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Job opening: Museum Specialist

Salary: $66 757 - 86 780 per year
Published at: Jul 31 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The incumbent is responsible for carrying out policy and applying standards established to ensure preservation, systematic arrangement, accountability, proper storage and accessibility to the large and valuable collection of 18th century domestic, military, archeological and related objects housed in the Park's Museum and historic furnished structures.

Duties

Serves as team leader on museum collections operations and procedures. Identifies and resolves museum records deficiencies to improve collection accountability in accordance with NPS policy. Manages environmental and pest monitoring systems and procedures.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/11/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: Have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include the following: include collections management, registration, cataloging, research, preservation, restoration, or conservation of collections of museum material, or other experience related to the position to be filled. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Have completed of at least 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Related fields of study include art, history, museum studies, scientific subjects, or other courses related to the position to be filled. IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: If you are using education to qualify you must submit a copy of your transcripts. Copies must include your name, school name, credit hours, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. We cannot determine eligibility without this information. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: Equivalent Combination of Graduate Education and Specialized Experience: I do not have one full year of specialized experience as described in 3A above or 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree as shown in 3B above, but I have an equivalent combination of such education and experience. For example, I have six months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 27 semester hours or 41 quarter hours of directly related graduate level college study in an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education). You must include transcripts. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

  • Address Morristown National Historical Park 30 Washington Place Morristown, NJ 07960 US
  • Name: Billie Bowker
  • Email: [email protected]

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