Museum Technician
3 months ago
A permanent career-seasonal positions includes all the benefits of permanent employment, but does not provide employment on a full year-round basis.
As such, selectees will be in a non-pay/non-duty status (October) for at least 2 weeks to 6 months per year based on project requirements or weather conditions.
Selectees are guaranteed to work at least 6 months per year but not more than 50 weeks per year, with the work schedule to be determined upon appointment.
The typical season forNatchez National Historical Park is March through October, but can be variable during these months due to project requirements or weather conditions.
The incumbent serves as a museum technician located at a museum facility in a National Park Service organization. The purpose of the position is to perform a full range of complex curatorial support work in a museum.
Technician work is typically associated with and supportive of a professional field; work may involve substantial elements of the work of the professional field, but requires less than full knowledge of the field involved.
If the incumbent is not supervised by a professional specialist (i.e., an archivist or curator), then technical direction must be obtained from a specialist in a central office or center.
The position is distinguished from similar positions at the GS-06 level in the following ways: assignments require that the incumbent have greater knowledge, experience, and judgment in order to complete a variety of conventional projects of relatively limited scope; independently resolve problems for which precedents exist; select, from several alternatives, the most appropriate course of action for planning and executing work; and apply a wide range of conventional methods and solutions to new situations.
As a result, the position has a broader scope and effect; unlike lower-graded positions, this position directly affects the design, operation, and adequacy of cultural resource activities.
