Clarification from the agency

This position is open to all U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals . More than one selection may be made from this announcement.

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develops a documentation strategy and initial scope for a new web and social media digital archive that embraces the complexities and first-person perspectives of American women.
  
  
• Convenes and coordinates subject specialists at NMAH, other units at the Smithsonian, and external partners to define collecting areas and identify potential collecting opportunities. 
  
  
• Identifies and applies digital archiving tools and technologies to capture, manage and preserve web-based collections.
  
  
• Collaborates with staff across the museum and the Smithsonian to establish methodologies, policies and workflows for the collection, management, preservation of and access to web and social media content.
  
  
• Organizes, contextualizes and describes digital records, bringing logical order to the material and making it usable by and accessible to scholars, researchers and NMAH staff.

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.

Conditions of Employment

COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS:

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Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

 
Education: 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 as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirements qualifications above all applicants must also meet the following selective placement factor (SPF):

Knowledge of current web archiving, digital preservation, and electronic records management technologies and best practices for the collection and preservation of web and social media content.

In addition to meeting the basic requirements and selective placement factor above applicants must also must meet the following minimum qualifications:

Specialized Experience:
Grade 11: You qualify for this position if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal service or comparable pay band system. For this position specialized experience is defined as: 1) managing, preserving, and providing access to digital and born-digital collections in accordance with archival standards, methodologies, and best practices in a museum, library, archive, cultural institution, or community archives context; and 2) assisted in writing policies and process for identifying and collecting web and social media content.

OR

Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree if directly related to the work of the position. Related degrees may include library and information science, archival studies, archival science, media studies, sociology, anthropology, women’s studies, and history.

OR

A combination of related Ph.D. level education and specialized experience as described above.

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.

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.

Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications. For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study.  

How you will be evaluated

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

Your resume will be used to evaluate your experience, education, and/or training that address the competencies below:

• Ability to establish and maintain continuing consultative relationships with multiple types of professional contacts.
• Knowledge of web archiving tools (such as ArchiveIt, Heritrix, Social Feed Manager and other tools), and best practices for using them to ensure the long-term stewardship of born-digital collections.
• Knowledge of archival methods and procedures to appraise, arrange and describe web-based records and media. 
• Knowledge of professional best practices and laws relating to intellectual property, privacy, and ethics to develop collecting policies and procedures for web and social media content.
• Knowledge of contemporary women’s issues and historical framing sufficient to evaluate digital records, through knowledge of or demonstrated experience with topics in American history, women’s studies, gender studies, critical media studies and/or related scholarly disciplines.

Applicants who meet or exceed minimum qualifications will be assigned to one of three category groups based on job-related criteria:

Best Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and excels in most of the job related competencies above.

Better Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and satisfies most of the job related competencies above.

Good Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements, but does not satisfy most of the job related competencies above to a substantive degree.

This category rating process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three", but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. A selecting official may make selections from the highest quality category (Best Category) provided no preference eligible in that category is passed over to select a non-preference eligible in that category unless the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 3317(b) or 3318(b) are satisfied. Preference eligibles who meet minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-9 grade level or higher. Applicants who have not submitted a resume in the USAjobs system and/or have not answered all of the vacancy questions will not be considered for this position.

Important Note:

The review of your resume will determine your final rating and should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.