HISTORIAN

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.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Mobility agreement MUST be signed
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). A non-disclosure agreement must be signed.
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• PCS cost will be paid IAW Career Broadening Policy under this agreement.
• Career Broadening positions are managed by AFPC/DPZ and are centrally funded.
• Positions are established specifically to provide developmental experience designed to broaden the skills and/or enhance the leadership perspective of a high-potential, mid-level manager.
• Career Broadening also provides training and developmental opportunities at various organizational levels.
• These assignments offer the qualified candidate a unique assignment in that the candidates brings certain experience to the assignment while gaining new experiences in a different work environment
• TEMPORARY PROMOTION: If the position is filled as a temporary promotion, upon completion of the career broadening assignment, the temporary promotion may lead to permanent promotion without further competition
• This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing.
• Travel by regularly scheduled commercial or military conveyances IAW Joint Travel Regulations may be required in performance of TDY
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft/vehicle to conferences, meetings, or functions away from the duty office/location. Travel may include overnight stays.
• Normal duty may require the incumbent to travel between Joint Base Annacostia-Bolling AFB, Pentagon and various National Capitol Region offices.

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.

Additional 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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