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Salary: The salary range indicated in this announcement will be adjusted to include locality payment for the selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

This announcement is being posted with a current location of Durango, CO. However, this announcement may be used to fill subsequent vacancies at any of the Reclamation offices or remote, as applicable. For a complete listing of Reclamation office locations, please see USBR . When applying, you will be asked to select each location for which you are interested. Please select all that apply. Not all vacancy locations may be available at this time, but responses may be used in consideration of future vacancies.

DUTIES:

• Serve as staff archeologist for the Area Office Program Manager for all aspects of the cultural resources program concerning Traditional Cultural Properties, archeology, history, and cultural resources management within the Area Office.
• Make professional evaluations/judgments on the significance of historic/archeological properties, as well as effects of construction, planning, and Land Resource Management (LRM) and Operation and Maintenance (O&M), activities on such properties.
• Conduct field investigations, prepare reports, and coordinate results as necessary to carry out program activities involving archeology, Traditional Cultural Properties, history, and cultural resources management.
• Prepare and evaluate nominations to and determinations of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places for archeological and historic sites, districts, buildings, and Traditional Cultural Properties.
• Consult with Native American tribes to coordinate cultural resource investigations, organizational projects/undertakings, Traditional Cultural Property studies, and issuance of archeological permits under the Archeological Resources Protection Act.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• May be required to complete background investigation.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 10 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• The Bureau of Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
• You may occasionally works outside of a regular tour of duty with supervisor approval, e.g., Credit Hours, Overtime, etc.
• The work of this position involves occasional travel up to 10% of the time and includes some overnight stays to attend meetings, conferences, training, site visits, etc.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Basic and Minimum Qualification Requirement as noted below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience, and to demonstrate meeting the education requirement, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application.

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

A. EDUCATION:
1. Bachelor's or higher degree that includes 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: 1) History of archeology; 2) Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; 3) Regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; 4) Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques; and 5) Archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work;
-AND- Six (6) semester hours of related course work in: geography, geology, or cultural geography; history, historiography, or historical archeology; environmental studies; scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or surveying;
-AND- Archeological field school.

-OR-

2. Related Curriculum: Bachelor's or higher degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements in statement A.1 above (including archeological field school).

-OR-

B. Combination of Education and Experience. College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in statement A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education.

-OR-

EXPERIENCE:
Four (4) 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.

-AND-


Minimum Qualification Requirement, GS-11:

Specialized Experience: Have one (1) full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sectors) performing the at least four (4) of the following: (1) Serving as a technical specialist for a division, organization or field area office; utilizing archeological, historical, and cultural resources principles and practices; (2) Adapting practices from engineering, geological and/or resource management fields for the benefit of a natural/cultural resources program; (3) Ensuring regulatory compliance and/or agency plans, and activities are consistent with statutory/regulatory requirements such as the Antiquities Act of 1906 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966; (4) Preparing Requests for Proposal, Scopes of Work, and/or Government cost estimates; (5) Communicating with internal/external stakeholders to build and maintain effective working relationships; and (6) Writing clear and concise technical reports of work performed, including recommendations.

OR

Education: Have successfully completed 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or LL.M., in a field that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to conduct the work of this position such as Archeology, Anthropology, etc.

OR

Combination of Education/Experience: Have an equivalent combination of specialized experience and graduate level education described above. (To calculate, first take the number of semester hours or equivalent earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 36 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours or equivalent. Then take the number of months of experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify).


Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

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.

How you will be evaluated

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

A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Occupational Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Occupational Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions may affect your rating.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this position.

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, including a subject matter expert resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed below that are required to successfully perform the job.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. These procedures place candidates with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Veterans with a service connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

• Highly Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position
• Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.

• Administration and Management
• Contracting/Procurement
• Customer Service
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Technical Competence