Archives Technician

Summary

This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. The incumbent performs non-professional, quasi-professional, and technical work that supports access to archival holdings and physical and intellectual control over records. The work encompasses the full range of archival support services.

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Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-07. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

As an Archives Technician, you will:

• Provide written and oral "first-line" reference assistance and consultation, responding to all forms of inquiry concerning NARA's broad range of archival holdings, in original or surrogate format, by using complex finding aid systems and related archival sources, in both electronic and analog formats.
• Pull and refile records according to NARA policies and procedures.
• Review information about records prior to making them available to researchers, ensuring that access restrictions are being followed.
• Independently monitor the use of records by the public and address customer usage that threatens the safety of records or limits access.
• Participate in the digitization efforts of archival holdings for public access following broad NARA guidance and procedures.
  
  

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

If you do not meet any of the categories listed above, you may wish to apply under announcement DE-12478379-24-DW, which is open for any U.S. citizen to apply. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

• A one year probationary period may be required.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation.
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
• Physical demands may include climbing caster-equipped step ladders, moving heavy carts of records, and handling boxes of records stored up to 15 feet above the floor and typically weighing up to 50 pounds, occasionally more. The work may also demand considerable standing, walking, stooping, bending and lifting.
  
  

Key Requirements:

• Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."
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• Must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.
  
  

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience for the GS-07 grade level is defined as one year of experience at the GS-06 grade level, or equivalent, that is typically in or related to the position and which equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience:

• Using judgement and analysis to determine the proper course of action and steps needed to accomplish an assignment; AND
• Performing archival or related functions (Examples may include monitoring, pulling and refiling records, reference, arrangement and description, and/or holdings maintenance); AND
• Communicating and assisting various audiences.
  
  

Specialized Experience for the GS-06 grade level is defined as one year of experience at the GS-05 grade level, or equivalent, that is typically in or related to the position and which equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience:

• Performing archival or related functions (Examples may include monitoring, pulling and refiling records, reference, arrangement and description, and/or holdings maintenance); AND
• Communicating and assisting various audiences.
  
  

In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable (as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F):

For the GS-07, you must have been at the GS-06level for 52 weeks.

For the GS-06, you must have been at the GS-05level for 52 weeks.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
• This announcement may be used to fill like positions in other organizations within the National Archives and Records Administration.
• This is a bargaining unit position, AFGE Council 260.
• We offer opportunities for telework, per Agency policy.
• The schedule for this position is straight 8 hour days Monday - Friday.
  
  

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