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Seasonal Archives Technician
National Park Service · Posted today
About the Role
This position is located in the Museum Program at the Southeast Archeological Center, as part of the Southeast Regional Office's Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science Division. The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period for Southeast Archeological Center is April to November, but the season may be extended or reduced due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: July 2026
What You'll Do
- →The Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC) is responsible for archeological research and cultural resource management activities relating to 70 National Park Service areas in nine southeastern states, Puerto Rico, and the U.
- →Virgin Islands.
- →This position is in SEAC's Museum Program.
- →The incumbent's responsibilities relate to one of the Service's most extensive archeological collections.
- →The collections consist of more than 3,000 individual accessions, including multi-million item holdings of artifacts and several hundred thousand supporting documents.
- →This position functions as an Archives Technician and reports to the SEAC Supervisory Museum Curator.
- →The primary duties of this job include cataloging, rehousing, and managing archeological resource management documents, photographs, media, and data.
- →In coordination with the Archives Team Leader and under the supervision of the Museum Curator, the position carries out processing, arrangement, and description of archival collections; conducts preservation rehousing and assess collection condition.
- →The incumbent uses collections management database software to catalog collections and to prepare finding aids.
- →The position also assists with environmental monitoring, housekeeping, pest management, and inventory activities.
- →This position facilitates research requests and access to collections, archives, and data following law and policy.
- →The Southeast Archeological Center is one of only three archeological centers within the National Park Service.
- →It is located in the Johnson building, part of the Don Fuqua Research Complex in Tallahassee, Florida.
- →The research complex is located within Innovation Park, a research and development center associated with Florida State University.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship required.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
- ✓Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
- ✓You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required.
- ✓You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record.
- ✓You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
- ✓You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1 night per month.
- ✓You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: b13e1966-ad36-4a07-bba8-2277c27ae77b
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