Clarification from the agency

This Merit Promotion position is open to Current Federal Employees and Former Federal Employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply such as Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A), former Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Vista volunteers; certain Military Spouses, or individuals eligible under various programs for Veterans (VRA, VEOA, 30% disabled).

• Perform the administrative functions related to staff supervision including providing guidance, review, evaluation, and training of subordinates in all areas related to archival processing and description
• Supervise collections processing of AAA's archival and manuscript collections according to current archival standards and best practices, serving as AAA's subject matter authority and advisor for all archival processing projects; national standards, issues, initiatives, trends, and developments; and internal workflows and systems
• Oversee the production and quality of all electronic and quality of all electronics findings aids and inventories, ensuring finding aids adhere to all national standards for content and format
• Serve as subject matter authority, providing technical advice and guidance to senior management and advancement staff in developing work plans for funding proposals that support the organization's goals related to processing, preservation and conservation, and enhanced digital access to collections

Conditions of employment

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• May need to complete a Probationary Period
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Qualification requirements, including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates, must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.

For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on the web at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:  All applicants must meet the following education requirements: 

Bachelor's degree in archival science or bachelor's degree with a major that includes 18 semester hours in archival science, history and/or in political science or government, and 12 semester hours in one or any combination of the following: archival science, history, American civilization, economics, political science, public administration, or government.
 
OR

Combination of education and experience at least 30 semester hours that included courses shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
 
In addition to meeting the basic requirements above, applicants must meet the following criteria to qualify for the grade levels specified.

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal Service or comparable pay band system.  For this position Specialized experience is defined as work experience managing archival technical services; overseeing the archival repository and archival processing activities to include preservation, arrangement, and description in the form of electronic finding aids; and serving as subject matter expert on national archival standards and best practices.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week. 

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application will be evaluated first for the basic qualifications described above. 

• Ability to supervise a diverse staff processing archival collections including arrangement, description, conservation, and preservation with a variety of records and manuscripts, such as works of art on paper, photographs, video and audio tapes, and born digital formats
• Knowledge and understanding of national archival standards, methodology, initiatives, best practices, and techniques for performance associated with collections archival processing and sound collections management and stewardship
• Knowledge and skill understanding of computerized automated systems, such as ArchivesSpace, for cataloguing and managing archival materials, as well as skilled knowledge of archival metadata standards, systems, and best practices
• Knowledge and experience in project planning/management

Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA):  If you are applying for a VEOA appointment, you must be a veteran and must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed 3 or more years of active service. ("Active Service" under this law means active duty in a uniformed service and includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, full-time National Guard duty, and attendance, while in the active service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary concerned.) A veteran who is released under honorable conditions shortly before completing a 3-year tour is also eligible.

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities:  The following links contain information on the eligibility requirements to be considered under a noncompetitive appointing authority:

• Primary Appointing Authorities for Career and Career-Conditional Appointments
• Hiring Authorities for Veterans
• People with Disabilities

Important Note:

Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.