Supervisory Exhibits Specialist
What you'd do
You will serve as a Supervisory Exhibits Specialist with the Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC). The HPTC is dedicated to the safe preservation and maintenance of national parks or partner facilities by demonstrating leadership, delivering quality preservation services, and developing educational events that fulfill the competency requirements of employees in the fields of Historic Preservations Skills and Crafts, Risk Management, Maintenance and Planning, Design, and Construction.
Major duties
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Provide direct supervision of employees in HPTC's Intermountain Region Hub Location who perform work associated with multi-year, multi-million dollar funded construction projects. Function as an expert in historic preservation performing a variety of technical and consultative services that support HPTC's mission, programs, operations and activities. Draft, review, and approve contract documents. Participate in program planning and development efforts as well as advocating positions on proposals related to HPTC services. Direct and supervise a staff of Exhibits Specialists, Wage Grade Leaders and employees and other HPTC employees.
What you need to qualify
Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 08/18/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Basic Educational Requirement AND Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. Basic Educational Requirements: In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position, you must meet at least one of the following: A. Degree: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- illustrative design, commercial art, fine arts, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, or other fields related to the position. You must submit transcripts. -OR- B. Specialized Experience: Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position. This includes work in the appropriate field, e.g., design, modelmaking, art, taxidermy, or restoration. -AND- To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level: Specialized Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: 1) Supervising of General Service (GS), Wage Grade (WG) and other employees who perform the trade work on preservation and or maintenance projects; 2) Serving as an historic preservation expert and/or project manager performing planning, design, and construction of historic structures and material; 3) Performing historic preservation work involving types of designed and rustic architecture or, historical landscapes, historic roads, bridges, and other roadside features; 4) Establishing historic restoration project requirements and priorities and developing strategies for long term goals for historic preservation.. You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: 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.
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