The incumbent serves as a museum technician located at Ft. Laramie National Historic Site. The purpose of the position is to perform a full range of complex curatorial support work in a museum. Work may involve substantial elements of the work of the professional field but requires less than full knowledge of the field involved. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 01/02/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

The major duties of the Museum Technician position include, but are not limited to, the following: Process incoming and outgoing loans, handles, cleans, stores, and labels objects in the permanent collection. Serve as team member, and at times a team leader, on curatorial projects such as the elimination of cataloging backlogs, production of finding aids and location guides, photo documentation of collections, and the reorganization of storage areas. Assist with the design, installation, repair, and rehabilitation of exhibits. Maintain museum records. Monitor museum environment. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/02/2024-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. To qualify for the Museum Technician position at the GS-05 grade, you must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have one or more years of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equips the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of this position. Experience at this level must include all of the following: collections management, registration, cataloging, research, preservation, restoration, or conservation of collections of museum material, or other experience related to the position to be filled. Experience may be obtained during internships, trainee positions, or entry level experience related to the operation of a museum or similar collection of valuable objects. You must include hours worked per week annotated on resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Must have successfully completed four years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or 24 semester hours of course work in a related field. You must include official college transcripts with your application. -OR- COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Must have a combination of specialized experience as described in A above and education as described in B above which total at least one year. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the specialized experience) and three years of education above high school (50% of the education) would qualify an applicant for this position. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e. beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. You must include transcripts and hours worked per week annotated on resume. To qualify for the Museum Technician position at the GS-07 grade, you must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the federal service. 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. You must include hours worked per week annotated on resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Must possess at least one full academic year of related graduate level education or superior academic achievement Related fields of study include art, history, museum studies, scientific subjects, or other courses related to the position to be filled. You must include official college transcripts with your application. -OR- COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Must have a combination of specialized experience as described in A above and education as described in B above which total at least one year. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the specialized experience) and three years of education above high school (50% of the education) would qualify an applicant for this position. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e. beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. You must include transcripts and hours worked per week annotated on resume. 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 qualified specialized experience. 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 Fort Laramie National Historic Site 965 Gray Rocks Road Fort Laramie, WY 82212 US
• Name: Savannah Springer
• Email: [email protected]