Dos - Historic Preservationist
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Design & Architecture
Environmental/ Urban Planning
Location: Tallahassee
Requisition No:867294
Agency:
Department of State
Working Title:
DOS - HISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST -
Pay Plan:
Career Service
Position Number:
Salary: $43,000 annually
Posting Closing Date: 01/05/2026
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Department of State
Historic Preservationist
Division of Historical Resources
Bureau of Historic Preservation
Open Competitive
Minimum Qualifications:- Six (6) years of direct experience in architectural history, historic preservation, or a closely related field. A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in one of the listed fields will substitute for the required years of experience.
- Knowledge of the National Register of Historic Places criteria for evaluating historic properties
- Knowledge of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
- One year of experience working with federal, state, and/or local historic preservation laws and regulations
- Meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards Professional Qualification Standards for Archaeology History as described at in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines.
- Knowledge of Florida’s historic resources and architectural history
- Experience with Geographic Information Systems and Arc View software or similar programs
Note:
Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported in your employment history.
Duties and Responsibilities:- This position is responsible for reviewing federal, state, and local undertakings for potential effects to Florida's historic structures and other cultural resources and providing related comments and guidance consistent with applicable historic preservation laws, regulations, and procedures.
- Review assigned federal, state, and local undertakings to identify significant historic structures and other cultural resources in project areas and assess effects to these resources in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local preservation laws and implementing regulations. Prepare appropriate review response consultation.
- Participate in consultation meetings with project representatives to discuss requests for additional information, project effects to historic structures, appropriate treatment of historic structures, and the overall Compliance and Review program and processes.
- Provides routine technical assistance and participates in trainings regarding the Compliance and Review program to federal, state and local agencies, private consultants, and the public particularly as it relates that group's role in the historic preservation review processes.
- Maintains project files in an orderly manner and completes the Compliance and Review database (project log) files in a timely manner.
- Performs other work-related duties as required.
- Knowledge of Florida’s historic resources and Florida’s architectural history, Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, National Register of Historic Places Criteria for evaluation significance; federal, state, and local historic preservation laws, regulations, and procedures.
- Basic computer skills including a knowledge of GID & Arc View software and the ability to work independently to organize and manage workload.
A Level 2 criminal background check is a condition of employment. If selected for this position, you must provide your fingerprints. We will send your fingerprints to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a criminal background check.
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Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov
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