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 🔗Historic Resources Specialist – Architecture – Limited Service

  • Full Time
  • Temporary
  • Montpelier, VT
  • $28.16 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Division for Historic Preservation
  • Job Reference #: 51265
  • Job Summary: As a member of the Project Review Team, this position will work through the consultation process for both state and federal environmental activities resulting from development projects. Hybrid remote work schedule with two mandatory in office days.
  • Job Qualifications:

    Master’s degree in historic preservation or architectural history or a closely related field AND two (2) years of professional experience in historic preservation or related program administration and/or management.

  • How to Apply:

    If you would like to apply, all applications must be submitted via our online portal. Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail. Don’t hesitate to reach out with questions to Lindsay.Pacheco@vermont.gov.

  • Job benefits: Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, Life Insurance, FMLI, Tuition Reimbursement, Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Work is performed in both office and field settings. Work involves considerable stress stemming from a heavy workload performed under tight time constraints and working with applicants who do not understand and are not sympathetic to the review process. Work involves considerable mental demands including the concurrent review of many diverse projects. Some job-related travel is required for which private means of transportation must be available. Some sites may have difficult accessibility and require working outdoors alone in all weather conditions. Some evening and weekend work may be required.
  • Application URL: https://careers.vermont.gov/job/Montpelier-Historic-Resources-Specialist-Architecture-Limited-Service-VT-05601/1221736700/

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Preservation of Vermont’s historic resources is the primary initiative of the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation (VDHP). Serving as the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), VDHP plays an essential role in guiding the state’s historic preservation agenda, keeping hundreds of years of history alive and vital, engaging people of all walks in Vermont’s past through collecting, preserving and discovering a shared priority and value for the human spirit that preceded us.

The Historic Resources Specialist-Architecture is a member of the Historic Preservation Project Review Team, which is composed of archaeologists and architectural historians. The primary role of the Project Review Team is evaluation and consultation of state and federal environmental activities resulting from development projects. Each project is assessed for its effects on historic, architectural, and archaeological resources in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, Vermont State Historic Preservation Act, Act 250 Land Use and Development Laws, Public Utilities Commission, and other historic preservation and environmental legislation. The Architecture Specialist coordinates and prepares official SHPO responses, assessing affects, recommending mitigation or minimization efforts, conducts site visits, and supports programmatic agreements. The position requires working directly with property owners, developers and housing group project managers, state and federal partners, and community officials.

Attributes for a successful Architecture Specialist including ability to work and support project partners, understanding of the National Historic Preservation Act and Section 106, ability to work collaboratively to resolve project affects and identify paths for no adverse effects, and outstanding written and interpersonal skills with the ability to build/maintain relationships, provide consistent consultation, and establish credibility.