Job opening: Museum Specialist
Salary: $68 405 - 88 926 per year
Published at: Dec 13 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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 Architectural History and Historic Preservation (AHHP), Office of Planning, Design, and Construction (OPDC) and supports the management of AHHP’s Castle Collection (the Collection) and Heritage Materials Inventory (HMI).
Duties
The Museum Specialist (Art) will perform the duties associated with collection management and adhere with the policy provisions of the Institution as outlined in Smithsonian Directive 600, the Castle Collection’s Collection Management Policy, the Unit Digitization Plan, Inventory Plan, and all other policies and plans of AHHP.
Requirements
- Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
- May need to complete a Probationary Period
- Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
- Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.
Qualifications
Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 in the Federal Service. For this position specialized experience is defined as maintaining museum collections using collections information systems and databases; leading a team in the safe movement of a museum collection; conducting regular inventories, completing conditions assessments, and object cleaning; digitalizing a museum collection; and working with a collection of antique furniture, lighting, decorative, and fine arts.
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.Or Education: Two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree related to this position may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirementsOr a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications. For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards. 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.
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: Shontel Ruiz
- Phone: 202-633-6997
- Email: ruizs@si.edu
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