Historian

Joint Activities; Fort Bragg (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Joint Activities seeks a Historian to serve at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The role involves managing historical archives, researching data for publications and briefings, and documenting findings using both electronic and physical archival systems.

The position requires meeting specific DoD eligibility categories and a Bachelor's degree in history or related fields with sufficient history coursework, plus relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in history (or related field) with at least 18 semester hours in history.
• Combination of education and experience: major in history with at least 18 semester hours in history plus relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage a historical archive program for the assigned organization.
• Research historical data to incorporate in products for publication and briefings.
• Utilize an electronic and hard copy archival system to document historical information.
• Identify trends in historical findings that relate to operational programs.

Education

Bachelor's degree in history or related field with at least 18 semester hours in history

Combination of Education and Experience: courses equivalent to a major in history with 18 semester hours in history plus experience

Job description

About the Position: Serves as a Historian for the Joint Activities Command located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Who May Apply

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program
• DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician
• Eligible Priority Placement Program
• DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program
• DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech
• Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program
• DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Historian

• Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history.
• OR Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in history, or a major in a related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience

• One year of specialized experience which includes managing a historical archive program for an assigned organization;
• researching historical data to incorporate in products for publication and briefings;
• utilizing an electronic and hard copy archival system to document historical information;
• and identifying trends in historical findings that relate to operational programs.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).