Historian

Summary

This position is located in National Trails National Park Service, in the Cultural Resources Division. Position will be filled in either Santa Fe, NM or Salt Lake City, UT.

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Duties

Major Duties of this position include:

• Lead and supervise the history team exercising the full range of supervisory duties which involves multiple complex projects simultaneously with different staff, partners, expectations and involvement.
• Represent the superintendent in external planning processes, coordinate office responses with Regional personnel for the office.
• Develop and evaluate proposals, research designs, agreements, and/or scopes of work for historical or cultural resources projects such as historical research, historic building inventory and assessment, and National Register documentation.
• Partners with Indigenous peoples and other traditionally associated groups, other NPS units and offices, public agencies, universities, private landowners, nonprofits, and internally with other teams in the office.
• Oversee historical research activities for purposes of developing an accurate historical narrative, and inclusive cultural perspectives.
  
  
  

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments and must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 10 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
• Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.
  
  
  

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Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/05/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

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.

To qualify for this position, you must meet the AT LEAST ONE of the Basic Requirements identified below AND Specialized Experience by the closing date of the announcement.

BASIC EDUCATION FOR: Historian GS-0170

Successful completion of a 4-year degree in history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history. (Transcripts are required)

• OR- A combination of education and experience with 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 above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. (Transcripts are required)
  
  
  

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience, comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in private or public sectors) performing the following: (1) assists in developing portions of cultural resources management plans, interpretive prospectus, OR assist in creating documentation for use in the preparation of historic preservation or compliance documentation and related background materials; (2) able to write formal reports on historical research which will support planning documents (e.g. national register nominations, historic resource studies, stewardship plans) OR contributes to recommending and/or determining eligibility of cultural resources for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places; (3) Provides technical advise or instruction, guidance, information, and interpretation of historic and prehistoric heritage resources the basis which directly affects the adequacy and future integrity of preservation, protection, management, and use of nationally significant historic resources, OR, assists in conducting tribal consultation; (4) Has been a team lead or supervisor responsible for the range of supervisory or lead duties, such as planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating the work of subordinate or peer staff members.

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.

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Continued from Requirements:

• You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
  
  
  

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.

Additional information

A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.

This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.

Physical Demands: The work is sedentary, but at times requires travel to repositories of information, and may require visits to remote sites which require walking or riding over rough, uneven surfaces. Documentary research and report writing work is sedentary, which entails the ability to concentrate and write for long periods of time.

Working Conditions: Most work is performed in offices, archives, and libraries. Assignments may entail work with dusty records or objects.

The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.

Documentation for the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) eligibility, You must submit ALL SF-50s and performance information for each period of temporary/term employment that qualifies for LMWFA. Performance documentation can be obtained by contacting the supervisors for the positions you served in during your 24 months. If they did not complete performance appraisals ask them to provide a statement of performance for each period of service. The statement must specify the dates for each employment period and your level of performance consistent with your SF_50s.

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National Trails National Park Service

1100 Old Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe, NM 87505

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