Job opening: Museum Specialist (History)
Salary: $60 905 - 79 176 per year
Published at: May 03 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: Assists collections manager with the management of the historical properties, archives, and photographs of the museum collections.
Duties
Develops long range storage, acquisition, and conservation plans to ensure collection is properly managed and developed to support the museum's three themes.
Conducts or coordinate the use or loan of objects in support of training.
Completes monthly pest management duties and relays any issues to the Museum Curator for awareness and management.
Identifies objects requiring conservation efforts, performs needed artifact preparation or maintenance or designates suitable sources for more complex conservation of selected objects.
Assists with research in selection of objects for exhibit in support of the museum's three themes, special projects, or classroom instruction.
Prepares draft story lines for permanent, temporary, and traveling exhibits.
Trains volunteers and interns, assigns tasks and provides input regarding the performance of the volunteers.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position has an irregular tour of duty and may require shift work and/or work on rotating shifts to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, and in other situations.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 5% of the time.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- This position has a requirement to lift up to 25lbs without assistance.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience:One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) Providing complex information on historical artifacts to interns and the general public; 2.) Maintaining data records on historical artifacts to ensure proper handling and care; 3.) Communicating with the general public, teachers and scholars on aspects of history on military unit's historical artifacts. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).
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Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as American and US Military History.
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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Education & TrainingHistory and ArchaeologyTechnical CredibilityWritten Communication
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07). To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing of the announcement.
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the 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. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address HT-APF-W3YUAA HQDA, USA, CNTR OF MIL HIST
DO NOT MAIL
Arlington, VA 22202
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
- Email: [email protected]
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