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Historian (Seasonal)
National Park Service · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
You will serve as a Historian (Seasonal). This position is located with the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, with a duty station of El Portal, CA. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate. Open to the first 30 applicants.
What You'll Do
- →At the GS-5 level you will: Assist with simple presentations and observes higher-graded staff conducting briefings, lectures, and visitor programs.
- →Conduct basic historical research using reports, archives, and other sources; assists in preparing charts, tables, and drafting basic text.
- →Learn to provide introductory historical education and visitor interaction.
- →Learn to collect basic cultural resource field data and identify historical/cultural objects or sites using established manuals and protocols.
- →Draft limited sections of reports and participate as a team member on simple projects (oral histories, written histories, conservation tasks, etc.).
- →Learn how to investigate cultural/historic sites not documented in park files.
- →Assist in coordinating visiting professionals under close supervision In addition to the duties above, at the GS-07 level you will perform the higher graded duties listed below.
- →Expand knowledge through independent study, developmental assignments, literature review, on-site studies, and fieldwork.
- →Participate more substantively in archaeological field studies, geological mapping, consult with Native organizations, and broader historical reporting.
- →Write letters and responses to inquiries using developed knowledge of park resources, policy, prior research, and available sources.
- →Provide full historical education and visitor interaction, delivering content independently.
- →Collect, analyze, and report on cultural resource conditions, including measuring impacts of management actions (restoration, visitor dispersal, development).
- →Draft more complex report sections, work plans, and implementation strategies, and complete small historian actions independently.
- →Investigate undocumented cultural/historic sites to a level enabling identification, protection, or interpretation.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or U.S.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Direct Deposit participation required.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/.
- ✓Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards.
- ✓A uniform allowance will be provided.
- ✓You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience.
- ✓Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable.
- ✓A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted.
- ✓Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 45178564-1a8e-49a4-98cb-6f4e1c9d44b3
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