Remote Architectural History Specialist

Summary

Join our team as a Full-Time Architectural History Specialist to conduct field surveys, write architectural descriptions and reports, and assist with agency consultation regarding historic resources. This role will collaborate with other experts throughout the US and primarily support projects in the Southwestern United States.

Responsibilities

• Use experience, education from a degreed program, and professional judgment to identify and evaluate resources related to the built environment
• Adhere to project health and safety plan and participate, and/or lead, when necessary, in office and field training and meetings. Offer recommendations for improvement to Health & Safety Manager
• Based upon education, field observations, and scientific judgement, revise field methodology to meet goals of the overall project
• Perform pre-field background research, prepare maps, input data into electronic devices, and prepare project summary for field staff
• Conduct historic building reviews in support of pre-project transmittals (proposals, client requests for cultural resource information) research design to identify, record, and evaluate historic and prehistoric structures
• Conduct Architectural History fieldwork which includes recording structures in field notebooks and onsite file forms, photographing structures, and preparing the write-up for reports
• At times, supervise other project team members, including Architectural History Technicians, Architectural History Assistants, and other Architectural History Specialist while working alongside them to fulfill the daily, weekly, or project-length research requirements
• Provide SEARCH field crews with maps depicting historic features within our project boundaries
• Write historic contexts at the county, city, or parcel level
• Evaluate and record accurate, organized, and clear field notes including but not limited to: maps, drawings, photo logs, forms, tables, databases, and other project documentation
• Take photographs that are clear, well-composed, and adequate to portray the historic character of each resource
• Perform quality control of field data (hand-written and electronic) daily to ensure information is accurate and complete
• Maintain field equipment, technology, vehicles, and supplies in a clean, working, and safe manner
• Occasionally meet with, coordinate, and collaborate with landowners, land agents, clients, other field research teams, and visiting regulatory agency staff
• Complete timesheets and other administrative or project requirements accurately and on schedule
• Understand and adhere to the SEARCH Brand Guidelines, SEARCH Style Guide, SEARCH Fieldwork Guide, and the SEARCH Employee Manual, and encourage others to do the same
• Understand and strictly adhere to SEARCH’s confidentiality, non-disclosure, and social media agreements, as well as any project- or client-specific requirements limiting the release of project data
• Maintain utilization goals
• Travel for extended periods of time
• Other duties as assigned
• Utilize GIS to organize, interpret, and document field research
• Interview informants to gather information on history and use of property
• Contribute to the preparation of thorough, accurate, professional, high-quality technical reports, including writing tasks, graphics, report production, and quality control
• Provide daily updates on project progress to the Lead Architectural History Specialist/ Senior Architectural History Specialist
• Assist the Principal Investigator and/or Project Manager with other research, project management, and administration tasks