This Position is located in Cane River Creole National Historical Park, in the Cultural Resources Division. This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.

Duties

Open to the first 75 applicants or until 04/11/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. Work as a Museum Technician involves collaborative teamwork for collections management of cultural resources from the Oakland Plantation and Magnolia Plantation, units of the park. Each site is a National Historic Landmark (NHL) and includes significant architecture, archeological sites, and cultural heritage. The primary duty station is the park's Headquarters and Curation Facility complex in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The park's collections management work involves documentation, physical assessment of artifacts, field collections, archives processing and cataloging using the Interior Collections Management System (ICMS). If selected, you will assist in the preservation maintenance of a museum collection consisting of objects recovered from the park's plantation units. The collection consists of artifacts, other culturally deposited materials, natural resource samples, and supporting documents such as maps, negatives and photographs, field notes, and analytical data. This position will support the park's Division of Resource Management to provide museum housekeeping functions at historically-furnished exhibits park-wide. Responsibilities will include a variety of museum collections management tasks at Cane River National Historical Park in fulfillment of two park projects including personal services related to: unpacking and sorting museum objects and performing preliminary classification of specimens as received. routine cleaning of museum objects and identifying objects that are damaged and may be in need of preservation treatment. accession, inventory and preparation of objects for storage and exhibit using proper archival materials. cataloging museum objects using the National Park Service - Department of Interior Collections Management System, ICMS. supporting implementation of the park's Museum Integrated pest Management Plan. 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. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible. If you are selected for Federal employment, you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment, OF-306, prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work. Also, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001).

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/11/2024-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. 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: operation or management of a museum or similar collection of valuable objects; collection management, registration, cataloging, research, preservation, restoration, or conservation of collections of museum material, or other related experience. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 1 full academic year of related graduate level education or superior academic achievement. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. 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. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".

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.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Cane River Creole National Historical Park PO Box 925 Natchitoches, LA 71458 US
• Name: Troy Shropshire
• Phone: 000000000
• Email: [email protected]