SUPERVISORY HISTORIAN
What you'd do
You will serve as a SUPERVISORY HISTORIAN of NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND.
Major duties
You will primarily be responsible for the training of new historians, tracking weekly pay and leave issues, making annual evaluations of employee work performance, and recommending personnel actions. You will work consistently to develop and oversee future research planning and execution. You will plan, research, and prepare original studies, monographs, briefings and booklets that furnish detailed historical background and perspective to current and historic Navy issues. You will assign, review, and sometimes provide section responses to historical inquiries. You will represent the Naval History and Heritage Command at historical meetings and conferences.
What you need to qualify
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying knowledge of U.S. naval and/or maritime history to include naval, nautical, and maritime terminology as well as naval and military technology and weapons, tactics, operations, and strategy; 2) Developing written products on U.S. naval history of the highest quality that articulate, interpret, and explain complex materials; 3) Utilizing scholarly research techniques to complete archival research and edit historical documents for a government agency; and 4) Applying knowledge of operations and activities of the Department of Navy to ensure proper functioning of government historical office. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/history-series-0170/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
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