Senior Architectural Historian | Remote or Hybrid | Midwest

Company Profile

Chronicle Heritage is a solution-driven heritage consulting firm that prides itself on employing the best cultural resource management professionals in the industry. We place an emphasis on supporting our clients’ needs, fostering new technologies that advance our industry, and leveraging those advancements toward the management of non-renewable cultural resources. Chronicle Heritage prioritizes professional development within the framework of innovation and forward-thinking to encourage career advancement and research development.

Job Description

Chronicle Heritage is seeking a professionally qualified and experienced Senior Architectural Historian for a full-time position. This position will provide technical expertise and leadership to guide various projects through the environmental and historic preservation compliance processes. This position will also include both project and staff management.

Hire Type: Full-time, salaried

Schedule: 40 hours, Monday–Friday, normal business hours

Location: Midwest, Remote

Job Duties

• Work with our team of cultural resource professionals to plan, organize, and manage historic resource surveys and other investigative work related to the identification, evaluation, and assessment of effects to historic properties
• Supervise project architectural historians and principal investigators
• Review technical reports and associated documentation and perform final QA/QC before client submittal
• Develop proposals and cost estimates and provide support to clients during the scoping phases of projects
• Regularly communicate with clients to keep them informed of project progress, project schedule review, and ensure all project needs are being addressed in a timely manner and within budget
• Coordinate project review with state and federal agencies, including the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in historic preservation or architectural history, or a closely related field, such as history or public history
• Meet of exceeds the SOI Standards for Architectural History (36 CFR Part 61)
• 5+ years of experience conducting historical research, completing historic resource surveys, and evaluating the historic and architectural significance of properties under the National Register of Historic Places criteria, and preparing effects assessments
• Proficient understanding of state and federal historic preservation laws and regulations, particularly Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Section 4(f) of the U.S. Department of Transportation Act, and other applicable state and municipal laws
• Ability to prepare technical and cost proposals
• Demonstrated project management experience
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of historical Midwest architectural forms, styles, and trends, and the various historical property types and characteristic of the region, as well as national styles and trends
• Exceptional archival research, technical writing, and communication skills
• Experience preparing architectural drawings and HABS/HAER/HALS documentation
• Experience facilitating consulting party coordination and preparing MOAs
• Experience working with stakeholders to develop creative preservation solutions to prepare preservation planning documents, tools, and resources
• Contract management experience
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team
  
  

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Chronicle Heritage participates in E-Verify to ensure all staff are authorized to work in the United States. Chronicle Heritage is also an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

We encourage underrepresented groups, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply.

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