Museum Specialist

3 weeks ago

Washington, United States US Smithsonian Institution Full time

**Duties**:
The Museum Specialist assists supervisors with research, collections development (including acquisitions, documentation, and management), exhibition development, and public service. Work assignments may require duty locations either at the NMAAHC's offices on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., or the Smithsonian's Pennsy Collections and Support Center in Landover, Maryland.

In this position, you will:

- Conduct research on topics, themes, and objects within Smithsonian.
- Collaborate with collections management and curatorial staff in the long-term development of the NMAAHC’s collection and the information pertaining to it.
- Support the collection acquisition and loan processes by preparing justifications, researching some potential acquisitions, communicating with vendors, assisting with processing acquisitions paperwork and monitoring all phases of payment processing.
- Respond to inquiries regarding collections from the general public.
- Write materials for object labels, the museum’s website, interactive educational devices, and acquisition documentation as determined by curatorial supervisors.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- 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.

**Conditions of Employment**

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

For information on qualification requirements, see _Qualification Standards Handbook for _General Schedule Positions_ on OPM website.

**Qualifications**:
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-07 level in the Federal Service. **For this position, specialized experience is defined as** **demonstrated experience **cataloguing, accessioning, documenting, and managing a collection; conducting research; providing exhibition development and public service.

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 or equivalent degree related to the position may be substituted to meet the experience requirements.

**Or 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.

**Education**:
This position has no basic education requirement.

**Additional information**:
This position is included in the bargaining unit.

**Current or Former Political Appointees**:Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Office of Human Resources. Submit a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a statement that provides the following information regarding your most recent political appointment:

- Position title;
- Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee);
- Agency; and,
- Beginning and ending dates of appointment.

**Recruitment Incentive**: Recruitment incentive(s) may be authorized for this position. However, approval for incentives are contingent upon various availability. If authorized, certain incentives will require the incumbent to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a certain time period.

**Note**: This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid.
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