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 🔗Historian or Architectural Historian

  • Full Time
  • California
  • $70,000.00 to $85,000.00 USD / Year
  • Job Qualifications:
    • BA or MA in History, or BA or MA Historic Preservation, Architectural History, Art History, or Heritage Conservation
    • Meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards in Architectural History or History
    • Minimum five (5) years’ experience as an architectural historian with a consulting company or government agency
    • Experience applying the NRHP criteria required, CRHR criteria preferred
    • Experience applying the NRHP bulletin series to evaluations
    • Demonstrated archival research and writing skills
    • Ability to describe architectural resources utilizing terminology appropriate to this discipline
    • Experience assessing effects/impacts in compliance with NHPA required; CEQA preferred
    • Prior work experience in California preferred
    • Experience preparing CA DPR forms and applying CEQA preferred
    • Experience evaluating water-related resources such as canal systems is preferred
    • Experience evaluating resources in other west coasts states is a plus, but not required
    • Perform efficiently in a team environment
    • Strong communication, organization, and time management skills
    • Reliable personal vehicle is required
    • Some travel is required primarily throughout southern CA, with occasional overnight trips (1-2 nights per month on average)
  • How to Apply:

    Please apply by sending cover letter, resume and a writing sample demonstrating your ability to evaluate historic properties to jobs@asmaffiliates.com

  • Job benefits: • Competitive salary that is commensurate with skills and experience • Group medical, dental, and vision after waiting period (if eligibility requirements are met) • Company provided life insurance • Paid vacation and sick time, plus up to 11 paid holidays per year • 401k matching • Quarterly bonus plan participation • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) • Annual attendance at conferences such as CPF, SAH, VAF, or AEP
  • Contact Name: Shannon Davis
  • Application Address: 2034 Corte Del Nogal Carlsbad, CA 92011

Website ASM Affiliates

ASM is a 100% employee-owned company with nearly 50 years of experience as a cultural resource management (CRM) consulting firm. We specialize in architectural history, history, archaeology and environmental regulatory compliance services for federal, state, and local agencies and private proponents throughout California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii.

ASM Affiliates (ASM) has an immediate opening for a full-time Historian or Architectural Historian to be based in any of our California offices (Sacramento, Bakersfield, Pasadena, or Carlsbad). We are seeking a FT (30-40 hours per week) candidate with more than 5 years of experience, preferably with some experience evaluating water-related resources. Be part of our dedicated team of Architectural Historians and Historians who enjoy collaborating on our work.  Further your career with mentorship from our Director of Architectural History—a former Historian at the National Register of Historic Places with more than 25 years of experience in the field of historic preservation. Work at a small company where we are able to pursue a wide variety of projects, rather than having to specialize in one type of resource or report type. ASM’s Architectural Historians have the opportunity to travel throughout the west coast but we are also firmly dedicated to a work-life balance and flexible working hours. We also support continued education by sending you to one conference annually.

As an Architectural Historian, you will be expected to perform efficiently and independently in a fast-paced environment. You will also be expected to work with minimal supervision under the direction of the Director of Architectural History and to collaborate with other historians on the team. Project work may include the following: documentation and recordation of historic properties; architectural surveys; historic context development, CRHR and NRHP evaluations; and impacts/effects determinations in compliance with CEQA and Section 106 of the NHPA, as well as local regulations. The position will support all of our offices, but especially our offices in Carlsbad, Pasadena, Bakersfield and Sacramento,  with potential travel opportunities throughout the west coast including Hawaii. A positive attitude will best enable the historian to succeed in ASM’s collaborative work environment and develop mutually beneficial relationships with co-workers, clients, subconsultants, and management.

 

ASM Affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify

Benefits

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Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must be
*at least 18 years old;
*no older than 30 years of age (or 35 years if a Veteran) when beginning the internship; applicants who are 31 or older (or 36 or older if a Veteran) are not eligible;
*currently enrolled in a degree-seeking academic program at the college level (or recently graduated within the past 12 months)
*be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident.

Interns are not allowed to work more than 1200 hours total in the program; previous interns must stay within this overall limit. The length of an internship can vary from 10 to 30 weeks if full-time (40 hours per week) or longer if on a part-time schedule. If selected, the exact starting date will be determined by you and the NPS supervisor. The stipend rate is $17.00 per hour unless otherwise listed.

The successful candidate is responsible for finding and paying for travel to and housing at the internship location; some exceptions apply. The supervising office may be able to assist in locating housing but it is ultimately up to the individual accepting the internship to find accommodation.

The National Council requires all interns working in-person at Federal facilities and/or with Federal employees receive the Covid-19 vaccination. Please be advised that you may also be required to wear a mask, depending on the protocols adopted by your work site. Also be aware that, due to Government-wide security requirements, a background check will be required if you are selected for a position. This will include providing information about recent housing and employment history. The position supervisor will have more information about these requirements and procedures at the time of hiring. You may direct any questions to NCPE's Internship Program Director, Julee Johnson, at manager@preservenet.org.

Please note that interns are not NCPE or NPS employees. Stipends are academic awards and taxes are not withheld, nor are social security contributions made on your behalf. These funds may be taxable, however, so consult a tax preparation professional if you have questions.

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