Job opening: Supervisory Museum Curator
Salary: $155 700 - 183 500 per year
Published at: Oct 02 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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 Office of Curatorial Affairs, National Museum of American History (NMAH), Under Secretary for Museums & Culture, Smithsonian Institution (SI). The Office of Curatorial Affairs advances the museum’s commitment to research and public engagement, as well as collections stewardship and service.
Duties
The purpose of this Supervisory Museum Curator position is to direct a division of curators, historians, and a number of volunteers with regular and irregular schedules, and a variable number of interns each year.
Requirements
- Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
- Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.
- May be required to serve an 18-month
probationary period for supervisors.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications (1015 series):
A. Degree: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field.
or
B. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
or
C. Four years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study as shown in A above.
In addition to the basic qualification requirement above:
Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as 1) Managing and leading museum staff; 2) Researching, collecting, and exhibiting material related to the history of culture and the arts; and 3) Overseeing a range of research products such as scholarly articles, teaching, lectures, oral histories, archival holding, museum collections, exhibitions, and/or public programming.
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 above for education requirement. Education cannot 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: Ryan Stanger
- Phone: 202-550-4673
- Email: [email protected]
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