Clarification from the agency

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

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-07. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

As an Archives Technician, you will support the functions of your unit. You may:

• Provide reference support services including pulling and refiling, interfiling, copying, scanning, redactions, and monitoring. Maintain up to date knowledge regarding a variety of filing systems and the large and complex variety of records series within NARA.
• Perform processing, arrangement, holdings maintenance, and/or holdings security tasks according to established criteria. Perform detailed and complex work following a plan (or general guidance).
• Create technical and descriptive metadata. Assist and prepare general description work and online catalog descriptions according to NARA lifecycle standards, policies, and procedures.
• Participate in the digitization efforts of archival holdings for public access and permanent retention following broad NARA guidance and procedures. Prepare records for digitization.
• Assist in accessioning and disposal of all record types under the guidance of an archivist or archives specialist.
• Review information about records prior to making them available to researchers, ensuring that access restrictions are being followed.
• Evaluate the physical condition of records in the course of other duties and alert designated staff to condition problems that limit access or threaten safety of records. Assist archivists with preservation and rehabilitation projects.
• Use available tools and software to verify electronic records in a variety of moderately complex formats.
• Perform validation tasks, such as virus scanning, copying files to local storage from media, and establishing intellectual control of records.
• Perform electronic file format conversion for preservation, following a plan provided by an archivist. Upload archival holdings to approved storage for preservation.

Conditions of employment

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.
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
• The work is mostly sedentary, however the incumbentmust be physically able to perform the duties of this position. Physical demands may include climbing caster-equipped ladders, maneuvering on catwalks, moving heavy carts of records, and handling boxes of records stored up to 15 feet above the floor and typically weighing 50 pounds, occasionally more. The work may also demand considerable standing, walking, stooping, bending and lifting.

1. Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."
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3. Must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.
4. The National Archives and Records Administration is hiring for multiple positions with different position sensitivity levels. Position Sensitivity Levels for positions range from Non-Sensitive (NS)/Low Risk to Moderate Risk Public Trust. The Sensitivity Level is determined based on the position within Research Services for which an applicant is chosen.

Qualifications

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

Specialized Experience: For the GS-06, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Communicating with and responding to inquiries from customers, verbally and in writing; AND
• Following, referencing, and applying policy and procedures to accomplish work assignments; AND
• Performing research to identify information relevant to a work assignment.
  

Specialized Experience: For the GS-05, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Communicating with and responding to inquiries from customers, verbally and/or in writing; AND
• Following and/or referencing policy and procedures to accomplish work assignments.

OR

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

OR

• 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.

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: Communication, Problem Solving, Technical.

***This announcement is issued under "Direct-Hire" authority. Consistent with 5 U.S.C 3304(a)(3) and OPM regulations (5 CFR 337 Subpart B) on direct-hire: All candidates who meet all the qualification and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking, category rating, and veterans' preference do not apply.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job.