Museum Collections Specialist

5 days ago


Goshen, Indiana, United States Smithsonian Full time
Job Summary

The Smithsonian Institution is seeking a highly skilled Museum Collections Specialist to play a critical role in maintaining, preserving, and enhancing our museum collections.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform a variety of technical and collection maintenance tasks related to providing general access and supporting collections programs
  • Clean and remove dust, dirt, grime, and other foreign matter from museum specimens, storage equipment, and related items
  • Transport specimens and related materials for cleaning, preparing, packing, and re-storage to and from loading docks and transport vehicles
  • Follow special safety procedures when handling museum specimens, which may require wearing protective equipment and physical examination
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
  • Must be certified to use full face respirator for hazardous materials
Qualifications
  • Experience related to the operation or management of a museum or similar collection of valuable objects
  • Examples of qualifying specialized experience include collections management, registration, cataloging, research, preservation, restoration, or conservation of collections of museum material, or other experience related to the position to be filled
  • Most positions require a particular subject-matter specialization, e.g., aeronautics, anthropology, art, geology, history, natural science, technology, biology, or zoology
Benefits
  • The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Health Insurance
  • Leave
  • Life Insurance
  • Long Term Care Insurance
  • Retirement Program
How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Applicants for this position may be evaluated in multiple stages. The first stage is an evaluation of your responses to the online multiple-choice questions that assess your experience, education, and/or training for the job-related competencies below:

  • Knowledge of elementary procedures for handling museum collections and storage systems
  • Knowledge of standardized procedures and methods for cleaning museum objects
  • Ability to hold license for and operate gas and electric forklifts and light trucks
  • Skill in safety and hazardous materials handling


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