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State Archaeologist
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State Archaeologist
Salary
$5,105.00 - $9,190.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
CRT-2025-206869-PW
Department
Culture Rec & Tourism-Cultural Dev
Opening Date
03/13/2025
Closing Date
4/2/2025 11:59 PM Central
Description
Benefits
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Supplemental Information
This is a fulltime position located at the Capitol Annex Building in Baton Rouge, LA.
About this position:
This position is located in the Archaeology Division in the Office of Cultural Development.
Job Duties:
60% - Consults with federal agencies, state agencies, federally recognized Indian Tribes, private firms, and private archeological contractors concerning the Section 106 process and implementation of projects under that process. Has primary responsibility for developing and overseeing Section 106 Programmatic Agreements and Memoranda of Agreements with federal agencies. Conducts review of Section 106 project reports submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to ensure they meet state standards.
10% - Oversees the State Historic Preservation Office's response for archaeological resources during disasters and serves as the SHPO's representative for archaeological resources during any resulting Section 106 projects, including development of Programmatic Agreements and Memoranda of Agreements.
10% - Serves as a point of contact for members of the public with questions about Louisiana archaeology, preservation of archaeological sites, unmarked human burials, and abandoned cemeteries.
5% - Consults with federal agencies, state agencies, and private firms concerning discoveries of unmarked human burials and abandoned cemeteries. Issue permits for the disinterment of human remains when required and oversees implementations of the permits. Consults with federally recognized Indian Tribes concerning excavation, analysis, and reinternment of human remains determined to be of Native American ancestry.
5% - Oversees and manages the Division of Archaeology staff, budgets, and programs.
5% - Consults with State agencies concerning archaeological resources on State lands.
5% - Serves as senior technical advisor to the deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and the State Historic Preservation Officer.
No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
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*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes.
Louisiana as a State, is a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Pacee Wallace
Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
1051 N. 3rdStreet
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-342-8202
pwallace@crt.la.gov
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A master’s degree in anthropology, archaeology, maritime studies, geography, history, or heritage resources plus four years of experience as an archaeologist.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To administer the State Archaeology Program and the archaeological component of the State Historic Preservation Program.
Level of Work:
Manager.
Supervision Received:
Administrative direction from Deputy Assistant Secretary.
Supervision Exercised:
Line over Archaeologists Managers, Federal Program Evaluator and clerical staff.
Location of Work:
Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Office of Cultural Development.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Architectural Director of Preservation Services and other division directors by the area of program responsibility.
Differs from Deputy Assistant Secretary by the subordinate relationship.
Differs from the Archaeologist Manager by the supervisory relationship.
Examples of Work
Responsible for the administration of the state's archaeological antiquities act and the archaeological portions of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Directs the operations of the Division of Archaeology.
Serves as senior technical advisor on archaeological matters to the State Historic Preservation Officer and to the Secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
Selects and assigns staff and identifies staff development needs.
Works with a series of different governmental agencies, organizations, universities, industry, and private individuals in all sections of the state to identify, to develop and to implement programs to protect archaeological resources while making information on archaeology available to the public. Works directly with high governmental agency officials, state
legislators, local elected official to resolve disputes resulting from the need to protect archaeological resources.
Locates funding to implement necessary archaeology programs.
Serves as ex-official member of the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
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