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 Job Title: HISTORIAN
Department: Department Of The Air Force
Agency: Air Force Personnel Center
Job Announcement Number: AFPC-318982-831199-9G-LRM

SALARY RANGE:
    60,274.00 - 78,355.00 USD /year
OPEN PERIOD:
    Monday, February 08, 2010 to Friday, February 12, 2010
SERIES & GRADE:
    GS-0170-12
POSITION INFORMATION:
    Full TimeCareer/Career Conditional
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
    12
DUTY LOCATIONS:
    1 vacancy - RAF Lakenheath UK, AE United Kingdom
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
    US Citizens and Status Candidates

JOB SUMMARY:

To achieve that mission, the Air Force has a vision of Global Vigilance, Reach and Power. That vision orbits around three core competencies: Developing Airmen, Technology-to-Warfighting and Integrating Operations. Core competencies and distinctive capabilities are based on a shared commitment to three core values -- integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do.

 

 

This Announcement May Result In A 90-Day Register That May Be Used To Fill Like Vacancies For 90 Days From The Closing Date.  Applicants May Be Referred For Consideration As Vacancies Occur.

 

This Announcement Is A Non-Competitive External Announcement Open To Applicants With The Appointment Eligibilities Listed Under The "Qualifications" Tab Of This Announcement.

THIS IS A HISTORY AND MUSEUM CENTRALLY MANAGED POSITION LOCATED AT RAF LAKENHEATH, UNITED KINGDOM.
   

The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win…in air, space and cyberspace.


KEY REQUIREMENTS:

    * U.S. Citizenship Required
    * Travel and relocation expenses will be paid

   


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Duties
Additional Duty Location Info:

1 vacancy - RAF Lakenheath UK, AE United Kingdom


THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION IS: to serve as historian at a large, multi-facet Air Force wing, center, or similar self-contained organization that services rapidly evolving high-tech and/or administrative units and tenants that can include joint and allied military agencies. Manages the history program and provides professional history policy and guidance to all installation or center units and tenants under service agreement. Work typically involves critical analysis of large, complex, major projects and is characterized by the need for substantial problem analysis. Manages, supervises, and directs the work of the office.  Conducts research and writes wing/center history. Obtains pertinent data from all available documentary sources by consulting key wing/center and tenant personnel. Conducts intensive study and critical analysis of gathered source material to become familiar with all aspects of the subject. Determines accuracy, authenticity, and value of gathered source material. Applies specialized knowledge of historiographic research methods. Organizes, synthesizes, and interprets continually
changing high tech data and draws defensible conclusions. Gathers source materials for the histories from wing/center offices and other military organizations, including US Army, US Navy, US Marine Corps, joint offices, and when possible from US allies. Holds detailed
discussions with commanders, tenant agency heads, and action officers in order to understand and properly document unilateral, joint, and combined plans and programs affecting the mission and operations of the wing/center, and the complex and sensitive negotiations
requisite to the determination of USAF and wing/center policies and priorities. Writes historical narratives and produces professional, objective histories of a wide variety of wing/center programs such as special operations, logistics, medical, and/or combat support. Considers how these histories encompass the complexities of the relationships between the wing/center and military elements of allied nations; relationships and interplay between the wing/center and other military services, both the United States and other nations; the influence of US programs external to the wing/center that concern the operations of the wing/center; political-military climate and
negotiations as they impact wing/center policies, plans and operations. Uses creative writing skill to explain complex relationships, clarify technical data, describe and evaluate attempted solutions for a great variety of substantial management decisions and planning and support problems, and to produce a readable, comprehensive history without distorting historical facts. Places events in proper perspective and emphasizes the most important aspect of the subject. Cites all sources of information used in footnote form. Prepares tables and charts and compiles extensive collection of supporting documents to accompany the historical narrative. Coordinates drafts
with office of primary responsibility; revises drafts in accordance with valid recommendations. Develops history projects to increase the understanding of the past and aid present and future planning. Narratives and supporting documents constitute the only permanent record of wing/center activities and provide needed continuity. Assures that the history office secures the proper resources and equipment to carry out its mission.  Serves as authoritative advisor, responds to queries, and conducts outreach. Acts as an authoritative advisor to
staff offices, subordinate historians, and other installation activities in the review of history reports and historical matters and prepares comments and suggestions which serve as formal guidance. Suggestions made are accepted as sound. Upon request, reviews and comments on historical manuscripts or publications prepared by other historians. Researches and answers specific inquiries for historical information for the wing/center commander, staff and other wing/center organizations, USAF and other US military organizations, government agencies, veterans and veteran organizations, and the general public. Advises the wing/center commander
and assigned units on the memorialization process and on the use and proper display of flags, guidons, streamers, standards, and heraldic devices. As appropriate, advises on Air Force policy and procedures for the creation, management, and preservation of historical
artifact collections, including air parks and heritage displays and coordinates proposed accession and deaccession of historical artifacts with appropriate activities. Advises on USAF policy and procedures regarding the control and protection of original art works on loan to the
organization from the Air Force art collection and ensures periodic inventory and reporting requirements are met. Responds to inquiries that require relatively brief responses from information housed in the Historical Archives, and also performs detailed research through the
command history office, the USAF Historical Research Agency, the USAF History Office, and other military and civilian organizations.  Provides background and analyses of subjects of critical importance to the wing/center, the command, and the USAF. Collects and
maintains base level archival holdings and historical memorabilia related to the history of the installation. Maintains liaison and correlates work with other USAF and civilian historians in the local community/area. Writes history annexes to operations plans (OPLANS), programming plans (PPLANs) and other plans as necessary to ensure the history function is included in all contingencies. These plans ensure that the history function remains a key component in the preservation of vital information needed to aid Air Force leadership decision-making. Creates special studies, presents lectures, participates in  seminars, and conducts staff visits. Supplies
specialized historical information and data to the wing/center commander and staff, other Air Force and government agencies, and other authorized individuals in support of Air Force positions on matters of congressional and legal interest. This information normally deals with the study and evaluation of a significant program or policy over a long period of time and occasionally concerns a crisis or alert period of short duration. Such studies necessitate substantial planning and involve proposing hypotheses. The studies also require the development of a thorough knowledge of the subject matter fields involved and potential sources of historical evidence to anticipate the
major difficulties to be overcome and develop tentative approaches to the solution of those difficulties as part of the planning process.  Researches and writes full length monographs, special studies, and briefs on topics of special significance to the USAF and to the
wing/center commander, as prescribed by higher headquarters directives. Ensures scholarly, thoroughly researched, and well written documents and monographs are retained at the USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, for use by qualified researchers.
Conducts frequent oral history interviews. Conducts preliminary interviews, establishes content, performs research, formulates questions, and completes taped interview; transcribes or oversees transcriptions, edits, all formats for final version; secures necessary
releases, and makes disposition of completed history and cassette/video tapes. Prepares and presents lectures at various professional seminars and conferences of military historians on historiography. Participates in seminars on historical manuscripts prepared by
colleagues. Reviews manuscripts for adequacy of subject coverage, organization of material, reliability of statements, and for general readability and ease of reference. Presents criticisms and evaluation orally in seminars and debates convictions with other members of
panels. When required, makes staff visits to historical reporting organizations to both determine areas of weakness and provide instructions in corrective efforts. Briefs and provides documentary information to the commander, key personnel, and action officers to and program planning and policy developments. Attends headquarters briefings and meetings as directed by the wing/center
commander to keep abreast of planning and operational issues and to provide a historical perspective. Participates in wartime and contingency operations; deploys to contingency locations. When deployed, collects and safeguards documents concerning contingency
operations. Preserves documents in all formats that focus on their command's perspective and relationship with other commands and service components. Analyzes and selects materials that pertain to the mission. Preserves pertinent documents containing information that might not be available elsewhere. Conducts interviews with key personnel involved in all phases of contingency operations.  Interviews are pointed question-and-answer sessions between historians and people who witnessed or participated in the events. Use the interview record, either summarized from notes or transcribed from tape, as a guide to clarify information contained in documents and
to supply missing information. If required, will provide management and oversight for historians deployed to the same location and unit, and act as a liaison for the unit with other Command/component historians deployed at the same location or in theater. Prepares and
submits Contingency Historical Reports.

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