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Records & Informion Management Specialist Peace Corps Summary This position is loced in the Office of Compliance and Risk (OCAR) within the Office of the Director, Peace Corps Headquarters, Washington DC. The incumbent reports to the Chief Compliance and Risk Officer and provides support and assistance to implementing the Peace Corps' Federal Records Management Program. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Office of Compliance and Risk (OCAR) within the Office of the Director, Peace Corps Headquarters, Washington DC. The incumbent reports to the Chief Compliance and Risk Officer and provides support and assistance to implementing the Peace Corps' Federal Records Management Program. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today
- Apply by 07/01/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $90,061
- $132,258 per year Pay scale & grade FP 4 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Term
- The initial appointment to this position cannot exceed five years.
- oversees and guides the records program, including the records liaisons, to ensure all Peace Corps offices and posts properly maintain and dispose of respective records efficiently and effectively and in compliance with all applicable requirements Records Management Administrive Support
- maintains and updes logs, inventories, lists, and other relevant merials necessary for an effective program Requirements Help Conditions of employment Applicants selected for this position are subject to the following
Conditions of Employment:
You must be a U.S. citizen and least 18 years old. Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service (see www.sss.gov ). Prior to employment, Peace Corps will review records for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and former employees, as required by stutes 5 USC 3322 and 22 USC 2507b . You must submit a signed stement acknowledging adherence to the Peace Corps Conditions of Employment before your first day. You must successfully complete a Public Trust background investigion. The initial appointment to this position cannot exceed five years. Qualificions Applicants must meet all qualificion requirements prior to the closing de of this announcement, 07/01/2026 . You will receive credit for all qualifying experience demonstred in your resume, including volunteer work. Qualificion claims are subject to verificion. This vacancy is being announced one grade level. Specialized Experience the FP-4 (GS-11)Level:
To qualify for this position the FP-4 level, you must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-5 or GS-9 . This experience must be directly reled to the work of the position and must have equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the role.Specialized experience includes:
- Experience applying Federal records management laws, regulions, and policies , including the Federal Records Act, NARA guidelines, and 36 CFR requirements, to ensure proper maintenance, use, and disposition of Federal records.
- Experience conducting records inventories and developing or reviewing records retention schedules for submission to the Nional Archives and Records Administrion (NARA).
- Experience overseeing or guiding organizional units in establishing electronic filing structures and file-naming conventions , and ensuring compliance with records lifecycle management requirements.
- Experience using NARA systems such as ARCIS and ERA to manage, transfer, and track Federal records.
- Experience advising staff on proper records management procedures , including organizion, maintenance, transfer, retrieval, and disposal of agency and Federal records.
- Experience reviewing and resolving issues with legacy records , including those containing Nional Security Informion up to the Secret level, and determining approprie disposition based on regulions, laws, and agency policies.
- Experience analyzing records management issues and recommending improvements to enhance program efficiency, accuracy, or compliance.
Time-in-Grade Requirements:
Current or former Federal employees, including Peace Corps employees, must meet applicable Time-in-Grade requirements to be eligible for this position. For positions above the FP-09 (GS-05) level, you must have completed least one year (52 weeks) the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the position to which you are applying. All current or former Federal employees, including internal employees, must provide a copy of their SF-50(s), "Notificion of Personnel Action," to demonstre th you meet Time-in-Grade requirements. For more informion, refer to the "Required Documents" section below.Please note:
If you are qualifying based on educion or a combinion of educion and experience, please review the "Educion" section of this announcement. Experience th sisfies the Specialized Experience ??????? requirements must be clearly documented in your resume. Failure to provide this informion may result in disqualificion. Please review the "Required Documents" section of this announcement for further informion on resume requirements. Specialized experience may be gained in the public sector, prive sector, or through volunteer service (e.g., Nional Service programs such as Peace Corps or AmeriCorps, or other organizions such as professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, or social groups). One year of experience refers to full-time work. Part-time work credited on a prored basis. For more details on qualificion requirements, refer to the OPM Qualificions Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions, available on the OPM web site . Educion If you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion a transcript must be submitted with your applicion. Transcripts can be official or unofficial. A combinion of educion and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements: Divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed gradue semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total gradue semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Educion must be obtained from an institution accredited by an organizion recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order to be used toward qualificion requirements. Applicants should report only tendance and/or degrees from accredited schools. To verify whether a school is accredited, the U.S. Department of Educion's accredition website .Foreign Educion:
If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualificion requirements, you must provide evidence th your credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion specializing in the interpretion of foreign educion programs. The evaluion must confirm th your educion is equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. program, or th full credit has been granted by a U.S. accredited college or university. For more informion, : U.S. Department of Educion- Recognition of Foreign Qualificions .
Position Informion:
This is a bargaining unit position. The minimum and maximum salaries listed on this announcement includes locality pay.Peace Corps Informion:
This is a federal civilian position in the Excepted Service, and the incumbent will serve as a member of the Foreign Service. Peace Corps employees are paid under the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay system, which differs from the General Schedule (GS) pay system. In the FP pay system, lower grade level numbers indice higher levels of responsibility and pay. The FP-09 is the lowest, entry-level, grade and the FP-01 is the highest, senior-level, grade. This position is eligible for situional telework only. For more informion regarding the Agency's telework policy see Peace Corps Manual Section 632 . The Peace Corps uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United Stes. Learn more about E-Verify , including your rights and responsibilities. This is a drug-free workplace and we promote a drug-free environment. Additional hiring needs may be filled through this vacancy.Intelligence Background Informion:
Peace Corps Manual Section 611 is applicable to this position: This prohibits the employment of certain persons previously engaged in intelligence activities or connected with intelligence agencies within the past 10 years. If you have ever worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), you are not eligible for employment the Peace Corps in any capacity, and you should not apply for employment the Peace Corps. Acceptance of employment with Peace Corps precludes employment by certain intelligence organizions for a specific period after Peace Corps employment ceases. Applicants who indice on the announcement questionnaire th they, or a family member, have an intelligence connection required to submit a completed Intelligence Background Questionnaire. The Peace Corps Office of Human Resources will provide instructions for submitting this form after the closing de of the announcement. Failure to provide the completed questionnaire will result in disqualificion from further considerion. If you have any type of possible intelligence connection, your applicion will not be processed until this form is submitted. Except when the CIA or the Nional Security Agency (NSA) is involved (see below), if your connection with an Intelligence Agency involves an immedie family member who is employed or has been employed in intelligence, the immedie family member should complete the form. If you have an immedie family member who is employed or has been employed with the CIA, please contact your family member in person (not by phone, email, social networking, or any other means th is not in person) and ask him or her to contact the Office of General Counsel the CIA. If you or an immedie family member have been employed by or associed with the NSA, you or your family member must contact the NSA Prepublicion Review Office (443) 634-4095. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicions are reviewed after the announcement closes. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or missing informion may affect our ability to verify your eligibility or qualificions. We use a multi-step applicion review process: 1. Eligibility We review your resume and supporting documents to confirm you meet the eligibility requirements of the position, including Time-in-Grade requirements.You red ineligible if:
You are outside of the area of considerion (i.e., who may apply). Refer to the "This job is open to" section for more informion about the area of considerion. Refer to the "Required Documents" section for more informion about the documention required to verify your eligibility to apply. You do not meet the Time-in-Grade requirement. Refer to the "Qualificions" section for more informion about Time-in-Grade. Refer to the "Required Documents" section for more informion about the documention required to verify Time-in-Grade. 2. Minimum Qualificions, Ring and Ranking After we determine you meet the eligibility requirements, we assess your experience by comparing your resume to the specialized experience required for the grade level(s) to which you applied. A "final score cut point" may be used when reviewing applicions. We also review other qualificion factors, such as Selective Placement Factors and educion requirements.You disqualified if:
Your resume does not demonstre th you possess the minimum qualificions. Refer to the "Specialized Experience" listed in the "Qualificions" section for more informion about the minimum qualificions. Your resume does not demonstre th you meet applicable Selective Placement Factors. If a Selective Placement Factor is required to qualify for this job announcement, more informion about Selective Placement Factors is listed in the "Qualificions" section. You do not meet the applicable educion requirements or did not submit supporting documention to verify th you meet the requirements. If specific educion is required to qualify for this job announcement, more informion about the educion requirements can be found in the "Qualificions" and "Educion" sections. You infle or falsify qualificions, educion, or experience on your resume. 3. Referral and Selection Highly qualified applicants are referred to the selecting official.The selecting official may:
Conduct a structured interview. Check your references. Request a writing sample or conduct an additional job-reled assessment. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies: You may preview the questionnaire for this vacancy here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12985989 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which establish your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide any of these items, your applicion marked as incomplete, and you disqualified from further considerion. All required documents listed below, as applicable to you, must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement, 07/01/2026. 1) Resume- All applicants must submit a detailed resume th includes all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid), job titles, and duties performed: You must limit your resume to no more than 2 pages.
GS-0201-09
) A detailed list of duties and accomplishments Resumes th do not contain the required details may be considered incomplete and could result in disqualificion from further considerion.TIP:
To ensure your resume includes all required informion, use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, you disqualified from further considerion. 2) Proof of Eligibility to Apply- Your applicion must include documention th demonstres you are eligible to apply for this vacancy.
Proof of eligibility includes:
SF-50(s)- If you are a current or former federal employee (including Peace Corps employees), you must submit a legible copy of a recent SF-50. Time-in-grade documention
- If you are applying for a higher grade level and your most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre th you meet the one-year Time-in-Grade requirement.
- If you are using educion to substitute for some or all of the Specialized Experience requirement, or if there is a basic educion requirement for this position, you must submit an official or unofficial transcript with your applicion.
To submit your applicion:
Click "Apply Online" to cree an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to answer the questions presented in the applicion, upload your resume, and other supporting documents. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de.Please note:
It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire responses) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. We will not modify answers or documents submitted by an applicant. Additional informion on how to submit your online applicion may be found on the USAJOBS Help Center . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. The Peace Corps provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the hiring process, please contact the Office of Civil Rights 202-692-2139. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion are made on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion Peace Corps Jobs peacecorpsjobs@peacecorps.gov Address Office of the Director 1275 First St. NE Washington, DC 20002 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted, you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued once the announcement closes. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion, after we have completed our review. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USAJOBS account and by going to the "My Account" tab and clicking on "Applicion Stus". For a more detailed upde of your applicion stus, you may go to "more informion" under the individual vacancy. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, you disqualified from further considerion. If you are among the top qualified candides, your applicion may be referred to the Selecting Official for further considerion. USAJOBS has added an alert setting to their system to provide stus updes for applicants. You can elect to active the stus updes from your USAJOBS profile any point during the applicion process. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which establish your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide any of these items, your applicion marked as incomplete, and you disqualified from further considerion. All required documents listed below, as applicable to you, must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement, 07/01/2026. 1) Resume- All applicants must submit a detailed resume th includes all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid), job titles, and duties performed: You must limit your resume to no more than 2 pages.
GS-0201-09
) A detailed list of duties and accomplishments Resumes th do not contain the required details may be considered incomplete and could result in disqualificion from further considerion.TIP:
To ensure your resume includes all required informion, use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, you disqualified from further considerion. 2) Proof of Eligibility to Apply- Your applicion must include documention th demonstres you are eligible to apply for this vacancy.
Proof of eligibility includes:
SF-50(s)- If you are a current or former federal employee (including Peace Corps employees), you must submit a legible copy of a recent SF-50. Time-in-grade documention
- If you are applying for a higher grade level and your most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre th you meet the one-year Time-in-Grade requirement.
- If you are using educion to substitute for some or all of the Specialized Experience requirement, or if there is a basic educion requirement for this position, you must submit an official or unofficial transcript with your applicion.
To submit your applicion:
Click "Apply Online" to cree an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to answer the questions presented in the applicion, upload your resume, and other supporting documents. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de.Please note:
It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire responses) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. We will not modify answers or documents submitted by an applicant. Additional informion on how to submit your online applicion may be found on the USAJOBS Help Center . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. The Peace Corps provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the hiring process, please contact the Office of Civil Rights 202-692-2139. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion are made on a case-by-case basis. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Peace Corps Jobs peacecorpsjobs@peacecorps.gov Address Office of the Director 1275 First St. NE Washington, DC 20002 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted, you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued once the announcement closes. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion, after we have completed our review. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USAJOBS account and by going to the "My Account" tab and clicking on "Applicion Stus". For a more detailed upde of your applicion stus, you may go to "more informion" under the individual vacancy. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, you disqualified from further considerion. If you are among the top qualified candides, your applicion may be referred to the Selecting Official for further considerion. USAJOBS has added an alert setting to their system to provide stus updes for applicants. You can elect to active the stus updes from your USAJOBS profile any point during the applicion process. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today- Apply by 07/01/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $90,061
- $132,258 per year Pay scale & grade FP 4 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Term
- The initial appointment to this position cannot exceed five years.