Museum Curator

Summary

About the Position: Serves as Museum Curator of the National Mounted Warrior Museum. Responsibilities include long-range planning, development, coordinating and administering all matters pertaining to the museum operation.

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Duties

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• Determines and plans for the nature and scope of museums projects and activities.
• Assures compliance with safety, security, and other applicable military regulations and federal laws.
• Exercises control responsibility over rare and valuable graphic, pictorial, and artifactitious items on display and in storage.
• Responsible for the acquisition of historical information, artifacts and for the implementation of appropriate collection policies.
• Prepares operating budget and coordinates the expenditure of appropriated funds.
• Performs extensive and detailed background research required to authenticate and document artifacts.
• Determines exhibit policy and is responsible for the development of overall exhibit designs, limited only by administrative controls such as available space, budget, and agency policy.

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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position is designated a code-4 Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) Supervisor: Position meets the definition of Supervisor in 5 U.S.C. 7103(a)(10) but does not meet the min req. for application of the General Schedule Supervisory Guide.
• Business travel, incumbent expected to travel TDY 25% of the time.
• This position has an irregular tour of duty and may require shift work and/or work on rotating shifts to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, and in other situations.
• Lifting requirement of 20 Pounds maybe required.
• A pre-employment physical is required for this position.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Supervisory Museum Curator:

A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field such as Museum Studies or American History. (Transcripts required at the time of application.)

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B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. (Transcripts required at the time of application.)

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C. Experience : Four years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the four year course of study as shown in A above.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below .

Specialized Experience for GS-11 : One year of specialized experience which includes: reviewing exhibit designs and development; handling of artifacts and collection management; supporting museum lectures or educational programs such as military history; and managing artifact conservation and preservation. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

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Education : Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Military History, etc.

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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Specialized Experience for GS-12 : One year of specialized experience which includes:(1)Performing technical research for the restoration and preservation of museum artifacts, and archival material in a museum/historical collection; (2) planning and designing museum exhibits for a large museum; (3) identifying proper storage, security, and protection of museum artifacts or historical collection; and (4) creating public focused museum/historical collection educational written material such as booklets, brochures and news articles. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Administration and Management
• Communications and Media
• Project Management
• Technical Competence

Time in Grade Requirement for GS-11 : Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-9).

Time in Grade Requirement for GS-12 : Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing of the announcement.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Historian/Museum Curator Career Field position.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• Recruitment or Relocation incentive maybe authorized if it is in the best interest of the government.
• Position may be filled at the GS-11 or GS-12 grade level, management may select at any of the grade levels. If selected below the full performance level (GS-12) you may be non-competitively promoted to the full performance level. Promotions are not automatic - selectee may be non-competitively promoted upon (1) meeting all regulatory requirements; (2) certification by the supervisor of successful performance; and (3) completion of any applicable training/certification requirements.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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