ARCHIVIST

Summary

You will serve as an Archivist in the Archives Branch of NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND. This announcement uses the NDAA non-competitive authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service for a period not to exceed 18 months.

Duties

• •You will serve as the branch's technical advisor for all security-related reference and access services.
• •You will perform the full range of professional archival duties (appraisal, arrangement, description, preservation) with a focus on classified or access-restricted collections containing security equities.
• •You will be responsible for the full lifecycle management of the command's classified historical record.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Examples of specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1). Arranging, describing, preserving, and providing reference service from public records and historic documents, 2). Applying records management regulations and information access laws such as the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, 3). Performing written and oral communication skills for interacting with researchers, agency personnel, and senior leadership and 4). Providing reference services or managing requests for records with access restrictions, familiarity with electronic records management and digital content systems. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must posses: 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 in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. For the GS-11:3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree