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This announcement has an APPLICATION LIMIT of 150 applications. Therefore applicants should apply as soon as possible. If the 150 application limit is not met, the job announcement will close at 11:59 pm, on Friday, July 6, 2018. Applicants need to ensure they provide all supporting documentation at the time they apply to the vacancy announcement.
The National Gallery of Art serves the United States in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards. The Division of Prints and Drawings (DCG) is responsible for the Gallery’s acquisition, care, study, and display of a world-class collection of works of art on paper, from medieval times to the present. The incumbent is an established scholar and recognized connoisseur and serves as Associate Curator in the department of Old Master Prints (DCPR). The incumbent has responsibilities for the permanent collection of European prints
and illustrated books before 1900: collection care and loan administration; participating in presentations in the East Building prints and drawings study room; pursuing and securing acquisitions by gift and purchase; carrying out scholarly research; interpretation; organizing exhibitions; publishing; and public service.
This position is also being advertised under job announcement NGA-18-81A to all U.S. citizens and nationals under competitive examining procedures. Persons wishing to be considered under both announcements must apply separately to each.
06/22/2018 to 07/13/2018
$96,970 - $126,062 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Occasional travel - Travel 25% or less
No
Permanent
Full-time - Full time
Competitive
13
No
No
NGA-18-81B
503109700
The incumbent:
Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. 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). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.
Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, the incumbent may frequently walks to other offices in the East and West Buildings.
Requires advanced reading knowledge of at least two of the following three languages: French, German, and Italian. Requires occasional weekend work.
The National Gallery of Art provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility comparable to the next lower grade or comparable pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector.
Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service, developing pre-1900 European print and drawing collections. An equivalent combination of education and experience is fully qualifying and meets the minimum qualification requirements.
Other Relevant Eligibility Criteria: Must be available for periodic weekend duty. Must be available for U.S. and European travel, up to seven (7) days per trip. Must have advanced reading ability in at least two of the following languages: German; French; and Italian.
Candidates must reflect in their submitted USAJOBS résumés the possession of this specialized experience. If their résumés do not include such specialized experience, they will be ineligible for this position.
Those applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be evaluated against these factors to determine the best-qualified candidates. Candidates should ensure their résumé and submitted materials clearly demonstrate possession of these factors to receive maximum employment consideration.
Skill in organizing exhibitions, from small focus projects to major international loan shows.
Knowledge of prints and drawings collection care and management.
Ability to write and develop interpretative art programs for all audience levels.
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with others.
Knowledge of the field and art market, including sources, values and acute discrimination about individual works of art (connoisseurship).
Time-in-Grade: Current federal employees must meet time-in0grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration under merit promotions procedures.
CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.
You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
This position has a positive education requirement. You may submit copies of your transcripts or a course listing. You must provide documentation supporting your education claims.
Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
The National Gallery of Art uses an application tracking system to evaluate the responses you provide in the applicant assessment questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualification requirements of this position. Then, the HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) will conduct a quality review of your application and supporting documentation to determine if your qualifications meet the criteria for referral to the selecting official.
We will also verify whether you are eligible for merit promotion by reviewing your previous Federal employment to ensure you meet Time-in-Grade requirements. If you are eligible to apply to Merit Promotion announcements based on Veteran or other non-competitive statuses, we will verify your supporting documentation prior to referral.
If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your evaluation rating may be adjusted accordingly.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
After each step in the recruitment process, your status will be updated in our application tracking system. Once this happens, if you have elected to receive e-mail updates, you will be notified through your USAJOBS registered e-mail address. If you have not elected e-mail updates, you can review your current application status in USAJOBS at any time. Please check that your USAJOBS profile contact information is current and correct each time you apply to a job--this will ensure we are able to contact you as quickly as possible.
In addition to changing your status online, we will send you e-mail notifications at each major step in the process, to include: application received, eligible or not eligible, referred or not referred, selected or not selected.
We expect to make a selection within 30 to 90 days of the closing date of this announcement.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/503109700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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