Interdisciplinary (Technical Reviewer)

Summary

The Interdisciplinary Technical Reviewer will serve within the Cultural Resources Partnerships, and Science Directorate located in Washington, D.C. Their primary purpose is to administer various national preservation programs that serve to assist states, tribes, communities, and organizations to preserve, rehabilitate, and protect historic structures, facilities, and lands.

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Conducts review and compliance activities as required for federal grant programs to include Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and tribal consultation. Uses experience and professional judgement to make recommendations for grant funded projects based upon conformance with the Secretary of the Interior Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (SOI Standards), program guidance, regulations, and statute. Analyzes the significance of complex and diverse cultural resources, including buildings and sites of many architectural styles and periods, and determines their historic significance and character defining features and the effect that grant work will have on those features. Assures that the proposed activities meet the Secretary of the Interior Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (SOI Standards). Provides guidance to state, tribes, local governments, property owners, architects, and other design professionals, consultants, and the public regarding project conformance with SOI Standards. Participates in the development, interpretation, and application of preservation standards and other guidance by conducting research and analysis, including providing comments on drafts of materials prepared by others in the NPS, as well as by other federal agencies. Develops and provides technical assistance, outreach, and training as needed.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/16/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized 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 periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. 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. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Basic Educational Requirement AND Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. Basic Educational Requirements: In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position, you must meet at least one of the following: 0170 - History: A. Degree: A degree in History; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history. You must submit transcripts. -OR- B. Combination: A combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in history, or a major in a related field that includes at least 18 semester hours in history, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. 0193 - Archeology: A. Degree: A degree that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: History of archeology; Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; Regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques; Archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work. -AND-Six semester hours of related course work in: geography, geology, or cultural geography; history, historiography, or historical archeology; environmental studies; scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or surveying. - AND -Archeological field school. You must submit transcripts. -OR- B. Degree: A degree in Anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements in A. (including archeological field school). You must submit transcripts. -OR- C. Combination: A combination of education and experience with college-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. -OR- D. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher-grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project. 0807 - Landscape Architecture: A. Degree: A degree in landscape architecture or landscape design. You must submit transcripts. -OR- B. Combination: A combination of education and experience -- for each year short of graduation, the applicant must have had 1 year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original landscape design. 0808 - Architecture: A. Degree: A degree in architecture; or related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. You must submit transcripts. -OR- B. Combination: I have a combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: 1. Related Curriculum: Degree in architectural engineering may be accepted as satisfying in full the basic requirements, provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those pro