Clarification from the agency

Bonneville Power Administration employees with competitive status, currently on a career or career-conditional appointment.

As an Archeologist, you will:

• Serve as a Senior Archeologist providing leadership, assistance, oversight, and coordination of cultural resource compliance for specified BPA program areas or business lines
• Oversee technical and policy implementation of section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, ARPA, NAGRPA and other applicable laws for the assigned program area(s).
• Assign individual project work to other archeologists and staff in accordance with the overall objectives set forth by the Supervisory Archeologist.
• Ensure work completed is timely, of high quality, and in accordance with law, regulations, and BPA policy.
• Manage multi-party, novel, or controversial section 106 consultations with states and tribes.
• Present archeological information to a variety of audiences.

Conditions of employment

When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically. You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.

Key Requirements:

1. You must be a United States Citizen.
2. This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
3. Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
4. This position does not support remote work. You will be required to report physically to the official reporting worksite as specified by the supervisor, but no less than 2 days per pay period.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

A. Education

1. A graduate degree in archeology, anthropology, or closely related field; AND
2. A bachelor degree in Archeology that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas:

• History of archeology.
• Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa.
• 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.

• Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion,
• dating, and analytical techniques.
• 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 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.

3. Related Curriculum: A bachelor's degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying the bachelor degree requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements in A2 (including archeological field school).
OR
B. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology may be substituted for the Bachelor's Degree. 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

1. At least one year of full-time professional experience or equivalent specialized training in archeological research, administration or management; and
2. At least four months of supervised field and analytic experience in general North American archeology; and
3. Demonstrated ability to carry research to completion.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position is defined as: Experience 1) leading a project or team in the implementation of cultural resource laws, regulations, and policies (e.g. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act); 2) providing guidance on the cultural resource sections of National Environmental Policy Act documents for an organization; AND 3) training less experienced archeologists on cultural resource program activities.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-13 level.

• Compliance
• History and Archaeology
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Interpersonal Skills
• Technical Competence

"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 candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

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

How you will be evaluated

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

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the eligibility and qualification requirements above. Once the announcement closes, we will conduct a review of your application package to verify your eligibility and qualifications. If you are found qualified, your application will move forward to additional phases of the review process.

Merit Promotion & VEOA Procedures: If you are minimally qualified for this job, your responses to the self-assessment questions (True/False, Yes/ No, Multiple Choice questions) will be evaluated to determine if you are a best qualified candidate. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. Due weight will also be given to federal employees, when applicable, for performance appraisals and awards in accordance with 5 CFR § 335.103(b)(3). Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements and current employees must have at least a fully successful or equivalent performance rating to receive consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

• Compliance
• History and Archaeology
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Interpersonal Skills
• Technical Competence

Non-competitive Procedures: If you are applying under a non-competitive or special hiring authority, you will still be required to answer the assessment questions. However, you will not be evaluated against the rating and ranking criteria.
Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you are minimally qualified for this job. Veterans' Preference will be applied when required by the hiring authority (e.g., VRA, Schedule A).

All qualified Non-competitive applicants and the best qualified Merit Promotion and VEOA applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.

Career Transition Assistance Programs: To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet the eligibility criteria; and 2) be rated "well-qualified", which is defined as having a score of 85 or better.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date (01/13/2023) of this announcement.

To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11788046