On-Call Project Archaeologist (Remote)

Location: Remote within the United States, with a focus on the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic; applicants in Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, or nearby areas are encouraged to apply.

Salary: $55,665–$114,503 annually based on full-time employment; final compensation depends on experience, skills, certifications, geographic location, education, and contract provisions.

Company

hirify.global is a global advisory and technology services provider supporting clients with complex challenges through consulting expertise and technology.

What you will do

• Conduct archaeological surveys, testing, and data recovery, including supervising shovel testing and formal excavation units.
• Perform background research, laboratory analysis, eligibility evaluations, and technical documentation.
• Prepare environmental regulatory reviews and technical reports under NEPA, NHPA, Section 106, and applicable state requirements.
• Evaluate resources for the National Register of Historic Places, develop resource management recommendations, and assess project effects.
• Collaborate with archaeologists, historic preservation specialists, historians, engineers, scientists, planners, regulators, stakeholders, and Tribal representatives.
• Support technical approaches, budgets, schedules, deliverables, quality assurance, and mentoring of early-career staff.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Anthropology, Archaeology, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience.
• Meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Qualification Standards for Archaeology.
• Ability to conduct fieldwork in remote locations and work effectively in field environments.
• Knowledge of Southeast archaeology and NEPA, NHPA, and other state and federal environmental regulations.
• Strong technical writing, communication, organizational, analytical, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience serving as a Field Director on archaeological field studies.
• Experience with ArcGIS and various GPS equipment.
• Specialization in historic archaeology, geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, lithic analysis, or bioarchaeology.
• Registered Professional Archaeologist status.
• Experience supporting Tribal consultation, project budgeting, scheduling, deliverables, and QA/QC tracking.

Culture & Benefits

• On-call employment provides work hours as projects become available, generally scheduled several weeks in advance.
• On-call employees may accept or refuse assigned hours and may work on concurrent outside projects when there is no conflict of interest.
• Work takes place in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams with opportunities for professional growth and mentoring.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and employment process.