Supervisory Museum Specialist

About the role

This position is in the Collections Processing Unit (CPU), Collections Department, Collections, Archives and Logistics Directorate, National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Smithsonian Institution, which is responsible for properly protecting the National Collection of Aeronautics and Space Artifacts in perpetuity, guaranteeing intellectual as well as physical control over those collections.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.
• May be required to serve an 18-month probationary period for supervisors.

Qualifications

• To qualify for the GS-12 on Experience, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-11 it must include:
• Experience supervising staff, interns, volunteers, and contractors in a museum environment.
• Experience in a museum setting handling aeronautical and space artifacts such as: aircraft, aircraft engines, satellites, spacecraft, missiles, space suits, uniforms, guns, and cannons.
• Experience handling aerospace artifacts includes: packing, moving, and storing of aforementioned types of artifacts by utilizing equipment such as forklifts, gantries, pallet jacks, dollies, and vehicles; disassembling, assembling, loading, unloading, securing, crating, cradling, or creating containers/mounts for artifacts.
• You cannot qualify on education at the GS-12 level; you must have specialized experience.

Skills

• Skilled in the use of computers and computer software to include word processing, spreadsheet, and collections management database.
• Knowledgeable of collections management practices of large aeronautical and space artifacts to small collections such as flight material and avionics.
• Skilled in safe and effective operation of powered material handling equipment, to include forklift, and hand power tools.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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