Archaeologist (Cultural Resource Specialist)

This position is located in the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Resource Conservation. The incumbent serves as a Cultural Resources Specialist and is responsible for guidance and assistance to field personnel and resource technical teams for conservation, protection, and enhancement of cultural resources, including Native American issues, encountered in all NRCS programs and activities. Identify cultural resources and environmental issues and apply methodologies to address concerns. Provide guidance and training on cultural resources issues to field office personnel to improve preservation of cultural resources. Serve as liaison to government and tribal stakeholders involved with cultural resource issues to ensure program goals are met. Make recommendations to field personnel regarding the treatment of cultural resources to achieve the desired preservation outcomes. Collaborate with other experts to develop cultural resources policy and procedures for the state and national levels. Check cultural resources reviews or reports written by field staff for technical quality. Provide technical content for written cultural resource material such as contracts, environmental documents, or agreement documents to be used by internal stakeholders. Determine how to best use time and resources to achieve annual goals of an organization. Give technical and administrative support to culture resource program activities to advance the organizational mission