Job Summary

You will serve as a LIBRARIAN-ARCHIVIST in the NAVY DEPARTMENT LIBRARY of NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND.

Job Description

GS-11: 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-09 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 a comprehensive knowledge of library functions to modify standard library practices, precedents and techniques; adapt computer systems; or make significant departures from previous approaches to similar problems or projects to solve a variety of information access, dissemination and preservation problems; 2) Applying principles, concepts, and methodology of cataloging policies and procedures that enable access to a specialized collection of materials; 3) Locating information related to naval maritime and military history from a wide variety of published and unpublished sources and electronic databases; 4) Assisting in cataloging of difficult material, sometimes requiring considerable knowledge of naval, maritime, military and American history and the social sciences; and 5) Creating specialized bibliographies (subjects, serials, cruise books, rare books, maps, and audiovisuals). GS-09: 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-07 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 basic principles, concepts, and methodology of cataloging policies and procedures; 2) Assisting with locating information related to naval maritime and military history from a wide variety of published and unpublished sources and electronic databases; 3) Assisting senior staff in cataloging material; and 4) Annotating bibliographies on specific subjects and compiling the information packages. 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/1400/librarian-series-1410/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1400/archivist-series-1420/ 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.