About This Role
Supervising the archival, record, and program management functions of the Navy Archives is the core of this role. This includes operational archives, ship and aviation history, photo archives, and the Freedom of Information Act Office. The position involves professional development, policy development, and oversight of collection processing.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for overall archival, record, and program management functions of the Navy Archives, including operational archives, ships history, aviation history, photo archives, and the Freedom of Information Act Office
- Facilitate professional development of Supervisory Archivists and other archival and government information staff in areas of archival principles and theory
- Develop objectives, policy, and guidance for, and maintain oversight of, the Navy's Command Operations Report program
- Provide general oversight of archival and manuscript collection processing through direct management and supervision of the Archives Branch Processing Supervisory Archivist
- Perform a full range of supervisory duties
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in archival science or a 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 a combination of education and experience: at least 30 semester hours that included courses as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education
- At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector
- Specialized experience must demonstrate some or all of the following duties:
- Preparing annual program requirements review documentation, annual budgets, quarterly budget updates, and budget execution
- Performing work involving professional knowledge of archival principles and techniques, comprehensive knowledge of the history of the Department of the Navy, and a thorough understanding of needs, methods, and techniques of research and analysis
- Providing general oversight of archival and manuscript collection processing through direct management and supervision
- Creating, analyzing, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining all related archival databases that document classified materials
- Managing an Archival Document or Federal Records Repository, including directing teams that conduct accessioning, preserving, organizing, de-accessioning, and transferring operations
Important Details
- Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States
