Supervisory Museum Specialist (Offsite)

Summary

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located within the Office of Collections, Division of Public History, National Museum of American History (NMAH). NMAH is home to more than 1.8 million objects and more than three shelf-miles of archival collections, preserving and sharing the greatest single collection of American history in the world.

Duties

The Supervisory Museum Specialist (Offsite) manages a staff of Museum Specialists performing collections management functions within the Office of Collections. Responsibilities range from supervisory, to project management, to leading and participating in a range of collections care initiatives. In this position, you will: Coordinate collections-related functional activities across NMAH collections projects to ensure efficient planning, execution, and integration of project objectives. Lead the collections management work in the Collections Management Office in support of collections care, storage, display, access, and preservation. Supervise staff assigned to the Collections Management Office, providing leadership, direction, and oversight to ensure the successful accomplishment of program objectives.

Qualifications

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as performing collections management functions, including applying technical knowledge to oversee the movement and preservation of collection objects and applying supervisory techniques to lead and motivate staff in the care, preservation, and public access of historical objects within a museum or cultural heritage setting. Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience. 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. In an effort to streamline our hiring process, SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series (1016) and who are in a Federal competitive service appointment as this advertised position, are not required to submit a transcript with your application package. However, if selected, you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position. 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).

Requirements

• •Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
• •Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.