Archeologist

• Defines areas of major cultural resource and environmental concerns designs and implements methodologies to address such concerns.
• Serve as a staff specialist in planning and application activities on all archeological and historical cultural resources including Native American issues and concerns.
• Provides technical cultural resource sections of contracts environmental documents agreement documents state and tribal cultural resource agreements.
• Serves as agency liaison to other federal state and tribal local agencies involved with cultural resource issues agreements and policy.
• Develops training plans to ensure personnel are adequately qualified to perform assigned tasks and ensure personal are provided the opportune to develop their skills to optimum level.
• Collaboratively develops and implements ways to improve the efficiency effectiveness and quality of the products and services provided to internal and external customers.

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check. If selected you may be sent instructions on obtaining fingerprints. Please note we are unable to reimburse for any fees incurred.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities visit .
• Subject to one year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New FPAC supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state motor vehicle operators license for the type of vehicle(s) operated to perform the duties of this position.

In order to qualify you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position visit the Office of Personnel Managements General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. If education is required or being used to qualify you must submit a copy of your transcripts.

Basic Requirement: GS-0193:

1. Degree: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelors or higher degree that included a major field of study 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.

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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.

2. Related Curriculum -- 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 A.1 (including archeological field school).

OR

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

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C. Experience: Four 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement you must also possess experience and/or directly related education listed below.

Specialized Experience Requirement

For the GS-12 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service or comparable experience not gained through federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: preparing and providing technical cultural resource content for contracts environmental documents agreement documents and state or tribal cultural resource agreements; delivering guidance training and technical assistance on cultural resource issues to field staff and field support personnel; supporting all aspects of cultural resource programs including documentation coordination and preparation of required reports.

• Defining and evaluating major cultural resource and environmental concerns to support compliance with federal state tribal and agency requirements;
• Preparing and providing technical cultural resource content for contracts environmental documents agreement documents and state or tribal cultural resource agreements;
• Delivering guidance training and technical assistance on cultural resource issues to field staff and field support personnel;
• Supporting all aspects of cultural resource programs including documentation coordination and preparation of required reports.