Job opening: Supervisory Museum Specialist (General)
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Oct 02 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), with a duty station of Bowie, MD.
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Duties
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America’s national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust. The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences. The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.
Qualifications
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards. 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.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-12 (or equivalent) grade level in the Federal government, performing the following duties: carrying out the procedural steps of accessioning museum collections into the physical and legal custody of the Museum; drafting registration policies, providing advice and guidance to the Division Director as requested to allow for the coordination of registration policies; negotiating incoming and outgoing loans with other institutions and private individuals; supervising the maintenance of all collections documentation; and creating, directing, and supervising the creation and implementation of documents to enforce standard ethical legal museum procedures and practices.·
Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).
***Failure to submit required documentation will result in an ineligible rating.
Education
There is no positive education requirement for this position.
Contacts
- Address U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, S.W.
Attn: Human Resources
Washington, District of Columbia 20024
United States
- Name: Chanel Cabiness
- Phone: 202-488-2674
- Email: [email protected]
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