Museum Specialist (History)

About the role

This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. It is located at a presidential library.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of duties, including oversight for all objects and official records, in connection with the management of the library's museum collections.
• Ensures that the proper procedures are followed with regard to the care, registration, and documentation of the collections.
• Oversees the accessioning and cataloging of the collections and maintains manual and automated collections inventories and file systems.
• Manages the proper conservation, preservation, and restoration of collections where assigned.
• Manages incoming and outgoing loans of artifacts in a museum setting including duties such as loan requests paperwork, insurance, shipping logistics, loans registration, and electronic (TMS) and hard copy records related to all loans.

Requirements

• Specialized experience for this position includes: Conducting custodial duties related to artifact registration and collections-based management in a museum setting. Duties such as accessioning, proper care, accountability reporting, inventory, preservation, artifact handling, documentation of objects, and deaccessions; AND Acting as Administrator of the museum collections management database such as; The Museum Software (TMS), PastPerfect Museum Software, Re:Discovery Software, or other museum specific collections database software; AND Managing incoming and outgoing loans of artifacts in a museum setting including duties such as loan requests paperwork, insurance, shipping logistics, loans registration, and electronic (TMS) and hard copy records related to all loans.
• For the GS-09, You Must Have One Year Of Specialized Experience At a Level Of Difficulty And Responsibility Equivalent To The GS-07 Grade Level In The Federal Service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Conducting custodial duties related to artifact registration and collections-based management in a museum setting. Duties such as accessioning, proper care, accountability reporting, inventory, preservation, artifact handling, documentation of objects, and deaccessions; AND Inventory control consisting of records, reports and resolving inventory anomalies according to established SOPs and or procedures OR You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: 2 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or master's or equivalent graduate degree related to the position; (Related fields of study include art, history, museum studies, scientific subjects, or other courses related to the position to be filled.) OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience for this position includes: Conducting custodial duties related to artifact registration and collections-based management in a museum setting. Duties such as accessioning, proper care, accountability reporting, inventory, preservation, artifact handling, documentation of objects, and deaccessions; AND Acting as Administrator of the museum collections management database such as; The Museum Software (TMS), PastPerfect Museum Software, Re:Discovery Software, or other museum specific collections database software; AND Managing incoming and outgoing loans of artifacts in a museum setting including duties such as loan requests paperwork, insurance, shipping logistics, loans registration, and electronic (TMS) and hard copy records related to all loans.