- Position Title
- Archeologist
- Agency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Announcement Number
- R3-22-11475223-AA-DE Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, April 27, 2022 to Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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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 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.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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:
• 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. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
• 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. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
4.
Are you a U.S. citizen or national?
Assessment 1
Basic Requirement
For each question, choose the response that best describes your experience and training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
1.
Select the statement below that best describes your education and/or experience as it relates to the basic requirements of this position.
Minimum Qualification
2.
To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level requires specialized experience. From the responses below, select the letter corresponding to the statement that most clearly and accurately describes your level of specialized experience.
Skill and experience to analyze, plan, and implement efficient and innovative compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for Federal land managing agencies. Skill and ability to communicate verbally and in writing the execution of and compliance with laws, regulations, and policies of federal historic preservation legislation and the goals and mission of Federal agencies.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Prepare cultural resource identification and evaluation reports for federal agency compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
4.
Implement federal agency policy and procedure during the review of agency undertakings for compliance with Section 106 of the National Histoirc Preservation Act.
5.
Develop NHPA Section 106 agreement documents (e.g., Memoranda of Agreements, Programmatic Agreements, etc) with procedures to address adverse effects of undertakings and/or to simplify inventory, identification, evaluation, protection, mitigation, and reporting for cultural resources.
Knowledge of the methods, theories, legislation, and management of North American cultural resources including pre-contact archaeological sites and rural vernacular historical sites, as evidenced by job experience, and research and publications in North American archaeology and cultural resource management.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
6.
Identify and document pre-contact archaeological sites in the Upper Mississippi Basin cultural areas.
7.
Identify and document post-contact rural vernacular sites, architecture, and structures in the Upper Mississippi Basin cultural areas.
8.
Use GIS applications for cultural resource map presentations and data analysis.
9.
Perform technical analysis of artifacts from cultural resource sites to describe and evaluate the role of sites in past land use.
Ability and skill to work with a variety of conflicting interests and parties including Native American tribes, biologists, project leaders, and managers, the State Historic Preservation Officers, Advisory Council staff, special interest groups, and private landowners.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
10.
Establish and maintain ongoing working relationships with Native American Tribes and community members on federal undertakings, cultural resource content, Section 106 determinations of eligibility and effect.
11.
Establish and maintain ongoing working relationships with Native American Tribes and community members on traditional cultural properties.
12.
Establish and maintain ongoing working relationships with Native American Tribes and community members on ARPA and NAGPRA issues.
Ability to analyze, plan and implement archeological program objectives
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
13.
Coordinate the design and implementation of federal agency cultural resource policy and historic preservation legislation mandates.
14.
Coordinate the design and implementation of archaeological research, survey and excavation projects for compliance with Section 106 and Section 110 of the NHPA.
15.
Coordinate the design and implementation of ethnographic and/or traditional use studies among indigenous communities for compliance with Section 106 and Section 110 of the NHPA.
Skill in communicating verbally and in writing
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
16.
Speak to diverse audiences about archaeology, cultural resources, historic preservation laws and regulations, and Federal agency responsibilities.
17.
Write for diverse audiences about archaeology, cultural resources, historic preservation laws and regulations, and Federal agency responsibilities.
18.
Publish in professional journals and series about archaeology, cultural resources, historic preservation laws and regulations, and Federal agency responsibilities.
19.
Present papers and/or posters at professional archaeological or cultural resource management conferences on archaeological or cultural resource management research, procedure, or policy.