Historic Preservation Specialist - Archaeologist

The Division of Forestry (NDF) is responsible for wildfire mitigation, forest health improvement, forestry and general natural resource projects within urban and rural communities that conserve, protect, and enhance natural resources across the state in coordination with federal, state, and local stakeholders. These projects have regular interface with cultural resources and planning staff. The position will perform professional archeological services to ensure necessary surveys are completed, permits are acquired, and cultural resource impacts are avoided to comply with state and federal laws.

This position ensures that projects funded with grant funds and on state owned properties comply with the Nevada Revised Statutes, National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, and implementing regulation 36 CFR 800, as well as 36 CFR 60-64 (National Register of Historic Places), the Antiquities Act, and the Secretary of Interiors Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation.

This position will be responsible for compliance with historic preservation law, maintenance of a historic resource inventory, and consulting with tribes and other interested parties. Additionally, this position is responsible to develop and maintain internal controls and standards for historic preservation, support interpretive activities, and provide technical assistance on various projects and committees.

Historic Preservation Specialists perform professional cultural resource management activities in the form of statewide historic preservation efforts to ensure compliance with State and/or federal programs, laws, rules and regulations. This includes cooperating with other agencies and the public in conducting a comprehensive statewide survey of cultural resources and maintaining a paper, electronic, and/or GIS inventory of such properties; identifying and nominating eligible resources to the National and State Registers of Historic Places;

preparing and implementing a comprehensive statewide historic preservation plan; assisting in the administration of the federal historic preservation assistance program within the State; advising and assisting as appropriate, federal and State agencies and local governments in carrying out their historic preservation responsibilities; cooperating with federal agencies, local governments and the public to ensure that cultural resources are taken into consideration at all levels of planning and development;

providing public information, education, training and technical assistance relating to Federal and State Historic Preservation Programs; cooperating with local governments in the development of local historic preservation programs, and assisting local governments in becoming Certified Local Governments (CLGs); providing technical advice to the State of Nevada’s Commission for Cultural Centers and Historic Preservation (CCCHP); managing the statutorily-mandated Nevada Site Stewardship Program;

administration of the Comstock Historic District for the State as per the requirements of NRS 384; management of the Comstock History Center in Virginia City; administration of Nevada’s Native American burial protection legislation.

Master's degree from an accredited university in archeology, anthropology, architectural history, art history, history, historic preservation, cultural geography or related field and one year of professional experience in research, writing, or teaching American architectural history, restoration architecture, history, art history, or historic preservation with an academic institution; working for a professional historic preservation consulting firm or a Federal, state, or local entity performing historic preservation work in archaeological research, architectural history, history, or historic preservation;

or managing and/or maintaining cultural resource databases to include the digitization of GIS data, data validation and normalization, and resolution of duplicates; OR Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in architectural history, history, art history, anthropology, historic preservation or closely related…