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🔗Historic Architecture Specialist

Full Time
Helena, MT
Posted 11 months ago
$21.57 with $.50/hr. increase after 6 months. USD / Hour
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Department: Montana Historical Society
Job Summary: Project review under National Historic Preservation Act, State Antiquities Act, and Federal Rehab Tax Credit program; technical preservation outreach.
Job Qualifications:
The incumbent must have a master’s degree in historic preservation, a closely related field of study, or architecture degree. A minimum of two years full-time professional experience is ideal. Experience can include hands-on preservation work, construction project planning or management.
How to Apply:
Please apply at statecareers.mt.gov and attach your cover letter, resume, and answers to these three supplemental questions (limit 750 words each):

1. What guidance would you provide the owner of a National Register listed property whose plan for reducing a heating bill includes historic window replacement?

2. Describe the relevance of SHPOs and the Section 106 process.

3. Preservation advocates are challenging a developer who has produced an allegedly skewed engineering study to gain local government approval to demolish a landmark building. Advocates ask SHPO to take a stand against the developer. What would you do?
Contact Name: Pete Brown
Application Email: pebrown@mt.gov
Application URL: https://statecareers.mt.gov/
Application Phone #: 406-444-7718

Website Montana State Historic Preservation Office

The Montana Historical Society is Montana SHPO's parent agency.

· Provide guidance based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties to federal and state agencies, community historic preservation officers, and private property owners.

· Consult with federal agencies, their permittees, and grantees under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.

· Consult with state agencies under the Montana State Antiquities Act.

· Act as a liaison between the National Park Service and private property owners applying for Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credits.

· Negotiate the terms of agreements associated with state and federal undertakings.

· Evaluate properties for their National Register eligibility.

· Review and comment on historic structures reports, property records, interpretive material, feasibility studies, etc.

· Perform outreach to promote our office programs and preservation.

· Pursue independent projects that advance an understanding and appreciation of Montana’s cultural resources.

Job Listing 🔗Historic Architecture Specialist

Job Listing
🔗Historic Architecture Specialist