This position is located in Pipe Spring National Monument. This is a temporary appointment not-to-exceed one year with potential to be extended for an additional one year for a maximum of two years based on agency needs and potential funding.

Duties

This position performs curatorial support work in a museum under the direction of a professional. Performs routine functions such as unpacking, repacking, processing, labeling, cataloging, storing objects, and cleaning objects. Prepares, maintains, and organizes manual and automated curatorial records. Performs routine research for catalog records, exhibits, and other purposes as assigned. Performs a full range of complex curatorial support work in a museum such as: maintaining museum records, monitoring museum environment, processes incoming and outgoing loans, handles, cleans, stores, and labels objects in the permanent collection, serves as team member, and at times a team leader, on curatorial projects such as the elimination of cataloging backlogs; organization of photograph and archival collections, production of finding aids and location guides; photo documentation of collections; and the reorganization of storage areas, and assists with the design, installation, repair, and rehabilitation of exhibits

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/30/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: collections management, registration, cataloging, research, preservation, restoration, or conservation of collections of museum material. This position requires subject-matter specialization in museum studies or archeology/anthropology. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one (1) full academic year (18 semester hours) of related graduate level education within a related field of study such as museum studies or archeology/anthropology. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. 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 Pipe Spring National Monument HC 65 Box 5 406 Pipe Springs Road Fredonia, AZ 86022 US
• Name: Tammy Ice
• Phone: 435-836-3947
• Email: [email protected]