Museum Curator

This position is located in the South East Region at Andersonville National Historic Site in the Resource Division.
Open to the first 101 applicants or until 12/21/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/21/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.
Individual Occupational Requirements
Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field.

or

1. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

or

1. Four years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study as shown in A above.

To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:
EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 level in the federal service, obtained in either the public or private sectors. Specialized experience includes museum collections activities to address the preservation and accountability of museum collections, application of museum policy and ethics to a museum program, planning and execution of projects related to museum collections management, maintaining and creating museum records and documentation, conducting collections research, and sorting and analyzing museum collections. You must include hours worked per week in your resume.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three-years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in museum work or directly associated subject-matter field (ex. History, Archeology, Historic Preservation) with a concentration in museum collections management. You must include a copy of your transcripts.
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COMBINATION EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience. For example, an applicant with 6 months of appropriate experience equivalent to GS-9 (50 percent of the experience requirement for GS-11) and 45 semester hours of appropriate graduate education (50 percent of the education requirement
for GS-11, in excess of that required for GS-9) would be qualified for a GS-11 position. You must include hours worked per week in your resume and a copy of your transcripts.
Volunteer 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.Education: To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.Employment Type: FULL_TIME