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 Office of Curatorial Affairs (OCA), National Museum of American History (NMAH), Smithsonian Institution (SI).

Duties

The primary purpose of the position is to direct a division of curators, historians, and volunteers with regular and irregular schedules, and a variable number of interns each year. Guides and shapes specific short- and long-term projects of division staff, ensuring that their work advances the mission and interpretive goals of the museum

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

Basic Qualifications (1015 series): A. Degree: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field. or B. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. or C. Four years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study as shown in A above. 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-14 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as  1) managing and leading staff; 2) researching, collections, and exhibiting material culture related to American domestic life, social or cultural history; and 3) producing research products such as scholarly articles, archival holding, museum collections, exhibitions, and public programming. 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.Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Education

There is no education requirement for this grade. 

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: Ms. Assefaw
• Phone: 202-633-6299
• Email: [email protected]