Archivist

Duties

Summary

This position is located in the Office of the Commissioner (OC), Office of External Affairs , Operations Staff, History office in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The incumbent will carry out assignments involving documentation, preservation of FDA history; protecting records and ensuring proper storage; development of substantial descriptive products intended to enable discovery and use of analogue and electronic records.

Requirements

Qualifications

The position of Archivist falls under the 1420 occupational series. To qualify for this position at grade GS-11/12, you must meet all requirements by 11:59 pm EST on 07/16/2024. Basic Requirements A) 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- B) Combination of education and experience - at least 30 semester hours that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Minimum Qualifications: Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant 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. The specialized experience must demonstrate one year of full-time work experience, or the equivalent if part-time (for example, an employee working 20 hours per week for a 12-month period should be credited with 6 months of experience.) Experience may have been obtained in either the federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. GS-11: You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09, in the Federal service, which includes: managing the development of digital records management systems, policies and procedures for archival holdings; finding aids for the program to help manage records; contributing to planning permanent federal record preservation in electronic format. -OR- Have 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree -OR- A combination of specialized experience and education as described above that, when combined, equal 100% of the total requirement. GS-12: You must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11, in the Federal service, which includes: developing and/or establishing digital record management systems, policies and procedures for archival holdings; appraising the potential archival value of records; curating textual and multimedia records for digital preservation; recommending new approaches for disposition of records. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://secure.login.gov/, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Be sure that any uploaded documents you provide in your application are free of document security or compression which might render the document unreadable by our system. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

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