Interdisciplinary Federal Preservation Officer

Definitions: EXPERIENCE: One year of work experience is twelve months working full-time (at least 35-40 hours per week). Part-time experience can be pro-rated (i.e., a year at 20 hours per week is credited as 6 months of experience). If your position consisted of mixed duties, experience credit is given for the percentage of time that you spent on qualifying duties (i.e., if you held a position for 2 years, full-time, consisting of 25% personnel work and 75% budget work, and then applied for a budget position you could calculate your experience as follows: 2 yrs = 24 months. 24 months x 75% [percentage of time spent on budget duties] = 18 months of qualifying experience.) EDUCATION: One year of full-time academic study is 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business or technical school. This education must have been successfully completed and obtained in an accredited business, technical school, college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent was a prerequisite. GRADUATE EDUCATION: In the absence of specific graduate program information, a year of graduate education is 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours of graduate level college course work, or the number of credit hours the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full time study. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. Basic Requirement for Archaeology series, 0193: Applicants must meet the requirements outlined in either A, B, or C below to satisfy the basic requirements for the Archaeology series, all grade levels. A. 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. 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 B. 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 C. 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. Basic Requirements for Architect, GS-0808: Applicants must meet the requirements outlined in either A or B below to satisfy the basic requirements Architect, all grade levels. A. Possess a degree in architecture, or related field which includes 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines and includes as a minimum: (1) 30 semester hours in architectural design: and (2) 6 semester hours in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. **OR B. Possess a combination of education in arts and sciences underlying professional architecture and experience in design and construction or improvement of buildings AND one of the following: (1) degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to an architecture degree; OR (2) One year of experience performing architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. For GS-13: In addition to the basic education requirements as stated above, applicants must have one year of appropriate professional experience that is equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience may include: serving as a Federal Preservation Officer (FPO) overseeing facilities projects and safeguarding cultural and historic resources. This role requires compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) which mandates that each federal agency establish a historic preservation program for identifying and protecting historic properties. Applicants must demonstrate experience in overseeing Section 106 compliance, coordinating with the Environmental branch and other programs, and integrating preservation considerations into project planning. Additionally, familiarity with professional qualification standards outlined in the Federal Register, Vol. 48, No. 190, pp. 44716-44717 (September 30, 1983). Experience engaging with stakeholders and preservation authorities to document and preserve historic structures during renovation projects is also required. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.
What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? GS-13 Salary: $117,962 (Step 01) to $153,354 (Step 10);