ARCHEOLOGIST

This Archaeologist (State Cultural Resources Specialist) position serves on a NRCS State Resource Conservation Staff and is located in a State Office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and is responsible for guidance and assistance to field personnel and resource technical teams for conservation, protection, and enhancement of cultural resources, including Native American and Alaska Native issues, encountered in all NRCS programs and activities.

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 Management's 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.

GS-0193:
Education

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's 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.

AND

• geography, geology, or cultural geography;
• history:
  
  - historiography, or historical archeology;
• environmental studies;
• scientific writing (nonfiction English composition);
• and/or-surveying;

AND

Archeological field school.

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

College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education.

OR

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.

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: experience assisting in conducting background studies and document reviews pertaining to archeological project development.;
Developing compliance policy and procedures for cultural resources preservation and tribal consultation in the state;
Managing archeology field experience with a combination of archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials;
Providing archaeology and cultural resources technical assistance, guidance and training to various personnel; and Evaluating the significance of archaeological, historical, and…