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Duties

As a Museum Curator, you will: Work with the museum director in the planning and development of a broad range of multidisciplinary exhibitions, including internal permanent exhibits, internal temporary exhibits, and traveling exhibits. Make recommendations as to content (exhibit topics) and maintaining professionally acceptable presentation standards. Act as liaison to exhibit designers and graphic production vendors needed in the design planning for temporary and permanent exhibits in the museum. Conduct the research needed to prepare exhibits, publications, and other interpretive materials. Write exhibition texts, marketing materials, and articles for publication. Work on the planning and implementation of CDC and community partnerships and work with CDC Museum staff to design programming and promotion for selected exhibits.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Basic Qualifications: Degree: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field. OR Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR 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 above. Minimum Qualifications: To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level, which must include the following experience: assisting with the planning and development of permanent, temporary, and/or traveling gallery exhibits; and overseeing, updating, and maintaining permanent exhibits. 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

A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For more information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address OC-OD-OFFICE OF THE CDC MUSEUM 1600 CLIFTON RD NE ATLANTA, GA 30333 US
• Name: CDC HELPDESK
• Phone: (770) 488-1725
• Email: [email protected]