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 National Museum of Natural History, (NMNH). The purpose of this position is to supervise the work of the Division as a first level supervisor in accordance with the established collections management policies and procedures of the zoology departments in NMNH.

Duties

The Supervisory Museum Specialist (Zoology) is involved in precise technical and analytical aspects of collections, curation, and research support, including the transportation, preparation, registration, preservation, storage, information management; and utilization of specimens in the National Collections within the zoology specialization of the incumbent's department

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

Experience related to the operation or management of a museum or similar collection of valuable objects. 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.  Most positions require a particular subject-matter specialization, e.g., aeronautics, anthropology, art, geology, history, natural science, technology, biology, or zoology. 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-11 level in the Federal Service that is similar to the operation or management of a museum or similar collection of valuable objects. For this position, specialized experience is defined as experience organizing and managing a herpetological collection for a museum, scientific, or educational organization. This includes experience in either a field or laboratory setting collecting and making specimen preparations of two of the following three types: fluid-preserved, skeleton or tissue; and handling the accessioning, cataloging, registration, and collection documentation of herpetology collection items for an organization.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.For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards.

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: Jan Williams
• Phone: 202-633-6383
• Email: [email protected]