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National Endowment for the Humanities
Director
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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hirly's read of this role
- Seniority
- Director
- Stated salary
- $169,279 – $197,200 per year
- Country
- US
- Work mode
- On-site / unstated
- First seen by hirly
- 26 Sept 2026
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Summary
NEH is a grant-making agency of the government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. NEH is the nation's largest public funder of the humanities, which include the study of modern and classical languages, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, comparative religion, ethics, the history of the arts, and those aspects of the social sciences which have humanistic content and use humanistic methods.
Duties
Staff Management. Representation of Program. Budget, Oversight, and Evaluation. Management of the Review Process. Development and Implementation of Agency Policies.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. At the GS-15 level Qualified candidates must possess: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS- 14 level or equivalent experience. Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, for example: conducting humanities research, review of grant applications and oversight of active grants, program evaluation, humanities outreach, creation and administration of collaborative partnerships, planning and directing humanities programs, conducting high-level meetings and making presentations on the humanities, working with scholarly associations and other humanities organizations, allocating work and setting priorities for a professional staff, determining short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them or other professional humanities work of equal importance, difficulty, and responsibility. All related experience must be performed in a leadership/supervisory capacity.
Education
A Master's degree in a discipline of the humanities is required (a Ph.D. is preferred).