Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required.

As an ARCHIVES TECHNICIAN, you will:

• Act as a first-line liaison between agency customers and the assigned Federal Records Center (FRC), keeps agency customers informed of daily delivery schedule, to include delays or fluctuations which could impact customer operations.
• Perform or oversees the performance of various duties related to receiving, shelving, searching, refiling, interfiling, and destroying Federal records.
• At supervisor's request, conducts systematic searches for records, and performs audits on agency submitted second requests, as well as unusual requests, refiles, and interfiles.
• Advise and provide technical assistance to agency records officers on routine techniques and procedures for delivering records to the center.

Conditions of employment

This opportunity is also open to Status Candidates under Announcement ST-12354179-24-LD. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

• A one year probationary period may be required.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation.
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
• Designated and/or Random Drug Testing may be required.
• This position requires candidates to pass a physical abilities test designed to measure candidates ability to perform the physical requirements of the job. A significant percentage of the work is performed within a government vehicle (either a delivery van or small truck). Some of the work is performed in an office setting, with the remainder of the time spent on loading docks or in records storage areas where physical exertion such as long periods of standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, climbing 15' pulpit ladders, and lifting boxes of records weighing 30-50 lbs. is required. The work requires common physical abilities.

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3. Must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-5, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

• Operating office automation programs for maintaining database information;

AND

• Reviewing files or documents for completeness and compliance with established guidelines;

AND

• Responding to customer inquiries, verbally or in writing.

OR

You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 4 years above high school.

OR

COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education.

NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience.

Advancement to positions up to GS-5: Candidates may be advanced without time restriction to positions up to GS-05 if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade the employee held within the preceding 52 weeks under his or her latest non-temporary competitive appointment.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Interpersonal Skills, Technical, and Problem Solving. Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that category. Qualified

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must receive a score of 85 or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority