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This position is located in the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Office of Curatorial Affairs (OCA), Division of Work and Industry (W&I), Smithsonian Institution (SI). The incumbent organizes the division’s collections, carries out individual research, takes on exhibit projects and performs a variety of public service duties.
06/14/2022 to 06/28/2022
$50,643 - $65,831 per year
GS 07
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
No
Permanent - Federal
Full-time - Full-Time, Permanent
Competitive
11
No
No
22R-JS-306152A-DEU-NMAH
660022100
This position is open to all U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.
The duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
-Working in cooperation with division staff, the Collections Support Office, Collections Management Services, Preservation Services, and other NMAH staff, ensures that proper procedures are followed with regard to the care, registration and documentation of the collections.
-Accessions and catalogs collections and maintains manual and automated collections inventories and files systems.
-Answers collections inquiries by letter, telephone, email and in person. Furnishes information on specialized subjects.
-Researches museum records, searches published and unpublished sources to complete cataloging, establish provenance and answer public inquiries.
Qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.
COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS:
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Specialized Experience: You qualify for this position if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 level in the Federal service or comparable pay band system. For this position specialized experience is defined as: providing collections management support for a collection in a historical museum or cultural setting including preserving collections; and using a collections information system and database to maintain museum collection information.
OR
Education: 1 full academic year of related graduate level education. Related degrees may include library and information sciences.
OR
Superior Academic Achievement (SAA): S.A.A. is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership.
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A combination of graduate level education and specialized experience as described above.
See qualifications section above for information on education substitution.
More than one selection may be made from this announcement.
Incentives may be authorized on a case-by-case basis and is contingent upon management and OHR approval. Those incentives include the following:
Flexible Spending Accounts - http://www.fsafeds.com/fsafeds/index.asp
Health Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp
Leave - http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp
Life Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp
Long Term Care Insurance - http://www.ltcfeds.com
Retirement Program - http://www.opm.gov/retire/index.asp
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application will be evaluated first for the minimum qualifications described above. The applications that meet the minimum qualifications will be evaluated further against the following criteria:
-Knowledge of procedures for collections management, exhibition organization and publications production.
-Skill in using museum collections information systems and databases to support and maintain the collection’s information.
-Knowledge of American cultural history and its basic methodology and principles.
-Knowledge of historical research methods, from image and text databases to collections, for fact finding, tracing an object's provenance, title, date, dimensions, lender data, exhibition history, bibliographic resources, previous scholarly opinions and its story over time.
Applicants who meet or exceed minimum qualifications will be assigned to one of three category groups based on job-related criteria: Best Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and excels in most of the job related competencies above. Better Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and satisfies most of the job related competencies above. Good Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements, but does not satisfy most of the job related competencies above to a substantive degree. This category rating process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three", but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. A selecting official may make selections from the highest quality category (Best Category) provided no preference eligible in that category is passed over to select a non-preference eligible in that category unless the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 3317(b) or 3318(b) are satisfied. Preference eligibles who meet minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-9 grade level or higher. Applicants who have not submitted a resume in the USAjobs system and/or have not answered all of the vacancy questions will not be considered for this position.
Important Note: Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.
Your application package should include the following documents:
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.
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At the end of the application process you will be able to create and save a PDF file that contains your responses to the assessment questions. You may save this file as initial receipt of your application. After the job announcement closes, you will receive an email from the Smithsonian with confirmation of receipt. The Smithsonian receives many applications for each job. Each application is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to update you as we go through phases of the application review process. You may also check your application status by logging into www.usajobs.gov and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" e-mailing vacancy.info@si.edu; or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representative listed. Additional Information:
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