Federal Historian and Cultural Resources Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton•Alexandria, VA

8h•$77,600 - $176,000•Onsite

About The Position

Serve as a Federal Historian and Cultural Resources Specialist supporting historical research, institutional knowledge preservation, archival management, and federal cultural resources compliance. Research complex historical questions using government records, oral histories, archival collections, and other authoritative primary and secondary sources. Develop official agency histories, commemorative publications, policy background papers, briefings, and other historical products for internal leaders, congressional stakeholders, oversight bodies, and public audiences. Conduct verbal history interviews with veterans, government officials, subject-matter experts, and community members using established archival recording, documentation, and transcription protocols. Support reviews of federal undertakings for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, document findings, and contribute to advising and cultural resources management activities. Apply archival standards to appraise, arrange, describe, digitize, catalog, and preserve historical records. Use metadata standards and digital collection management practices to ensure the long-term discoverability, accessibility, and retention of agency records. Work independently on complex historical and cultural resources assignments, exercise sound professional judgment, and communicate defensible findings to senior leaders and external stakeholders.

Requirements

Experience conducting verbal history interviews using established archival recording, documentation, and transcription protocols
Experience supporting Section 106 reviews under the National Historic Preservation Act and documenting compliance findings
Experience appraising, arranging, describing, digitizing, cataloging, and preserving historical records using archival and metadata standards
Experience presenting complex historical findings to agency leadership, congressional staff, oversight organizations, community stakeholders, or public audiences
Knowledge of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and associated consultation and documentation requirements
Ability to use Geographic Information Systems to analyze, document, map, and present historical or cultural resources information
Top Secret clearance
Master’s degree in a History, Public History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Archival Studies, Historic Preservation, or Cultural Resources Management field

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting historical, archival, or cultural resources programs within the Department of Defense or another federal agency
Experience preparing documentation and supporting consultation with State Historic Preservation Officers, Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, federally recognized Tribes, and other consulting parties
Experience applying federal records management requirements, professional archival standards, and digital preservation practices
Experience using digital asset management, archival collection management, or electronic records management systems
Experience creating maps, geospatial exhibits, or historical site analyses using GIS platforms
Knowledge of the National Environmental Policy Act and its relationship to cultural resources reviews
Knowledge of federal historic preservation, archaeological resources, cultural property statutes, and related regulations
Section 106 process certification
Completion of training in archives, historic preservation, cultural resources management, or GIS

Responsibilities

Conduct historical research using government records, oral histories, archival collections, and other primary and secondary sources.
Develop official agency histories, commemorative publications, policy background papers, briefings, and other historical products.
Conduct verbal history interviews with veterans, government officials, subject-matter experts, and community members.
Support reviews of federal undertakings for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Document findings and contribute to advising and cultural resources management activities.
Appraise, arrange, describe, digitize, catalog, and preserve historical records using archival standards.
Use metadata standards and digital collection management practices to ensure long-term discoverability, accessibility, and retention of agency records.
Communicate defensible findings to senior leaders and external stakeholders.