- Position Title
- Historian
- Agency
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Announcement Number
- BOR-21-MP-11001853-NS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, January 7, 2021 to Thursday, January 21, 2021
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans' Preference?
2.
Are you a veteran who separated from active duty under honorable conditions AND you:
• have a rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs showing a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more; OR,
• are retired from active military service with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
• have a rating by the Department of Veterans Affairs showing a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more; OR,
• are retired from active military service with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
3.
Are you the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who has been issued orders for a permanent change of station (PCS)?
If yes, confirm that you are indicated on the PCS orders; and you have been married to the military member on or prior to the date of your spouse's PCS orders are relocating with your spouse to the new duty location AND have not previously been appointed using this authority under these orders.
-OR-
Are you the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who retired with a disability rating at the time of retirement of 100 percent or the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who retired or separated from the Armed Forces and has a disability rating of 100 percent from the Department of Veterans Affairs?
-OR-
Are you the un-remarried widow or widower of a member of the Armed Forces killed while in active duty status?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Military Spouses resources.
If yes, confirm that you are indicated on the PCS orders; and you have been married to the military member on or prior to the date of your spouse's PCS orders are relocating with your spouse to the new duty location AND have not previously been appointed using this authority under these orders.
-OR-
Are you the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who retired with a disability rating at the time of retirement of 100 percent or the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who retired or separated from the Armed Forces and has a disability rating of 100 percent from the Department of Veterans Affairs?
-OR-
Are you the un-remarried widow or widower of a member of the Armed Forces killed while in active duty status?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Military Spouses resources.
4.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy;
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
5.
Are you a Current or Former Federal Employee who has held or currently holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service and has held a position at the next lower grade level of the position being announced for at least 52 weeks?
If you are a Former Federal Employee did you obtain career status OR career-conditional and are within 3 years of the date of separation or are a preference eligible?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
If you are a Former Federal Employee did you obtain career status OR career-conditional and are within 3 years of the date of separation or are a preference eligible?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
6.
Do you have a severe physical, psychiatric or mental disability that qualifies you for Schedule A Disability appointments?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Individuals with Disabilities resources.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Individuals with Disabilities resources.
7.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
8.
Are you a current or former employee of a Land Management Agency and are serving or served under a time-limited competitive service appointment? You may be eligible to compete under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act, P.L. 114-47.
Current land management agency appointees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service.
Former land management agency employees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service; must have been separated (with respect to their most recent separation) for reasons other than misconduct or performance, and must apply for a position covered by these provisions within two years of their most recent date of separation.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
Current land management agency appointees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service.
Former land management agency employees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service; must have been separated (with respect to their most recent separation) for reasons other than misconduct or performance, and must apply for a position covered by these provisions within two years of their most recent date of separation.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
9.
Are you a former Peace Corps volunteer or VISTA member who has completed your service within the past twelve months?
-OR-
Are you a former Peace Corps volunteer or VISTA member who has completed your service within the past 36 months and are requesting an extension of your non-competitive eligibility due to your military service, status as a full-time student or other experience related to this position?
-OR-
Are you a current or former Peace Corps employee who has completed at least 36 months of continuous service and has been separated from the Peace Corps for less than three years?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
-OR-
Are you a former Peace Corps volunteer or VISTA member who has completed your service within the past 36 months and are requesting an extension of your non-competitive eligibility due to your military service, status as a full-time student or other experience related to this position?
-OR-
Are you a current or former Peace Corps employee who has completed at least 36 months of continuous service and has been separated from the Peace Corps for less than three years?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
10.
Are you currently employed as a Federal civilian employee in the Competitive Service at the same grade level as this position or higher with the same or higher promotion potential?
-OR-
Were you formerly employed as a Federal civilian employee on a permanent competitive appointment or have you obtained career-conditional status (and are within 3 years of the date of separation or are a preference eligible) and have you held the same grade as this position or higher with the same or higher promotion potential?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
-OR-
Were you formerly employed as a Federal civilian employee on a permanent competitive appointment or have you obtained career-conditional status (and are within 3 years of the date of separation or are a preference eligible) and have you held the same grade as this position or higher with the same or higher promotion potential?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
11.
Are you a current Excepted Service employee of a Federal Agency that has a valid interchange agreement with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)?
-OR-
Are you a current Employee of one of the below agencies?
• Postal Career Service
• Postal Rate Commission
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
-OR-
Are you appointable by another miscellaneous hiring authority that is regulated by the OPM?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
-OR-
Are you a current Employee of one of the below agencies?
• Postal Career Service
• Postal Rate Commission
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
-OR-
Are you appointable by another miscellaneous hiring authority that is regulated by the OPM?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
12.
Are you a former member of the Public Lands Corps (PLC)? You may be eligible to compete under the PLC Hiring Authority, Public Law 109-154.
An individual's eligibility for this non-competitive status lasts for two (2) years from the completion of the individual's last PLC project. For consideration under this hiring status, applicants must have served a minimum of 640 hours of satisfactory service on appropriate conservation projects and at least 120 hours served on a project utilizing the PLC legal authority.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, visit https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/public_land_corps_hiring_authority.pdf
An individual's eligibility for this non-competitive status lasts for two (2) years from the completion of the individual's last PLC project. For consideration under this hiring status, applicants must have served a minimum of 640 hours of satisfactory service on appropriate conservation projects and at least 120 hours served on a project utilizing the PLC legal authority.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, visit https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/public_land_corps_hiring_authority.pdf
13.
Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.
Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?
14.
Are you currently employed as a civilian employee in the competitive service in a Federal agency other than the Agency hiring for this position and have you ever held the grade or full performance level of this position?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
15.
Are you a veteran whose latest discharge was under honorable conditions AND you:
• served three or more years of continuous active duty service in the military (Note: if released shortly before completing a 3-year tour, you are considered to meet the eligibility); OR,
• are entitled to veterans' preference?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
• served three or more years of continuous active duty service in the military (Note: if released shortly before completing a 3-year tour, you are considered to meet the eligibility); OR,
• are entitled to veterans' preference?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
16.
Are you a veteran who separated from active duty under honorable conditions AND you:
• recently separated (within the past 3 years);
• are a disabled veteran;
• served on active duty during a war, campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; OR,
• received an Armed Forces Service Medal?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
• recently separated (within the past 3 years);
• are a disabled veteran;
• served on active duty during a war, campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; OR,
• received an Armed Forces Service Medal?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
17.
Are you willing to undergo a comprehensive background investigation which includes, but is not limited to, contact with all references, employers, co -workers, personal associates and a review of your driving record, credit history, criminal history, and military service?
18.
Where did you learn about this vacancy?
19.
If you selected OTHER as your response to the question above, please elaborate on your answer.
20.
Have you ever permanently held the full performance GS grade level, or higher, as listed in this job vacancy?
21.
Please list the dates that you permanently held the grade. (Example: From 10/01/2001 to 9/30/2003)
You are applying under the Merit Promotion announcement. If you want to be considered under the concurrent Delegated Examining announcement, you must submit a separate application under that announcement. Please call the Human Resources Office phone number listed on this announcement for clarification or further information.
22.
Have you ever permanently held, as a Federal civilian employee, a per hour salary that is equal to or higher than the per hour salary listed in this vacancy?
23.
Please list the position title, series, per hour salary, the organization, and the dates (mm/yy to mm/yy) you permanently held this position.
Your complete and detailed on-line resume MUST include, at a minimum, the following information for each work experience, including military service (prepare a separate entry for each job): 1) Job Title (including series and grade if Federal job); 2) Hours per week; 3) Salary; 4) Starting and ending dates (month and year); 5) Employer's name and address; 6) Supervisor's name and phone number and whether we may contact your current supervisor; 7) Duties and accomplishments. Also include: 1) High School name, city, state, zip code if known, and date of diploma or GED; 2) College or university names, city, state, and zip code if known, majors and type and year of any degrees received (if no degree, show total credits earned and indicate whether semester or quarter hours); 3) list of job related training courses, skills, certificates and licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, membership in professional or honor societies, etc. Please make sure you read the vacancy announcement thoroughly to see if there is any additional supporting documentation required.
24.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
25.
My performance is at an acceptable level and I am not serving under a Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance (NODAP).
Please read the following eligibility questions carefully. If you do not meet any of the eligibilities, you will not be considered for this position.
Assessment 1
This section will be used to determine if you possess the basic requirements needed to qualify for a Historian. Failure to respond to these questions will result in an ineligible rating. (Note: This series has a basic education requirement and you must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
1.
GS-11 Choose one answer that best describes your education and experience as it pertains to the basic requirements for this position.
2.
Select the one statement that best describes the experience, education or combination of education and experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Historian at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service.
3.
Please select the one response that best describes your experience with developing and maintaining contacts with federal and state agencies, tribes, user groups, and professional organizations, to provide and receive information concerning historic preservation issues.
4.
Select the response that best describes your highest level of experience determining eligibility of the built environment for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
5.
From the following list, please select all those settings in which you have given formal or informal oral presentations related to cultural resources topics.
6.
Select the response that demonstrates the level of field experience you have obtained during your career.
7.
Select the responses that describes your actual work experience in conducting consultations for a Federal agency under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
8.
Please select the one response that best describes your experience in providing technical advice on and coordinating responses to historic preservation issues.
9.
11. Select the response that best describes your highest level of experience in archeological, historical, or documentary collections (museum property) management.
10.
Select the documents which you have prepared as a part of your work experience.
11.
From the following list of environmental and historic preservation statutes, please select those that you have experience in using to conduct cultural resource assessments and/or environmental analyses.
12.
Select the response that best describes your experience identifying, documenting, and evaluating the built environment under National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 or Section 110 and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP-36 CFR §60.4).