Summary What General Information Do I Need to Know About This Position? Salary is dependent upon the associated duty station which will be determined upon hire. You may look up salary listed on these locality tables OPM Locality Pay Tables based on these Locality Pay Area Definitions. NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. Responsibilities As an Interdisciplinary Federal Preservation Officer within the Office of Management Services, some of your specific duties will include: Oversee and manage all programs related to historic preservation including the protection of federal historic properties and assets and developing and implementing metrics and performance evaluations and prepare specialized reports and analyses to assess program effectiveness, impacts, and compliance, ensuring effective coordination with federal agencies, bureau offices, and both internal and external stakeholders. Interpret and apply historic preservation laws and guidelines, including Section 106, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the Secretary of the Interior's standards, ensuring compliance and effective policy development while coordinating with State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs), tribal governments, and other stakeholders to address these requirements across facilities management, environmental programs, and historic preservation initiatives. Provide expert technical briefings, prepare detailed memoranda and reports, and respond to inquiries from Congressional officials, Department of the Interior (DOI) officials, Bureau officials, state and local governments, tribal representatives, and other external entities to support historic preservation and policy development. Evaluate and present divergent and potentially controversial professional opinions on historic preservation and cultural resource programs, make informed judgments on related matters, define feasible policy options, and assess their potential impacts while ensuring alignment with Department of the Interior (DOI) and Bureau strategies including facilities and environmental management and maintaining effective communication with various stakeholders. Act as a subject matter expert and liaison for facilities projects, preservation efforts, and other initiatives by evaluating historical significance, ensuring compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and historical programs, and applying expertise in architectural principles, engineering standards, and facilities management to support project management teams, provide training, and maintain effective relationships with federal agencies, state and local authorities, tribal entities, and professional organizations. Operate a government owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver. Requirements Conditions of Employment Key Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation. Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period. More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information. Selectee must provide a valid state driver's license & safe driving record. Are There Any Special Requirements For This Position? This vacancy is limited to the first 30 applications received and will close at midnight Eastern Time on the day this application limit is reached regardless of the closing date specified in this vacancy announcement. Any application received prior to midnight Eastern Time of the day the application limit is reached will be accepted and considered. You are strongly encouraged to submit all required supporting documents at the time of application should the vacancy close earlier than stated in this announcement due to the applicant limit being reached. Supporting documents will not be accepted once the vacancy announcement closes. You will be required to operate a government-owned or leased vehicle in the performance of your official duties. Applicants for this position must meet the following requirements:(1) possess a valid State license, and (2) possess a safe driving record. If selected, you will be required to provide proof of a valid State license & a copy of your driving record. Because this position requires travel for official business, the selectee will be required to apply for a charge card within 30 calendar days of appointment. Individuals who have delinquent account balances from a previous Government charge card will be required to satisfy their existing obligation before a new card can be issued. A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Qualifications Definitions: EXPERIENCE: One year of work experience is twelve months working full-time (at least 35-40 hours per week). Part-time experience can be pro-rated (i.e., a year at 20 hours per week is credited as 6 months of experience). If your position consisted of mixed duties, experience credit is given for the percentage of time that you spent on qualifying duties (i.e., if you held a position for 2 years, full-time, consisting of 25% personnel work and 75% budget work, and then applied for a budget position you could calculate your experience as follows: 2 yrs = 24 months. 24 months x 75% [percentage of time spent on budget duties] = 18 months of qualifying experience.) EDUCATION: One year of full-time academic study is 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business or technical school. This education must have been successfully completed and obtained in an accredited business, technical school, college or university for which high school graduation, or the equivalent was a prerequisite. GRADUATE EDUCATION: In the absence of specific graduate program information, a year of graduate education is 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours of graduate level college course work, or the number of credit hours the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. Basic Requirement for Archaeology series, 0193: Applicants must meet the requirements outlined in either A, B, or C below to satisfy the basic requirements for the Archaeology series, all grade levels. A. A Degree that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: History of archeology. Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa. Regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development. Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques. Archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work. **AND Six semester hours of related course work in: Geography, geology, or cultural geography; History, historiography, or historical archeology; Environmental studies; Scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or Surveying; **AND Archeological field school. Related Curriculum: degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements in A.1 (including archeological field school). **OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. **OR C. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher-grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project. Basic Requirements for Architect, GS-0808: Applicants must meet the requirements outlined in either A or B below to satisfy the basic requirements Architect, all grade levels. A. Possess a degree in architecture, or related field which includes 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines and includes as a minimum: (1) 30 semester hours in architectural design: and (2) 6 semester hours in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. **OR B. Possess a combination of education in arts and sciences underlying professional architecture and experience in design and construction or improvement of buildings AND one of the following: (1) degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to an architecture degree; OR (2) One year of experience performing architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. For GS-13: In addition to the basic education requirements as stated above, applicants must have one year of appropriate professional experience that is equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience may include serving as a Federal Preservation Officer (FPO) overseeing facilities projects and safeguarding cultural and historic resources. This role requires compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) which mandates that each federal agency establish a historic preservation program for identifying and protecting historic properties. Applicants must demonstrate experience in overseeing Section 106 compliance, coordinating with the Environmental branch and other programs, and integrating preservation considerations into project planning. Additionally, familiarity with professional qualification standards outlined in the Federal Register, Vol. 48, No. 190, pp. 44716-44717 (September 30, 1983). Experience engaging with stakeholders and preservation authorities to document and preserve historic structures during renovation projects is also required. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement. Education 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. Foreign Education: Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.usgs.gov/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs Additional Information Other Information: Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Under Executive Order 11935, only United States citizens and nationals (residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) may compete for civil service jobs. Agencies are permitted to hire non-citizens only in very limited circumstances where there are no qualified citizens available for the position. USGS employees are subject to Title 43, USC Section 31(a) and may not: (a) have any personal, private, direct or indirect interest in lands or mineral wealth of lands under survey; (b) have any substantial personal, private, direct or indirect interests in any private mining or mineral enterprise doing business with the United States; or (c) execute surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations. The application contains information subject to the Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579, 5 USC 552a). The information is used to determine qualifications for employment, and is authorized under Title 5, USC, Section 3302 and 3361. DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify. The Department of the Interior (DOI) places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Agency Benefits: USGS has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework in accordance with the DOI Telework policy and with supervisor approval. The official worksite for the selectee is the duty station identified in this vacancy announcement. The selectee will typically report to this duty location on a regular and recurring weekly basis. For additional information on our internal telework policy, please reference the Department of the Interior Telework Handbook at: https://www.doi.gov/telework/policies. Working for the U.S. Geological Survey offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; health, life, dental, vision, and long term care insurance, flexible spending accounts, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.