HISTORIAN

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The primary purpose of this position is to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of an identified high-potential, mid-level manager/executive, while contributing support to the mission and function of the Air Force. It is not a continuing position and assignment duration is strictly NTE 36 months Duties

DUTY 1

Performs Career Broadening assignments involved in Program Management, Strategic Planning, and Air Staff Action Officer Operations for the Air Force History and Museums Program Office (AF/HO). Serves as a Career Broadener responsible for independent planning, executing, and evaluating comprehensive program initiatives supporting the Air Force History and Museums Program at the Air Staff level. Formulates and implements enterprise-wide strategies, policies, and guidance for Department of the Air Force (DAF) document collection, organization, and preservation to enhance operational readiness and historical preservation. Directs and coordinates highly complex administrative and mission-support functions, serving as the primary point of contact for AF/HO Organizational Change Requests (OCR), manpower management, and force structure issues. Analyzes organizational efficiency and develops systemic plans, policies, and procedures to implement a robust internal self-inspection program. Acts as the principal Action Officer for Headquarters Department of the Air Force (HQ DAF) level issues, preparing executive-level briefings, correspondence, and staff packages for senior leadership.

DUTY 2

Conduct Historical Research and Produce Scholarly Works Supporting DAF and DoW Strategic Objectives. Serves as a technical authority and Career Broadener directing highly complex historical research and strategic analysis for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Employs advanced historiographic methods to independently plan, conduct, and publish classified and unclassified long-range studies, full-length monographs, and special analytical reports supporting DAF and DoW strategic objectives. Engages senior leaders, Congressional staff, Combatant Commanders, and subject-matter experts to extract essential information, clarify operational context, and document the evolution of major policies and missions. Translates complex military operations in peace and war into actionable historical analysis used by senior Air Force officials to develop, evaluate, or modify enterprise policies. Directs historical studies concerning the conservation and interpretation of sites holding major political, economic, and cultural significance. Formulates strategic plans to optimize internal AF/HO operations by evaluating document flow, IT capabilities, and researcher requirements, presenting organizational plans directly to the Director, AF/HO. Manages internal quality control by verifying metrics, performing rigorous self-inspections, and presenting comprehensive reports with proposed corrective actions to Agency leadership. Represents the AF/HO as a recognized subject matter expert, serving on high-level panels, including judging the annual DAF History and Museum Program awards.

DUTY 3

Performs Career Broadening assignments involved with developing a strategic vision for the implementation of emerging technologies for Air Force History and Museums Program. Serves as the principal technology advisor and Career Broadener responsible for developing, coordinating, and executing the strategic vision for emerging technology integration across the Air Force History and Museums Program. Formulates and executes a comprehensive, long-range digital roadmap that aligns history and museum technologies with Department of the Air Force (DAF) modernization priorities. Drafts, coordinates, and distributes enterprise-wide policy and operational guidance governing the deployment, security, and utilization of digital platforms and emerging technologies across all Air Force history offices. Advises senior Air Force leadership and AF/HO officials on technology adoption risks, opportunities, and infrastructure investments. Leads periodic quantitative and qualitative analytical assessments of the Agency's web-base information services and digital repositories. Designs and implements robust feedback loops, metadata criteria, and statistical models to evaluate customer experience, platform usability, and information delivery effectiveness. Synthesizes complex technical metrics into executive-level reports and briefings for the Director, AF/HO, outlining strategic recommendations to continuously improve system reach, security, and interface efficiency.

DUTY 4

Carries out special projects and assignments designed specifically to meet the career broadening intent of the position. Carries out highly complex, non-routine special projects and staff assignments designed specifically to meet the developmental and career-broadening intent of the position. Represents the strategic concerns of the Department of the Air Force and AF/HO at Department-wide decision forums, steering groups, interagency committees, and professional conferences.Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Professional and Scientific Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: I have one year of GS-12 specialized experience that has equipped me with the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, the specialized experience must have been at the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the federal service. Specialized experience includes identified, selected and organized primary and secondary historical documents for a complex military historical project; planned historical research based on comprehensive knowledge of Air Force or military historical sources; conducted thorough research in files, repositories, archives and library collections to answer inquiries, write studies, or assist leadership; collected, safeguard and interpreted high tech data and write detailed analyses of same for periodic histories or historical articles; maintained classified holdings, and have written detailed histories from these sources consistent with all administrative requirements; written documented and well-edited historical manuscripts subject to peer review, higher echelon review, or academic boards; and prepared historical reports and briefings for other agencies to provide historical analysis and perspective for ongoing and future operations.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Applicants must have served at least 52 weeks at the GS-12 or higher grade (or equivalent in an alternate pay system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Knowledge of professional historical principles, concepts, methodology, and techniques including historical and organizational research.
2. Knowledge and general understanding of federal government history programs and current operations, policies, programs, and activities.
3. Knowledge of U.S. history, the history of air power, and/or military aerospace history.
4. Skill and ability to perform extensive historical research in a wide variety of sources, critically evaluate sources of information, and establish validity of historical facts.
5. Ability to maintain good working relations with officials from a variety of organizations, historians in subordinate offices, co-workers, contractors, scholarly colleagues, editors, researchers, and the public.
6. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Eligible applicants: Air Force Employee (Current Permanent Competitive Service Career/Career-Conditional Employee and Current Permanent AF DCIPS Employees with Reinstatement Rights to the Competitive Service)

Area of Consideration is limited to current permanent internal Air Force employees currently serving in the History & Museum career field. All other candidates will be outside the area of consideration.

This assignment is temporary and limited in duration to 36 months. This vacancy announcement is for one formal career broadening opportunity in the History & Museum. The organizational location of this position is Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C. How you will be evaluated IAW EO 14170 and The Chance to Compete Act of 2024 the Structured Resume Review will be conducted by the Hiring Manager or a designated Subject Matter Expert. The review utilizes the Structured Resume Review Tool to assess applicant resumes against the established minimum qualification requirements for the position, ensuring consistency, transparency, and merit-based evaluation. Your application package-including your resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire-will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking. Please follow all instructions carefully, as errors or omissions may impact your rating or consideration for employment.

Your responses to the questionnaire may be compared to the documents you submit. The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "insufficient information" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.

Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.

APPRAISALS/AWARDS: Hiring Managers use objective methods and consider previous performance appraisals and awards in the selection process. Current Federal Civilian employees should list any relevant performance related rating and/or awards in your resume. How to apply The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/10/2026.

To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13106525

To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the application questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Application button at the end of the process.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent will be reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the latest timestamp.

• Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and private sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. Additional information on how to complete or update your resume may be located here.
• For qualification determination your resume must contain hours worked per week and dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume.
• Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy.
• Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume.

2. A complete Application Questionnaire
3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name.
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Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant. Other information PCS restrictions: An employee selected to make a PCS to a Career Broadening assignment is restricted from making a second PCS for 12 months

Defense National Relocation Program may or may not be authorized

Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

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