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Historian (Temporary)
National Park Service · Posted 13 days ago
About the Role
You will serve as a Historian (Temporary) Sitka National Historical Park. This is an excepted service appointment, that remains in the excepted service indefinitely. These positions do not confer competitive status. This is a temporary position expected to last one year but may be extended up to a maximum of two years based on agency needs and potential funding.
What You'll Do
- →These positions provide Historian support to the park by researching, writing, and educating about historical resources of the park.
- →The position will work under the Park's Interpretation program, but also in collaboration with Cultural Resources.
- →Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: 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.
- →Assist in coordinating visiting professional work with increased responsibility and less supervision.
- →Apply standard historian practices with judgment, selecting methods, approaches, and sources.
- →Exercise greater judgment when guidelines require interpretation or selection among alternatives.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓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 be at least 18 years of age or older to operate government vehicles.
- ✓There is no substitution of education for the required special knowledge or expertise concerning the park's or preserve's natural and/or cultural resources and the management thereof as outlined in this announcement.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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