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This position serves as an Archaeologist in a Bureau of Land Management office located in Springfield or Salem, OR. The incumbent applies a professional knowledge of standard archaeological principles, theories, concepts, methods, and techniques in performing heritage resource management duties.
Learn more about this agency12/05/2024 to 12/19/2024
$64,504 - $83,854 per year
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Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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OR-25-DE/MP-12613572-WDS
821959400
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
This announcement is open to all U.S. Citizens, Status Candidates (Merit Promotion, Land Management, and VEOA Eligibles) and Non-Competitive Authority Eligibles.
The position serves as an Archeologist in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), OR/WA NW Oregon District Office in the Division of Resources as part of the Cultural Resources Team. The position performs professional work in heritage resource management within the framework of BLM's multiple use mission. At this grade level, the incumbent applies a professional knowledge of standard archeological principles, theories, concepts, methods, and techniques to perform recurring, well-precedented projects.
Major Duties (detail / itemized):
Curation: With guidance and oversight, ensures artifacts from public lands, and the associated records, are deposited in repositories that meet Federal curatorial facility standards. Documents and reports to management information regarding collections deposited at curation facilities and assists with compiling data for the annual heritage report.
Archeological Inventories: Conducts routine cultural resource inventories for determining impacts to cultural resources due to developmental activities in accordance with applicable federal laws, regulations, and policies. Conducts site testing and excavation, and provides professional recommendations on the significance of sites, structures, or objects identified in surveys. Drafts professional reports and studies in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements and the needs for approval of BLM management.
Consultation: Interacts with BLM management, land owners, state government officials, tribal governments, interested parties and the public to provide information and develop opportunities for partnerships. Participates in discussions regarding the significance of cultural resources found during surveys and recommends to management, tribal entities, consulting parties, and the public strategies for avoidance, minimization, data recovery, and/or mitigation of adverse effects to heritage resources.
Heritage Resources Management: Ensures compliance with Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. In accordance with established practice, reviews eligibility of heritage resources for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places and provides recommendations for reducing or eliminating adverse project impacts. Ensures that heritage resource services are adequate to meet multiple resource planning and project requirements. Makes higher level supervisory officials aware of any deficiencies in heritage resource program and project proposals, and recommends what is needed to achieve compliance and eliminate resource conflicts. Provides data regarding heritage activities for inclusion in the annual heritage report.
Heritage and Paleontological Resources Environment Analysis and Planning Documents:
Drafts heritage and paleontological resource input for portions of environmental documents such as environmental assessments, planning documents, and coordinates with other specialists for multiple use documents, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and Federal Land Policy and Management Act. Reviews routine plans and projects to assure coordination, evaluation, or protection of heritage and paleontological values.
Education and Outreach: Conducts outreach and educational activities about heritage resources and values for the public and interested parties at schools, in the field, or at other community venues. May provide professional instruction, guidance, information, and interpretation of historic and prehistoric heritage resources.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Ensures that inventory and site data are entered, managed, and utilized in various geospatial databases. Ensures that reports and data meet the format specifications mandated by BLM policy and that the heritage resources data in the system is updated, timely and accurate. Utilizes the heritage resource and other resource spatial data to perform precedented analyses to assist with land use planning, decision making, and day-to-day management activities.
To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, including a subject matter resume review and/or a panel interview. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed below that are required to successfully perform the job.
You will be evaluated on the following competencies:
The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/19/2024.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position: You must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive consideration, the complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/19/2024. WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.
Once the Occupational Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement that your submission was successful. If you are among the most qualified candidates and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You will be notified of the status of your Application Package at the time candidates are referred for consideration, and when the selection process is complete.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was established in 1946, but its roots go back to the years after America's independence, when the young nation began acquiring additional lands.
OUR MISSION: The Bureau of Land Management's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
OUR VISION: To enhance the quality of life for all citizens through the balanced stewardship of America's public lands and resources.
OUR VALUES: To serve with honesty, integrity, accountability, respect, courage, and commitment to make a difference.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission.
