Cultural Resources Program Manager

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/24/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying 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 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. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) – Basic Requirements – Transcripts Required History Series, GS-0170 (IOR) Education: Possession of a degree in history or closely related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history. OR Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in history, or a major in a related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education, such as research, writing, teaching, interpretation, or other demonstrable professional activity with an academic institution, historic organization or agency, museum, or other professional institution; or Substantial contribution through research and publication to the body of scholarly knowledge in the field of history. Anthropology Series, GS-0190 (IOR) Education: Possession of a degree in appropriate field of anthropology. -OR- Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in an appropriate field of anthropology, or related course work, plus appropriate experience, or additional education. -OR- Experience: Possess four years of appropriate experience in anthropology performing research, museum work, or similar professional-level work. Archeology Series, GS-0193 (IOR) Education: Possession of 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. -OR- Possession of 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 Archaeology Series GS-193 Education listed above (including archeological field school). -OR- Combination of education and experience: college-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in Archaeology Series GS-193 Education listed above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. -OR- Experience: Possess 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. – AND – To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience includes duties such as planning, conducting, and overseeing archeological field and background investigations; performing field inspections; and research and assessments related to archeological resources. Include professional experience of at least one year in administering a cultural resource management program including program development, budget and project administration, supervision, and application of cultural resource management law and policy to agency operations. Examples of qualifying specialized experience for this position include assist in administering provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act; evaluate programs and project proposals for impacts to cultural and historical resources; assist in review and/or preparation of environmental review documents as related to cultural resource impacts; work collaboratively with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPO).You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in an accredited educational institution concentrated in a field that is directly related to the work of this position, in archeology, anthropology, history or other directly related subject matter. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirements) combined with 45 graduate semester hours of education as outlined above (50% of the education required to qualify). Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for GS-positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11. Total must equal at least 100% to qualify. You must include transcripts. 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.
Serve as a principal advisor in the management of cultural resources and is responsible for cultural resources program development and implementation. Professional fields of study and expertise must be pertinent to the parks resources and themes and may include, but are not limited to, cultural anthropology, history, historic preservation, archeology, ethnology, historic landscape architecture, historic architecture, horticulture, and museum operations.