Job opening: Museum Technician
Salary: $22 per hour
Published at: Nov 15 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
These positions may be filled for a six-month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: March-July 2024.
Appointment Type: Temporary. Additional text Not-to-exceed 1039 hours.
Open to the first 200 applicants or until 12/06/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Duties
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Maintain museum records, including accession, deaccession, loan, and cataloging records, in accordance with NPS standards.
Monitor the environment of the collection storage areas by keeping records on temperature, relative humidity, and pest infestations.
Implement housekeeping schedules and oversee the housekeeping work of maintenance staff. Reports object deterioration, damage, movement, or theft to the supervisor.
Handle, clean, store, and label objects in the permanent collection.
Update housing and microclimate monitoring instruments for environmentally sensitive objects whose treatment does not require a high degree of specialization.
Update standard operating procedures and other museum documents for current conditions and requirements.
Specific duties vary by park.
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/06/2023-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 at least 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). Specialized experience demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of a Museum Technician. Examples of qualifying specialized experience 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. GS-05 level experience may be routine or supportive work experience related to the operation or management of a museum or similar collection of valuable objects.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one year (18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours) of related graduate level education. Related fields of study include art, history, museum studies, scientific subjects, or other courses related to the position to be filled. You must provide transcripts.
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COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Successful completion of a combination of graduate-level education and specialized experience as described above. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the specialized experience) and 9 semester hours of graduate-level education (50% of the education) would qualify an applicant for this position. Only graduate-level education is creditable. You must provide 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.
ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.
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 Intermountain-Arizona Regional Human Resources Office
3636 North Central Ave, Suite 410
Phoenix, AZ 85102
US
- Name: Vicki Duran
- Phone: 0000000000
- Email: [email protected]