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ADMINISTRATOR I

Recruitment #25-002586-0056

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Introduction

This is a position specific recruitment for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Park Service. This recruitment will be used to fill current vacancies for the position and may be used to fill future vacancies in the same classification/function. Future vacancies may also be filled via other recruitments. The resulting eligible list will be maintained for one year.

GRADE

16

LOCATION OF POSITION

Tawes State Office Building, 580 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis MD 21401 (Anne Arundel County)

Main Purpose of Job

The primary function of this position is to assist the Maryland Park Service’s Historic Planner/Historian with historical resource planning, management and interpretation. The MPS manages the most historical resources of any agency within the State. This position will help the historian plan, organize and manage efforts related to historical resource preservation, restoration, management and interpretation. This position shall work with the historian to develop and direct the establishment of a statewide Maryland Park Service historical resource database to track and update documentation on various resources throughout the state. The position will work with Headquarters staff and with field personnel to identify needs for historical interpretation and restoration, including the development of historical or cultural resource component in Park’s Strategic Management Plans. The position will work with field staff and the historian to ensure that cultural and historical resources at parks are presented accurately on each park’s website and to ensure that historical features are highlighted alongside recreational and natural resource aspects at our parks. The position will work with field staff, experts and the historian to establish an agency collections policy and standards and oversee its implementation. The position will work with field staff and the historian to seek and apply for grant opportunities. The historic planners will work with the Chief of Interpretation and historian to upgrade and improve visitor center exhibits and displays.

POSITION DUTIES

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Maryland Park Service, is currently accepting applications for two Administrator I positions. The incumbents will assist the Maryland Park Service’s Historic Planner/Historian with historical resource preservation, restoration, management and interpretation. These positions work with park staff to ensure that historical features are highlighted alongside recreational and natural resource aspects of Maryland’s State Parks.

The selected candidates will assist with the establishment of a statewide historical resource database to track historic resources and help develop an agency-wide collections standards policy, ensuring those resources are adequately identified on the agency websites, and are adequately interpreted on public lands via signage, museum/visitor center exhibits, and/or interpretive programming. These positions provide technical and logistical support to the Park Service historian, agency leadership and field staff regarding historic structures and resources, suggest courses of actions that would be sustainable, financially feasible and comply with statewide historic preservation requirements.

The selected candidates will coordinate and support the process of project review for historic projects on Maryland Park Service lands with internal DNR units, other state agencies, federal agencies and non-state entities. Duties also include the management and development, design, production and fabrication of major historic-themed Park Service interpretive exhibits, wayside projects, signs and publications.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: Four years of administrative staff or professional work.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute 30 college credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to four years of the required experience.

2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university for the required experience.

3. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university for the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer involving staff work related to the administration of rules, regulations, policy, procedures and processes, or overseeing or coordinating unit operations or functioning as a staff assistant to a higher ranking commissioned officer on a year-for- year basis for the required experience.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated education and experience meeting the following desired or preferred qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in architectural history, American history, American studies, anthropology, archaeology, historic preservation, history, museum studies, public history, cultural resources management, planning, or closely related field.
  • Two years or more full-time experience working in the fields of historic preservation, archaeology, historic research and writing, or historic interpretation in a park, historic site, archive, museum, historical society, or in association with an accredited academic institution.
  • Experience or training in conducting historic preservation and research fieldwork that includes at least one of the following areas: documenting historic sites, structures and landscapes, managing and maintaining historic artifacts and collections, writing and publishing historic research, or review and compliance with historic preservation standards.
  • Excellent communication and administrative skills (verbal and written).
  • Comfortable with field visits outdoors in all weather conditions, on site visits to remote and rural areas over sometimes difficult terrain.
  • Possesses training and experience in relevant computer-based programs, including (but not limited to) MicroSoft (MS) Office Suite, Adobe products, Google products and systems, desktop publishing programs such as InDesign, MS Publisher or Canva, computer-aided design programs, global positional systems such as ArcGIS /ArcGISPro, or database systems such as MS Excel, PastPerfect, SQL etc.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

SELECTION PROCESS

Please make sure you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful candidates may be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for at least one year.

For education obtained outside the U.S., a copy of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service must be provided prior to hire.

EXAMINATION PROCESS

Your application is part of the examination process. The examination will consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of this position. The rating will be based on the information provided on your application. Therefore, it is important you provide all the experience and education related to this position completely and accurately.

BENEFITS

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

The online application is strongly preferred. If you are unable to apply online, you may submit a paper application and supplemental questionnaire to: Department of Natural Resources, Human Resources, 580 Taylor Avenue, C-3 Annapolis, MD 21401. The Human Resources unit is not responsible for applications sent to any other address.

Faxed or e-mailed applications will not be accepted. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing the application. 

If you are having difficulty with your user account or have general questions about the online application system, please contact the MD Department of Budget and Management at Application.Help@maryland.gov ; ATTN: Recruitment and Examination Division. Please note, standard business hours for the help desk are 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Inquiries made after hours will be reviewed the following business day. 

If you need to make adjustments to a submitted application before the announcement deadline or if you have general inquiries regarding this recruitment, please contact Emilee Knott at Emilee.Knott@maryland.gov. 

Please provide ample time to complete the application template. If you are having technical difficulties submitting an application on the day of the deadline, it is strongly advised that you complete the JobAps physical application template and hand deliver to DNR - HRS at 580 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401 before 4:30 p.m. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources cannot guarantee that late submissions, as a result of technical difficulties, will be accepted.

TTY Users: call via Maryland Relay 

Candidates with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.



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