HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST 2 - ARCHAEOLOGIST

About the role

Historic Preservation Specialists perform professional cultural resource management activities in the form of statewide historic preservation efforts to ensure compliance with State and/or federal programs, laws, rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Recommend and conduct surveys of areas deemed priority due to development activities or a need for data;
• Conduct background literature searches to determine survey needs and properties anticipated, locating project areas, walking transects, identifying and recording cultural resource sites, developing plan maps of cultural resource sites, photographing buildings, sites and artifacts, describing the setting including geology, flora and fauna, landscape and streetscape;
• Develop contexts and aid in evaluating properties discovered.

Requirements

• Evaluate resources for National or State Register listing;
• Review for technical and substantive content nominations to the National and State Registers of Historic Places submitted by individuals and governmental agencies to ensure adequate documentation of resources and compliance with National and State Register standards;
• Edit and revise National and State Register nominations involving research with primary and secondary source material, writing, photographing, developing accurate legal descriptions of boundaries, and plotting locations on U.S.G.S. topographical maps;
• Provide recommendations regarding suitability of nominations to the State Board of Museums and History.

Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited university in archeology, anthropology, architectural history, art history, history, historic preservation, cultural geography or related field and one year of professional experience in research, writing, or teaching American architectural history, restoration architecture, history, art history, or historic preservation with an academic institution; working for a professional historic preservation consulting firm or a Federal, state, or local entity performing historic preservation work in archaeological research, architectural history, history, or historic preservation; or managing and/or maintaining cultural resource databases to include the digitization of GIS data, data validation and normalization, and resolution of duplicates;
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in architectural history, history, art history, anthropology, historic preservation or closely related field and two years of professional experience as described above;
• One year of experience as a Historic Preservation Specialist I level in Nevada State service;
• An equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Skills

• Working knowledge of: preservation and conservation technology to assess the condition of sites and structures and recommend appropriate action.
• General knowledge of: regulations and laws affecting historic, architectural and archaeological sites; federal and other State agencies’ procedures as they relate to historic preservation laws and regulations; National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, particularly Section 106 and its implementing regulations 36 CFR 800; functions of federal and State agencies in relation to historic preservation laws and regulations.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance programs for employees and their dependents/family are offered through the Public Employees’ Benefits Program (PEBP).
• Vacation: Accrual of three weeks of annual leave each year.
• Sick Leave: Accrual of three weeks of sick leave each year.
• Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.
• Retirement: Participation in the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
• Deferred Compensation: The State offers a voluntary Deferred Compensation Program.
• No Nevada state income tax.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Eligible due to public sector employment.
• Longevity Payments Eligibility: Employees who have received a performance rating of “standard” or better and have completed eight (8) or more years of continuous service are eligible for longevity pay.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

N/A