Archivist

About the role

The incumbent serves in an organizational unit within one of the program offices under the Chief Operating Officer, protecting records and ensuring their proper storage, conservation, and reproduction; application of restrictions on records; and creating substantial descriptive products intended to enable discovery and use of records.

Responsibilities

• Cook up digitization efforts of archival holdings for public access and permanent retention following broad NARA guidance and procedures.
• Prepare records for digitization. Assignments include assessing and preparing textual and microform holdings for scanning using the full spectrum of available technology.
• Identify, capture, and document metadata; including interpreting complex descriptive standards and assisting others in applying them.
• Perform quality control of digital surrogates; and prepare digital surrogates for upload to approved storage and to the National Archives Catalog.
• Cooperate with preservation and conservation staff to establish priorities and recommend appropriate treatment solutions in accordance guideline.

Requirements

• Must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.
• Public Trust background investigation will be required.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in archival science or bachelor's degree with a major that includes 18 semester hours in archival science, history and/or in political science or government, and 12 semester hours in one or any combination of the following: archival science, history, American civilization, economics, political science, public administration, or government; OR Combination of education and experience - at least 30 semester hours that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

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