ARCHAEOLOGIST

You will serve as a the Archaeological Collection Registrar in the Underwater Archaeology Branch of the Collection Management Division (CMD) of the NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND.

Major duties

• You will be responsible for the management, documentation, analysis, interpretation, curation and loaning of archaeological materials recovered from U.S. Navy sunken and terrestrial military craft.
• You will develop and implement policies and procedures pertaining to the record-related and physical inventorying of the Underwater Archaeology Branch archaeological artifact collection.
• You will ensure that the Branch archaeological artifact loan program is consistent with and in compliance with Branch, Collection Management Division and NHHC guidance, industry standards, best practices, and applicable laws and regulations.
• You will draft, edit, and review technical reports, peer-reviewed articles and journals, and other literature related to archaeological research, conservation, naval history, and historic preservation.
• You will disseminate archaeological findings through professional presentations, academic lectures, scholarly and popular publications, and other means such as website content.
• You will participate as an Underwater Archaeology Branch field team member.
• You will provide support to the Branch to ensure the curatorial facilities, equipment and supplies associated with archaeological collections are maintained, stored, and organized for operational readiness.

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. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying expert-level knowledge of policies, procedures, curation standards, and day-to-day operations pertaining to the independent management of federally-administered artifacts collections; artifact inventory, cataloguing, documentation, digital and physical recordkeeping, handling, environmental control monitoring, and maintaining compliance with applicable laws and regulations; 2) Preparing and executing artifact loan agreements independently: tracking loan agreements, corresponding with borrowing institutions to address issues pertaining to loans, and ensuring compliance with professional standards and regulations; and 3) Preparing complex correspondence addressed to international governments, foreign governments, federal agencies, state agencies, the private sector, interest groups, academia, and members of the public. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualificat...

Education

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess: Education 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. Related Curriculum: 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.1 (including archeological field school). OR Combination of Education and Experience College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. OR 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. In addition to the basic requirements, applicants may qualify based on education in lieu of experience: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to Ph.D. degree OR Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree. Education must be directly related to the position. A transcript must be provided with your application to credit basic requirement and/or qualify on education.