FYI


     The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site is as follows
     <www.usajobs.opm.gov>.  0193 is the job series number.  You can also
     sort alphabetically by job title (archeologist), or by agency (NPS).
     The job appears as ARCHEOLOGIST GS-11, VANCOUVER, WA.  If you have any
     trouble locating the announcement phone Jim Thomson (number below) or
     email him at <[log in to unmask]>.  Note: there is no "p" is his last
     name.

     Vergil Noble


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Subject: GS-11, Step 1, Two year term at Fort Vancouver
Author:  Jim Thomson at NP-PNRO
Date:    2/2/00 10:00 AM



     A GS-11 archaeologist position at Fort Vancouver, NHS, will be posted
     on USA Jobs today, search under 0193, click ON "limited to the state
     of WA".

     The position will be a two year term at the Step 1 level, appx.
     $42,728.00 + benefits. Although the job will be listed as a one year
     term + one day, funds are available for a full two years.
     Base funding for the position has been requested, and when received
     the incumbent will have to reapply for the position.

     The park is looking for someone with strong experience in historic
     archaeology, and in particular, Fur Trade history/archaeology, western
     US military history/archaeology, and Hudson's Bay Company
     history/archaeology.

     An advanced degree is preferred, as well as strong experience in
     directing projects, demonstrable writing skills, archaeological
     interpretation (excavating with one hand while gesturing with the
     other), research skills and working well with fellow employees and the
     public. Teaching experience is also preferred.  Knowledge and experience
     with techniques including GIS, GPS, remote sensing is very important, as
     well as experience with the NPS's museum cataloguing software, ANCS +.

     Fort Vancouver, an NPS site, is situated within the Vancouver
     Historical Reserve, an urban area consisting of historic U.S. Army
     barracks and residences dating from the early 1860's when the Army
     purchased the land from the Hudson's Bay Company.  The park
     archaeologist will be expected to work within the historical Reserve
     and provide assistance to the Reserve members, including the Army and
     the City of Vancouver, as well as the NPS's Fort Vancouver.
     On occasion, and time permitting, the park archaeologist will assist
     the Columbia-Cascades archaeologist in other parks such as Fort
     Clatsop or San Juan.

     The position will report directly to the park superintendent.

     The archaeological resources at the park and the Reserve include
     historic, early exploration, Fur Trade, early US Army, historical
     native american and fur trade cemeteries, and early Army aviation.

     The park has a state of the art collections facility and
     archaeological laboratory situated within the recently reconstructed
     (ca.1995) HBC Fur Store.  The collections include artifacts from every
     HBC site in the US northwest and considerable US Army artifacts. The
     archaeologists office will be located within the lab along with the
     park's curator/historian and several museum and archaeological
     technicians.

     An active digitization program is underway with the diagnostic
     collections, and a web site has been set up where these collections,
     maps and other research interest content will be offered.  The
     archaeologist will be expected to participate in this project and to
     offer leadership in all aspects of research and other programs.
      A GIS effort is also underway, where all the archaeological
     excavations, historical landscape, historic buildings, etc. are being
     incorporated within the park and the Reserve's GIS.

     The park/Reserve is situated on the Columbia River, in Vancouver,
     Washington. Vancouver is directly across the Columbia from Portland,
     Oregon, a major northwest city. Vancouver is appx. 1 1/2 hours from
     the Pacific, three hours from Seattle, 1 hour from Mt. Hood and
     Timberline Lodge and skiing.  Washington has no income tax. Oregon,
     five minutes away has no sales tax.  Washington State University has a
     campus in Vancouver. Portland State University is across the river.
     The famous Powell's book store in Portland is 20 minutes from the
     fort. One of the equally famous McMenamin's (not McManomon's) taverns
     is within walking distance. There is a killer Thai restaurant in town.

     Serious inquiries can be directed to Jim Thomson at (206) 220-4147 or
     park curator, David Hansen (360) 696-7659, x15.