Cultural Anthropologist

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/25/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the number of hours worked per week, full-time, or part-time. If you indicate part-time, you MUST indicate the number of hours worked per week so that your qualifying experience can be prorated for credit. IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility to clearly show in your application package how you satisfy the below requirements. If you do not provide transcripts and/or documentation that clearly show how your completed college coursework and/or experience meets all of the requirements, you will be rated ineligible. Your rating will be based solely on the information you submit with your application. Candidates who do not meet these requirements by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. To qualify for this position, you must possess one of the following basic qualifications for the Cultural Anthroplogist, GS-0190 series by close of the announcement: A Bachelor or higher degree in an appropriate field of anthropology. -OR- A combination of education and experience in courses equivalent to a major in an appropriate field of anthropology, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in an appropriate field of anthropology, or related coursework, plus appropriate experience or additional education. -OR- Four years of appropriate experience in anthropology performing research, museum work, or similar professional-level work. In addition, to qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following qualifications by close of the announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one 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) that is directly related to the work of the position. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience may include collecting field data contributing to the natural or cultural resources inventory of a monitoring program to assess status and trends of resources condition; preparing reports that are used for management decisions on natural and cultural resources and activities on public lands; identifying groups with traditional associations to public lands and consulting with them on management decisions; conducting ethnographic research such as ethnographic overviews and assessments; and analyzing data related to natural and cultural resources. You must include hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: At least three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a directly related field of study. You must include a copy of your transcripts with your application and the hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- A COMBINATION OF THE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND THE GRADUATE LEVEL EDUCATION DESCRIBED ABOVE: To calculate your percentage of qualifying graduate education, divide your number of credit hours in excess of 36 semester hours (or 54 quarter hours) by 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours), or the number your school uses to represent one year of full time graduate academic study. To calculate your percentage of experience, divide your months of qualifying specialized experience by 12. Add the two percentages. They must equal at least 100% to qualify using this option. You must include a copy of your transcripts with your application and the hours worked per week in your resume. Volunteer 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.
Failure to submit any of the required documents/information will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents/information has been submitted. This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of two years. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.