DOS - OPS HISTORIC SITES SPECIALIST - 45945289

Requisition No: 858408 

Agency: Department of State

Working Title: DOS - OPS HISTORIC SITES SPECIALIST - 45945289

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 45945289 

Salary:  $19.00 hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 08/21/2025 

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Department of State

OPS Historic Sites Specialist

Division of Historical Resources

Bureau of Historic Preservation

Open Competitive

Minimum Qualifications:

• Four years of direct experience in archaeology, anthropology, or a closely related field. A bachelor’s degree in one of the listed fields may substitute for the required years of experience.
• Experience working with federal, state, and/or local historic preservation laws and regulations
• Experience conducting archaeological fieldwork consistent with state and federal reporting standards and regulations

Preferences:

• Master’s degree in anthropology, archaeology, or a closely related field
• Meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards for Archaeology
• Knowledge of state and federal historic preservation laws, especially Section 106 and Florida Chapter 267
• Knowledge of Florida's archaeological and historical resources
• Experience with Geographic Information Systems and ArcView software or similar programs
• Knowledge of eligibility requirements and criteria for the listing of historic properties on the National Register of Historic Places

Special Note:

Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported in your employment history.

Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for reviewing project submissions and permit applications in accordance with appropriate federal, state, and local historic preservation laws and regulations. This process is necessary to ensure that government agencies satisfy their responsibility to consider the effect of relevant undertakings on historic properties. The position reviews project areas to identify historic properties and to determine the potential for unrecorded historic properties to be present within the project area. This position also issues comments representing DHR's official position regarding the significance of historic properties and the potential effects of development or government actions on historic properties in accordance with state and federal law. In addition, this position provides technical assistance and information about the Compliance Review Section programs to government agencies, consultants, and the public.

The Historic Sites Specialist:

• Reviews project submissions and permit applications to assess their effects on historical resources in accordance with federal, state, and/or local preservation laws and their implementing regulations. 
• Reviews project areas to identify and evaluate archaeological and historical resources and to evaluate the potential for previously unrecorded resources to be present within a project area. 
• Provides technical assistance and information regarding the Compliance Review program to federal, state, and local agencies, private consultants, and the public, particularly as it relates to their role in the historic preservation review process.
• Consults with federal, state, and private entities on appropriate treatment of historic properties and archaeological sites pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Chapter 267, Florida Statutes, and the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
• Prepares appropriate official review correspondence with government agencies, consultants, and other entities as necessary. 
• Maintains project files in an orderly manner and consistently meets project review deadlines.
• Assists in managing the general inbox account and logging in projects to the Compliance and Review tracking database.
• Performs other related duties as required. 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Strong computer literacy focused on the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc.), Adobe, and database software
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines, work independently, manage multiple projects, and strong organizational skills

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS: A Level 2 criminal background check is a condition of employment.  If selected for this position, you must provide your fingerprints.  We will send your fingerprints to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a criminal background check.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

We are committed to enhancing our workforce through the employment of Veterans, individuals with disabilities and seek qualified candidates with diverse backgrounds, abilities, skills, and talents to join our workforce.

Male applicants born on or after January 1, 1960, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: https://www.sss.gov

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.