Assistant Historian

Crossroads Talent Solutions•Washington, VA

5d•$55,000 - $55,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position is an Assistant Historian in the Programs and Integration Division (PID), a division in the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Management (DUSN (M)). DUSN(M) is a directorate reporting to the Under Secretary of the Navy. The primary purpose of this position is to collaborate closely with the Secretariat Historian, helping develop, supporting and augmenting a variety of processes, products, and services.

Requirements

Ability to communicate extremely well in extemporaneous conversation and in writing.
Experience working in complex bureaucracies with multiple stakeholders.
Experience developing and implementing complicated and detailed plans for long range projects that demand coordinating inputs from multiple collaborators.
Knowledgeable and driven to remain up to date on features of MSO suite and other software. This will be vital for program management and information management responsibilities.
Must be able to carry light artifacts and small paintings.
Must obtain and maintain Secret Security clearance as a condition of employment.
Must maintain unescorted access to the Pentagon Reservation as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

The Secretariat Historian and their assistant/associate follow best practices of the museum community and working together, negotiating and implementing procedures meeting the needs of both museum professionals and tactfully meeting strategic communications needs of Secretariat leadership.
Likewise, they negotiate and implement procedures for collecting historic documents that comply with DRMD, security, legal, regulations; but at the same time meet the minimum organizational memory needs of the Secretariat.
This incumbent gathers information, identifies and analyzes issues, and builds useful systems and structures for more effective retention and use of resources and more efficient use/mining of Secretariat information.

Responsibilities

Develops detailed plans, tasks, milestones and schedules to ensure efficient and timely sequencing for collecting Secretariat history source documents to develop annual Secretariat history summaries.
Assists the Department of the Navy Secretariat Historian composing taskers to each political appointee’s office for annual history data call.
Independently enter tasker(s) into the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution (ETMS2), resolving questions (when appropriate), reviewing packages for completeness, tracking deadlines, devising and maintaining a catalog of in-house reference files.
Collaborates with the Directives and Records Management Division (DRMD), Secretariat Historian and the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) to retain, file, and/or archive elsewhere in compliance with DRMD and requirements, but also to meet the research needs of the Secretariat.
Supports art and artifact acquisition, borrowing, and responsible presentation in political appointees’ offices.
Supports managing E-ring display cases and other special exhibits as required.
Works closely with Secretariat Historian negotiating and instituting loans for special exhibits; collaborates and coordinates with DUSN (M) publications branch and Secretariat Historian (and/or other experts) to help all parties keep moving methodically toward completion of exhibit(s).
Develops improved system and/or database to catalog art and artifacts and organize history information for labels, tours, and publications.
Collaborates with Secretariat Historian instituting new history-related events, strategic communications surrounding events, coordinating with speakers, PID Events Team, PFPA, NHHC/NMMC, as appropriate.
Promotes the missions and values of military history commands, museums, and historical preservation work to encourage documenting today’s history.
Develops business and financing plans/POAMs, and folders with strategic communications for future events.
Collaborates and assists history commands and museums to build a publicly available Secretariat history website featuring artifacts on loan.
Provides history tours in absence and/or supports Secretariat Historian tours.
Performs other duties as assigned.