- Position Title
- Historian
- Agency
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Announcement Number
- DAL-INV-11147998-DEU-MET Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, June 30, 2021 to Tuesday, July 6, 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 current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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 higher than the grade level of the vacancy
- the promotion potential (full performance level) of the position you are being separated from is equal to or higher than the promotion potential of the vacancy, and
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
3.
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:
If yes, confirm:
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
- your grade is equivalent to or higher than the grade level of the vacancy
- the promotion potential (full performance level) of the position you are being separated from is equal to or higher than the promotion potential of the vacancy, and
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service? If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Assessment 1
The following questions requires a response and will determine whether or not you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position. You may wish to consult the vacancy announcement for a description of those requirements. If you do not respond to the following question, your application will be considered incomplete and you will not receive further consideration.
1.
Which of the following statements best describes your education and/or experience for meeting the Individual Occupational Requirement for the GS-0170 job series?
2.
I have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-0170-13 grade level performing the following types of duties: 1.) Performing historical research and investigative or analytical activities on geographic regions where large scale human rights violations occurred and provides litigation support to include research that identifies the causes and effects of those human rights violations, the associated conflicts and who was involved; AND 2.) Identifying archives, collections or other sources of information likely to contain documentation of human rights violations or war crimes that could potentially be used to initiate investigations or other law enforcement efforts.
For each of the task statements below, please select from A through E to indicate the skill level that you possess for each task listed. The questions were developed based on the linkage between the competencies and knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the work of this position.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to perform historical research and investigative activities to identify persons in the United States who may have ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of persons on the basis of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.
4.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to perform historical research and analytical tasks and litigation support roles relating to the criminal investigations and cases.
5.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to assist in the development of new cases based on materials generated in the area of identification, prosecution, and removal from the United States of human rights abusers.
6.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to serve as subject matter expert on designated portfolio providing on-the-spot as well as formal responses to questions about the conflicts within that portfolio.
7.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to consult human rights violators and war crime cases with trial attorneys and identifying research goals and strategies for their achievement.
8.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to display the tact, diplomatic skills and persuasive ability necessary to the achievement of organization's mission.
9.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to maintain liaison with competent officials of Foreign Governments and negotiates access to archival and Investigative materials necessary to the development of new cases and the pursuit of cases under investigation and in litigation.
10.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to perform research in the language(s) spoken in the countries within the designated portfolio and demonstrates understanding of cultural norms and justice systems in analysis of sources and in personal interactions.
11.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to monitor political events pertinent to organization's cases and investigations in relevant countries via open-source media.
12.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to identify archives and individual collections likely to contain useful documentation and assists the human rights violators and war crime investigations and in obtaining access to them.
13.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to collect and analyze relevant materials from foreign archival repositories and domestic sources necessary in the work of identification of possible perpetrators who may be in the United States.