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 🔗Architectural Historian

  • Full Time
  • Norfolk, VA
  • $88,183 - $114,634 USD / Year
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Norfolk District, Planning & Policy Branch
  • Job Summary: Serves as Architectural Historian, as defined in 36CFR800 and 36CFR61. Responsible for identification, evaluation, and treatment of historic structures and buildings to ensure District compliance with NHPA, Section 106 on Civil Works Projects.
  • Job Qualifications:

    Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1). Serving as a technical expert in the identification, evaluation, and treatment of historic buildings and structures. 2). Experience resolving a variety of conventional architectural history problems, questions, or situations; 3). Experience providing a broad array of professional historic preservation services related to studies, surveys, and inventories of historic buildings, sites, and landscapes. 4). Experience in historic architecture, utilizing the principles, theories, practices, and techniques necessary to perform projects including field inventory and recordation, integrity and condition assessments of historic structures, and report writing, and technically review. 5). Experience managing all aspects of projects to conclusion and in compliance with National Historic Preservation Act, National Environmental Policy Act, or other laws, regulations, and policy is preferred. 6). At least two years of full-time experience in research, writing, or teaching in American architectural history or restoration architecture with an academic institution, historical organization or agency, museum, or other professional institution and/or Substantial contribution through research and publication to the body of scholarly knowledge in the field of American architectural history.

    The preferred candidate will have a graduate degree in architectural history, art history, historic preservation, or closely related field with coursework in American architectural history OR a bachelor’s degree in architectural history, art history, historic preservation or closely related field plus one of the following:

    1. At least two years of full-time experience in research, writing, or teaching in American architectural history or restoration architecture with an academic institution, historical organization or agency, museum, or other professional institution; or

    2. Substantial contribution through research and publication to the body of scholarly knowledge in the field of American architectural history.”

  • How to Apply:

    USAJOBS – Job Announcement

  • Contact Name: Zach Martin
  • Application Email: Zachary.Martin@usace.army.mil
  • Application URL: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/803592800
  • Application Phone #: 757-201-7210

Website U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Serves as senior technical specialist for assigned projects, managing all aspects of projects to conclusion and in compliance with National Historic Preservation Act, National Environmental Policy Act, or other laws, regulations, and policy.
  • Conducts historic structures surveys as a project delivery team member to identify resources within an interdisciplinary setting.
    Performs literature, library, and file research to compile existing environmental, historical, architectural, or other cultural resources information.
  • Develops and implements Historic Property Management Plans for conservation management of identified historic properties for Corps projects or other agency clients.
  • Collaborate with economists, planners, engineers, biologists, real estate specialists, and project managers on defining costs, feasibility, and impacts of project alternatives to historic structures.
  • Serve as a staff expert in addressing historic structures and buildings concerns related to Corps civil works and military programs.
  • Serve as a technical expert in the identification, evaluation, and treatment of historic buildings and structures
  • Supports Section Chief with and/or serve in District Environmental Justice Coordinator role
  • Assignments require resolving a variety of conventional problems, questions, or situations.
  • Maintain knowledge of historic architecture, and the principles, theories, practices, and techniques necessary to perform projects