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The incumbent implements the cultural resource portion of the Western Area Power Administration's (WAPAs) environmental planning program for a Regional Environment Department. Assists in the Regions’ compliance with various cultural resource related laws and regulations. Manages cultural resource compliance for multiple on-going WAPA construction and maintenance activities and coordinates with local, state, and other Federal agencies in support of these activities.
Learn more about this agency08/13/2019 to 08/22/2019
$64,351 - $100,273 per year
GS 11 - 12
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
Competitive
12
No
No
PMA-19-WG-317-MP
542462500
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
As an Archaeologist at the FPL, you will:
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A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:
GS-11 - Assists with cultural resources background research and surveys to identify cultural resources potentially impacted by an organizations activities. Examples include: Working with higher level Archaeologists in preparing documentation of an organizations impact on cultural resources, participating as a team member to develop strategies, gathers research to assist in preparing statements of work (SOWs) and independent government estimates (IGEs).
GS-12 - Conducts cultural resource background research, surveys, and monitoring, to identify cultural resources potentially impacted by the construction and maintenance activities and documents the results. Examples include: Serves on and works with planning teams in developing and coordinating cultural resource compliance strategies for construction and maintenance activities. Identifies the need for and coordinates contract support to accomplish cultural resource compliance, and prepares statements of work (SOWs) and independent government estimates (IGEs) for cultural resource services to be conducted by contractors for the Government.
Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application!
"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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.
Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.
CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.
You must meetallqualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
For this position, there is a positive education requirement.
If this vacancy specifically states that certain educational requirements must be met (also known as a "positive educational requirement"), you must provide documentation supporting any education claims in your application. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.
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2. Combination of Education and Experience
College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education.
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3. Experience
Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your application to ensure you meet the job requirements. If you meet the qualifications requirements and are found to be among the top candidates, your application will be referred to the selecting official for further review.
If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit required documentation BEFORE the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted.
Selecting Official may check references on those applicants referred for consideration.
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ALL APPLICANTS: You must submit a resume supporting your specialized experience and responses to the online questionnaire.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To be considered for this position, you must submit your complete application no later than 11:59 pm U.S. Eastern Time on the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to submit a complete application prior to the closing time (regardless of when you started) the application system will not allow you to finish! Requests for extensions will not be granted, so please begin the application process allowing yourself enough time to finish before the deadline. Our application system displays a countdown timer in the top-left corner of the screen for your reference. For your security, your session in our online application system will "time-out" if you are inactive for a certain period of time. We recommend that you preview the assessment questions before you apply and prepare all of your information prior to beginning the application. If you do get "timed-out" you will have to log back in to USAJOBS and re-visit the vacancy announcement, you can then click "Update Application" to finish where you left off. Steps to submit a complete application:
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/542462500. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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