The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Operations Command (SpOC) at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado is searching for a Historian (NH-0170-03, GS-12/13 equivalent).

Description:
This position serves as the Space Base Delta 2 Command Historian, ensuring the official history and heritage of SBD 2 and Buckley Space Force Base (Buckley SFB) is preserved. The incumbent manages the installation history program and provides professional history policy and guidance to SBD 2 command and staff and all units under service agreements. Work typically involves the critical analysis of large, complex, major projects and is characterized by the need for substantial problem analysis. The incumbent is responsible for developing projects to document and preserve historical records, documents, oral histories from numerous sources to preserve items and matters of historical value. This position is responsible for creating and implementing studies to obtain and retain official information related to historical matters affecting SBD 2 and Buckley SFB. The incumbent will serve as the Buckley SFB local subject matter expert, providing SBD 2 senior leadership, commanders and their staff, Space Force and government agencies, DoD, and the public answers to historical queries and conducting outreach to stakeholders. In addition, the position manages the heritage program, researching, writing, and publishing heritage information on Airmen and Guardian past and present and advising SBD 2 leadership and assigned units on the memorialization process and proper display of flags, guidons, streamers, standards, and heraldic devices.

The ideal candidate for this position will have a demonstrated professional knowledge of historical principles, concepts, research sources, methodology, and techniques to conduct historical research and create official historical documentation through education or experience. This will include a broad knowledge of US Space Force, Air Force or command history programs and current operations, policies, programs, and activities, especially as they apply to a large, complex installation or center and its mission. Candidate should have experience with the military heraldry program, conducting oral history interviews and research, the ability to plan detailed and complex historical studies, and the demonstrated ability to anticipate and solve problems, and to collect, organize, and interrelate large amounts of diversely formatted data drawn from a wide variety of sources.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Professional knowledge of historical principles, concepts, research sources, methodology, and techniques.
2. Broad knowledge of USSF, AF and/or command history programs and current operations, policies, programs, and activities, especially as they apply to a large complex installation or center and its mission.
3. Knowledge and understanding of military heraldry program, policies, and procedures.
4. Knowledge of effective techniques required to conduct oral history interviews and research.
5. Ability to plan detailed and complex studies, anticipate and solve problems, and to collect, organize, and interrelate large amounts of diversely formatted data drawn from a wide variety of sources.
6. Ability to critically evaluate sources of information and establish validity of historical facts.
7. Ability to organize work, set priorities, and determine resource requirements; determine goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinate with other organizations; monitor progress, and evaluate outcomes.
8. Skill in working with customers to assess needs, provide assistance, resolve problems, and satisfy expectations.
9. Ability to persuade others to accept recommendations, work toward an agreement, and negotiate mutually acceptable solutions.
10. Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships and to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
11. Ability to identify problems and use sound judgment and decisions to generate and evaluate alternatives and make recommendations.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• PCS is authorized and 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/
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.
• 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.
• May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours and/or shift work may be required which may include overtime and/or irregular hours.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 5 days per year.
• Incentive is not authorized.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.

Qualifications

The 0170 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. 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 resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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