This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration, George W. Bush Library. The incumbent will serve as an Archivist 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 in compliance with NARA policies, standards, and procedures.

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: Review records and apply appropriate restrictions in compliance with the Presidential Records Act (PRA), the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and applicable executive orders. Recognize the complexity associated with applicability of multiple restrictions and recommend appropriate steps to address such complexity. Apply preservation techniques and recommend strategies for textual records, electronic records, and audiovisual materials. Develop and deliver responses to non-routine reference requests that draw upon a broad knowledge of records, involve multiple sources of information, employ innovative research techniques, or require interpretation of complex rules or procedures. Write finding aids for records processed systematically and records processed in response to FOIA requests to facilitate discovery.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: To be qualified for this position at the GS-12 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level that has equipped you 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: Utilizing archival principles in order to maintain and administer record keeping systems; AND Designing and executing communications strategies, plans, or activities in order to perform activities geared towards ultimately connecting researchers with archival records (i.e. activities at every point of the life cycle: accessioning, processing, description, reference); AND Interpreting and applying federal laws, regulations, legal decisions, policies, procedures, or directives pertaining to the receipt and processing of requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Specialized Experience: To be qualified for this position at the GS-11 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level that has equipped you 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: Utilizing various systems or databases to locate, analyze, index, and manage archival records; AND Collaborating and participating in projects describing or preserving a body of records; AND Executing archival strategies, plans, and activities. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second 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-12, you must have been at the GS-11level for 52 weeks. For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-09level for 52 weeks.

Education

Individual Occupational Requirement

Basic Requirements for all grades:

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 OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES 2943 SMU Blvd. Dallas, TX 75205 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-8990
• Email: [email protected]