The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo.  This position is located in the Museum Conservation Institute (MCI), the Under Secretary for Science and Research, Smithsonian Institution (SI). The Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution founded in 1963 as the Conservation Research Laboratory of the United States National Museum.

Duties

This position serves as a Management Support Specialist at the Museum Conservation Institute (MCI), with responsibility for performing a full range of activities associated with Human Resources support, processing procurement requests, purchase card transactions, travel management, budget formulation and execution, funds management and other financial administrative tasks. 

Requirements

• Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer.
• May need to complete a Probationary Period.

Qualifications

At the GS-11 Grade Level: Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 level in the Federal Service.  For this position, specialized experience is defined as: directly supporting human resources, travel and procurement activities and responsibilities and providing professional support and assistance on a full range of administrative duties. OR Education: Completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree if directly related. OR A combination of specialized experience and related Ph.D. level education as described above. Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications; For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. 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.Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Education

Refer to the qualification section above for education requirement. Education can be substituted for experience at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address SMITHSONIAN Office of Human Resources POB 37012, 600 Maryland Avenue, MRC 517 Suite 5060 Washington, District of Columbia 20013-7012 United States
• Name: Geraldo Carlos
• Phone: 202-633-6321
• Email: [email protected]