your percentage of qualifying graduate education, divide your number of credit hours in excess of 36 semester hours (or 54 quarter hours) by 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours), or the number your school uses to represent one year of full time graduate academic study. To calculate your percentage of experience, divide your months of qualifying specialized experience by 12. Add the two percentages. They must equal at least 100% to qualify using this option. You must include a copy of your transcripts with your application and the hours worked per week in your resume. Volunteer 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 Alaska Regional Office 240 W 5th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 US
• Name: Cherilyn Alexander
• Phone: (907) 644-3345
• Email: [email protected]