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This position is located in Southeast Archeological Center, in the Archeological Collections and Information Management Division.
Open to the first 75 applicants or until 01/17/2025 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
01/06/2025 to 01/17/2025
$61,111 - $79,443 per year
GS 9
1 vacancy in the following location:
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Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
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SE-1618-SEAC-25-12653318-IM
826980300
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current federal employees of this agency.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
Open to current career/career conditional federal employees of the National Park Service, CTAP eligibles, Land Management (LMWFA) and non-competitive NPS merit promotion
The Southeast Archeological Center (SEAC) is responsible for archeological research and cultural resource management activities relating to 70 National Park Service areas in nine southeastern states, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. This position is in the Archeological Collections and Information Management Section of the Museum and Archival Services Branch. The incumbent's responsibilities relate to one of the National Park Service's most extensive archeological collections. The collections consist of more than 3,000 individual accessions, which encompass millions of artifacts and several hundred thousand supporting documents.
This position functions as the database manager and oversees museum cataloging for archeological collections at SEAC. Job duties include serving as the Database Manager for SEAC's catalog records in the MCMS database and serving as the Supervisor for the Center's backlog archeological cataloging efforts. The incumbent identifies, catalogs, and manages detailed data for archeological objects. The incumbent supports the Supervisory Museum Curator in meeting backlog cataloging goals, managing archeological/museum data and databases, providing technical assistance/guidance, and facilitating research and education. The position also assists with curation and managing museum collections.
Position Location: Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit http://www.nps.gov/seac/index.htm for more information.
Winters are usually mild, and summers are hot and humid. Schools, medical facilities, shopping and entertainment facilities are available locally. Government quarters are NOT available. One vocational technical school, one college, and two state universities (Florida State University and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) are located in Tallahassee.
Physical Demands: Incumbent will be required to sit or stand for extended periods. The work is usually sedentary, but depending on priorities may involve lifting and moving moderately heavy containers (e.g., boxes up to 50 pounds), climbing ladders, as well as maintenance chores. Handling collections must be performed in an acceptable manner as per curatorial standards. Intense concentration is essential to proper cataloging, data management, and handling collections. Some use of hand tools and small power tools is required. Occasional travel may require extra duty hours.
Working Conditions: Nearly all work will be performed in an office, laboratory, or a controlled environmental collection storage facility. Working with collections may involve some exposure to dust and other air-borne solid particulate materials, and exposure to chemicals used to preserve and curate artifacts.
The incumbent makes occasional trips to other NPS units. This may include occasional exposure to dust, mold, and buildings with poorly controlled environments. Some travel to other facilities and museums, as well as to training and professional meetings is required. Travel for occasional field projects or incident response may include exposure to a variety of outdoor environments and hazards.
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.
A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this position. A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your rating.
Candidates who apply under Competitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are highly qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Best qualified candidates will be referred if all required supporting documentation has been provided.
Candidates who apply under Noncompetitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are minimally qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Qualified candidates will be referred if all required supporting documentation has been provided.
You will be evaluated on the following competencies:
The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 01/17/2025.
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.
Do not submit photographs with your application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.
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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 01/17/2025. You must provide documentation to support your claim for each eligibility selected. Please review the required documentation listed in the eligibilities language to ensure you submit the appropriate information. Note: You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities that you selected and provided the appropriate supporting documentation.
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