Overview
- Accepting applications
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Open & closing dates
01/20/2021 to 02/09/2021
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Service
Competitive
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Pay scale & grade
GS 11
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Salary
$64,649 to $84,049 per year
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Appointment type
Permanent – Permanent Appointment
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Work schedule
Full-Time – This is a FULL-TIME position.
Apply here: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/589884900
Duties
Summary
Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on his or her expertise as a Historian. Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Location – Grand Coulee, Washington https://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/hr/area-information.html
Responsibilities
The primary duties of this position are:
- Managing Reclamation’s cultural resource program at Grand Coulee Dam and the Hungry Horse Project
- Conducting consultations on historic resources subject to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
- Preparing scholarly and technical reports, field surveys, and historic resource studies
- Acting as Curator, the incumbent is responsible for the acquisition, documentation, preservation, and use of museum collections
- Developing historic preservation management requirements and treatment guidelines for GCPO facilities and Reclamation controlled historic properties
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
To be eligible, an applicant must meet the following:
- U.S. Citizen or National
- Suitability for Federal employment determined by background investigation
- Submit a resume and supporting documentation See How to Apply
- Meet specialized experience requirements See Qualifications
- Submit transcripts, if required, to verify education requirements
- For veterans consideration, submit documents under Required Documents
Applicants must meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and, all qualification requirements and any selective factors, by the closing date of the announcement, 02/09/2021
TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Applicants eligible under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) are not required to meet time-in-grade restrictions in order to be considered.
Applicants may be required to serve an initial probationary period.
Due Weight Consideration: You must submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, please submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level.
Qualifications
Basic Education Requirements:
A. Degree: history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history.
**OR**
B. 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.
Graduate study in the social sciences or humanities may also be credited when such study included training in historical research methodology; or the thesis approached the subject from an historical viewpoint and used professional historical research methodology and techniques in its preparation.
Substitution of Education/Specialized Experience Requirements:
In addition to the basic education requirement, in order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that the applicant meets the education and/or specialized experience requirement – this information must be clearly supported in the resume.
For each Grade Advertised:
To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 in Federal service. Specialized experience at this level is defined as providing cultural resource program support and professional advice on historic structures; participate as a professional member of an interdisciplinary team; provide technical assistance and serve as a subject matter expert in the conduct of historic preservation activities; plan or participate in the planning of cultural resource projects or studies; research, develop, and prepare manuscripts for professional publications; perform collections management, registration, cataloging, research, preservation, restoration, and conservation of collections.
**OR** 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.
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. Applicants will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
If selected, the selectee will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify educational qualifications. An official transcript must be sent directly from the University’s Registrar’s office and must be provided from the institution awarding the degree. Academic transcripts certified by notary publics are NOT official. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to reporting to work as a condition of employment. Failure to submit official transcripts may be grounds for dismissal or rescission of the job offer.
Education
This vacancy announcement allows substituting education for experience. Applicants must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not-qualified for the position.
This position has a mandatory education requirement. Applicants must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. Non-submission will result in being rated not-qualified for the position.
Accreditation: Only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management at https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/ and U.S. Department of Education websites at https://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html websites.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, applicants must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For further information visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html