Historian

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/12/2024-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 resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess the Basic Requirements by close of the announcement:

Applicant must possess a degree in history or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history.
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A combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major in history, or a major in a related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, to qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess one of the following minimum qualifications below by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Examples of qualifying specialized experience include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) use broad knowledge of American history to determine historical themes and resources; (2) investigate cultural sites, natural resources, historic scenes, and subjects not documented in files to identify, protect or interpret them properly; (3) monitor and report on condition of resources as it relates to the historical and cultural setting; (4) communicate orally and in writing to distribute information and present findings of historical research analyses; (5) use a variety of research methods to plan approaches and develop methods to accomplish assigned research projects. You must include hours worked per week. You must include hours per week worked.
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EDUCATION: Successfully completed at least 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's or master's or equivalent graduate degree. You must include a copy of your transcripts.
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Successful completion of a combination of education and specialized experience. Note, only graduate education in excess of the first year of progressively higher level graduate education is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. One full year of progressively higher graduate education beyond the first year of graduate study is equivalent to 1 year of specialized experience. For example, if a school's requirement for 1 year of graduate study is 18 semester hours, only graduate education beyond the first 18 semester hours can be combined. If you have 6 months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 27 semester hours (3 full semesters) of progressively higher graduate education in a directly related field from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education requirement), then you would meet 100% of the qualification's requirement. You must include a copy of your transcripts.???????

Volunteer Experience: 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.