Job Description:

Serves as Tax Incentives Specialist & Architectural Reviewer. Reviews tax incentives, grants, and environmental review (Section 106) projects for consistency with SOI Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Assists coordinating and managing the tax incentives programs application process and project files. Implements procedures and policies for administering tax incentive programs in coordination with program staff and supervisors. Provides preservation and rehabilitation guidance to program applicants. Supports lead and other program areas by providing expertise in interpreting the SOI Standards, identifying historic character, evaluating historic integrity, and reviewing applicable reports, documents, and other data. Provides technical assistance, provides information to the public, makes presentations, and conducts site visits as necessary. Participates in special projects as necessary.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews tax incentives, grants, and environmental review projects
• Provides guidance and technical advice to applicants relative to required Secretary of the Interior’s Treatment of Historic Properties, Section 106 and NEPA reviews.
• Fields inquiries from public
• Supports other HPD program areas and participates in special projects as necessary. 

Entry Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in architecture or historic preservation or a closely related field from an accredited college or university

AND

One year of experience in a directly related field.

OR

Two years of experience required at the lower-level Curator/Preservationist 2 (NRP031) or position equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preference may be given to applicants with multiple and advanced degrees that include Historic Preservation or applicable closely-related field in combination with a degree in architecture, architectural history, building construction, or related design field AND experience in one or more of the following:     

• Reviewing state and federal tax incentive program and/or Section 106 compliance projects for consistency with SOI Standards
• Experience working with a core SHPO program such as Tax Incentives, National Register, CLG, or Environmental Review on a consultant basis or as agency staff
• Working with property owners regarding preservation and rehabilitation issues
• Conducting historic resource surveys
• Developing or working with GIS
• Working with databases or other electronic information file systems
• Understanding of state and federal grant requirements including the Historic Preservation Fund Grant Manual
• Experience in public speaking and relaying technical preservation information