This position serves as the Bureau Archivist within the Museum Management Program in Washington, DC. The Program oversees and provides advice, technical assistance, and professional development support to NPS parks, centers, and regional offices in caring for museum collections comprising of more than 85,000 linear feet of archives.
Open to the first 100 applicants.
The major duties of the Bureau Archivist role include but are not limited to the following:
- Develop and oversee procedures and programs pertaining to Service-wide management of paper and electronic archival and manuscript collections and ensure conformance with relevant laws as well as with Department of the Internior (DOI), National Park Service (NPS), and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) policies.
- Provide leadership in the development of new, innovative policies, programs, and practices as they pertain to electronic records management in the museum program.
- Evaluate and recommend improvements to ICMS/MCMS database functional requirements and assist with implementations and maintenance of program components that relate to archival collections.
- Review planning documents pertaining to archival collections in parks, regions, and other offices.
- Evaluate Service-wide staff training needs on archival theory and practice.
- Represent NPS at meetings with NARA, DOI, and the Library of Congress and respond to requests about the NPS management of archival collections.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Basic Requirements:
To qualify for the Archivist position, you must meet the following Basic Requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
- A) 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-
- B) Combination of education and experience - at least 30 semester hours that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Professional experience must have been in archival science, or in a directly related field of work such as history that involved the collection, appraisal, analysis, or synthesis of information having historical or archival values. The following are illustrative of kinds of experience that may be accepted as meeting the professional experience requirements: (1) experience as an archivist in Federal, state, religious institution, business, or other archives, or in manuscript depositories, and (2) experience of an archival nature that involved research in archival science, or in a directly related field such as history, government, economics, political science, international relations, or international law.
Minimum Qualifications (GS-12):
To qualify for the Archivist position at the GS-12 grade, and in addition to the Basic Requirements listed above, you must also meet the following Minimum Qualifications by the closing date of this announcement:
- EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equips the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of this position. Experience at this level must include all of the following: provided guidance on archival theory and practice through training sessions, written guidelines, or reviewed archival work products; developed and implemented plans for electronic records or served on working groups to provide guidance on digital asset management. You must include hours per week worked on your resume..
Minimum Qualifications (GS-13):
To qualify for the Archivist position at the GS-13 grade, and in addition to the Basic Requirements listed above, you must also meet the following Minimum Qualifications by the closing date of this announcement:
- EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equips the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of this position. Experience at this level must include all of the following: managed an archives program that established archives collection management policies and procedures, including managing budgets or advising on contracts for archives projects; established best practices for electronic records, such as preservation standards and procedures for data migration. You must include hours per week worked on your resume.
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.
To apply for this position: You must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive consideration, the complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 04/06/2020. WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.
- Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you will be prompted to login or create an account.
- Prompted to Start the Application Process by selecting "Start Application."
- Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to create an application"
- To PREVIEW the application questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10664700
- Select or add the resume you want to use for this application. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS.
- Select documents you want included in this application.
- Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed.
- Select if you want to include your demographic information.
- After reading and certifying the application is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site."
- Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your application.
- Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown.
- Upload any missing required documents or optional documents.
- Review and Submit Application.
- While logged in, you can check the status of your application by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position.
- You can review or revise your application at any point during the open period of the announcement.
- To update an application, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Update Application" for this job.
- Note: When you click Update Application, you will be prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first application will no longer be associated with the applicant record. So it is important that you select all documents you want to use in the re-application.