Position at NARA

Conservator
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

The National Archives and Records Administration is seeking to fill
a GS-13 Conservator position in the Office of Records Services -
Washington, DC, Preservation Programs, Document Conservation
Division located in College Park, MD.  This is a permanent, fulltime
position. Applications will be accepted from US Citizens, from
current and former competitive service Federal employees, and people
eligible under special hiring authorities.

The incumbent will develop and apply innovative methods and
approaches for conducting preservation education, including
lectures, Powerpoints, and online media.  Incumbent will research
and develop curricula, prepare them for dissemination, and update
trainings as content evolves. Intended audiences for trainings
include NARA staff, volunteers, staff of other government agencies,
and others.   Trainings will focus on a wide range of topics
including holdings maintenance and collections care, preservation
risk assessment, emergency preparedness and response, and care and
handling of records.  In addition, the incumbent will coordinate and
implement preventive conservation activities in such areas as
environmental control, emergency planning and response, and
integrated pest management.  The incumbent will work in a
stimulating environment with other creative professionals to meet
the preservation challenges posed by a diverse and compelling body
of records in all formats that document the history of the US
Federal Government from its founding to the present day.

For additional information and application procedures, see USAJOBS
at

  <URL:http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?OPMControl=1798722>

The announcement closes on March 26, 2009.  For further information,
contact Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, Director, Document Conservation
Division at marylynn.ritzenthaler<-at->nara<.>gov

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