This position is located in Oyster Bay, New York, at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. The incumbent serves as a museum technician. The purpose of the position is to perform a full range of complex curatorial support work in a museum. Work may involve substantial element of the work of the professional field, but requires less than full knowledge of the field involved.

Duties

Handles, cleans, stores, and labels objects in the permanent collection. Performs routine cleaning, stabilization, or preservation of artifacts whose treatment does not require a high degree of specialization. Makes recommendations for the care of museum collections. Implements housekeeping schedules and oversees the housekeeping work of other museum or maintenance staff. Provides daily and cyclical cleaning and monitoring of artifacts in accordance with standard operating procedures. Reports object deterioration, damage, movement, or theft to the supervisor. Cleans and monitors public areas, exhibition spaces, and artifact storage areas. Maintains museum records, including accession, catalog, and loan records, in accordance with NPS standards. Completes the accession of new objects and insures that required paperwork and files are complete. Updates standard operating accession procedures as needed and instructs other staff and volunteers in their use. Conducts or assists others to conduct the annual inventory of museum collections and contributes as required to the annual Collections Management Report. 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. Recommends appropriate methodology and procedures to accomplish projects. Instructs others in appropriate techniques and procedures. Monitors day-to-day work on projects. Prepares progress reports for the supervisor. Responds to personal, phone, and mail inquiries regarding the museum collection. Assists NPS staff, visiting museum professionals, and researchers by locating, retrieving and obtaining information on museum collections. Oversees the work of interns and volunteers in storage areas and in cataloging the museum collection. Gives specialized tours or talks dealing with the museum collection, museum storage, and exhibits. Sagamore Hill manages a collection of about 90,0000 objects with 90% of the family's original furnishings on display at the Theodore Roosevelt House. From art, to books, to furniture, the collection contains objects from all over the world and throughout time. Explore the natural surroundings and become inspired by the legacy of one of America's most popular presidents. Sagamore Hill is approximately 30 miles from Manhattan and easily accessible by train. You can learn more information about Sagamore Hill National Historic Site at www.nps.gov/sahi. Park staff work closely with other national park sites including Fire Island National Seashore and the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site with resource and collections management. Sagamore Hill is located in a suburban-rural setting along Long Island Sound approximately 30 miles from Manhattan and easily accessible by train. You can learn more information about living and working at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, including a guide for prospective employees, at www.nps.gov/sahi/getinvolved/workwithus.htm

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-02/20/2024-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-7 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). This experience includes activities such as: knowledge of curatorial principles of cataloging and processing, preservation and conservation, inventorying, housing and exhibit practices; and working with researchers. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one (1) full academic year (18 semester hours) of related graduate level education, or *superior academic achievement within a related field of study (e.g. museum studies, archival management, or history). You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of experience required) plus completion of nine (9) semester hours of graduate education (50% of education requirement) would qualify an applicant for this position. 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 Sagamore Hill National Historic Site 20 Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay, NY 11771 US
• Name: Brian Mutai
• Phone: 971-278-0114
• Email: [email protected]