Historic Preservation Program / Bureau of Arts and Culture / Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs / Government of the Republic of Palau. This position is under the supervision of the Palau Historic Preservation Officer (HPO) and provides guidance and advice to the HPO relating to Oral History and Ethnography.  The primary responsibilities include assisting and supervising (when required) the Oral History/Ethnography Section of the Bureau of Arts and Culture/Palau Historic Preservation Office to record and index the oral histories and traditional laws of Palau for the purposes of preservation and education, and to assist in meeting the responsibilities mandated by the Title 19 of the Palau National Code (PNC), and Section 106 of the U.S. National Historic Preservation Act (16 USC 470).  The Palau Cultural Anthropologist will also be responsible for other program-related tasks that may be required by the Palau Historic Preservation Office.

This is a national level contract position funded by a Historic Preservation Fund Grant administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS). Compliance with all applicable U.S. federal laws and regulations is required in the course of duty.

**APPLICANT MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN OR CITIZEN OF AN ASSOCIATED PACIFIC ISLAND NATION (Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Republic of the Marshall Islands).
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