Archeologist
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Overview
Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
11/05/2021 to 11/12/2021
Salary
$25.60 – $25.60 per hour
Pay scale & grade
GS 9
Locations
Few vacancies in the following locations:
Dolores, CO
Spearfish, SD
Douglas, WY
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Temporary
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0193 Archeology
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Announcement number
22-TEMP3-R2-2271-9DT-EW
Control number
620683600
Summary
Duties
Requirements
How you will be evaluated
Required documents
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Summary
This position is located within a National Forest. The primary purpose of this position is responsible for inventory, evaluation, and advice on heritage and cultural resource management, including determination of effects of projects on cultural resources and recommended mitigation.
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The public
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Duties
Provides advice on identification and management of Heritage and Cultural Resources Program, including development of immediate objectives, integration with resource activities, and establishment of priorities.
Assists in ensuring integration with heritage and cultural resource activities and establishment of priorities. Organizes, supervises, or directly performs inventory of areas.
The Heritage and Cultural Resource Program covers one or more resource areas, such as the protection of historic and pre-historic properties and artifacts.
Coordinates the budget and project plan of work for the unit’s archeological and cultural activities within the NF unit. Designs inventory strategies as part of the land use planning process based on Forest-wide priorities and needs.
Work includes preparation of maps, inventories, reports, and records related to the discovery, protection, inventory, salvage, and interpretation of heritage and cultural resource areas.
Reviews reports as part of project planning to evaluate the quality of the inventory, the completeness of the report, and the significance of heritage or cultural sites found.
Prepares determinations of effect for such projects identified during project inventories. Recommends mitigation procedures. Determines eligibility of historical properties for the National Register of Historic Places.
Provides heritage and cultural resource management orientation to Forest Service personnel on statutes, regulations and purpose of work to be performed.
Interprets heritage and cultural resources to the public and professional contacts through presentations at visitor facilities, professional journals, etc.
Develops contract specifications for heritage and cultural resource work and as delegated, acts as COR or inspector on such contracts.
Assists in developing and carrying out projects related to stewardship enhancement and public interpretation of heritage and cultural resources, such as partnership agreements and site steward programs.
Interprets heritage and cultural resources to public and professional contacts through presentations at professional conferences, visitor facilities, professional journals, etc.
Ensures program data for documentation submission including contracts, National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility criteria, legal documents to fulfill programmatic requirements, and internal reports.
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