- Position Title
- MUSEUM SPECIALIST (GENERAL) (Registrar)
- Agency
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Announcement Number
- DE-11459305-22-MU Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, April 11, 2022 to Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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Eligibilities
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Do you claim Veterans' Preference?
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Are you a surplus or displaced Federal employee eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? Click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
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Are you a displaced Federal employee eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)? Click ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
Preferences
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Are you currently serving or have served in the last five years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government?
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Are you a current Federal employee?
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Where did you learn about this National Archives and Records Administration job opportunity?
Assessment 1
For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 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 such as; inventory, preservation, artifact handling, and documentation of objects.;AND
- Administering museum collections management databases such as; The Museum System (TMS) with sufficient skills to generate Crystal reports.;AND
- Managing incoming and outgoing loans of artifacts in a museum setting including duties such as loan requests paperwork, insurance, shipping logistics and loans registration.,.
- Conducting custodial duties related to artifact registration and collections-based management in a museum setting such as; inventory, preservation, artifact handling, and documentation of objects.;AND
- Administering museum collections management databases such as; The Museum System (TMS) with sufficient skills to generate Crystal reports.;AND
- Managing incoming and outgoing loans of artifacts in a museum setting including duties such as loan requests paperwork, insurance, shipping logistics and loans registration.,.
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Do you have the Specialized Experience described above?
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you have experience in a museum setting with managing a large collections of mixed material and media, varied in scope, and diverse in preservation needs?
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Select the response that best describes your experience in a museum setting with establishing physical and intellectual control over a collection using proper registration and collections management methods.
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Select the response that best describes your experience using the museum collections management database, The Museum System (TMS)?
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Select the response that best describes your experience in a museum setting working with and handling archival records, including (but not limited to) paper, bound volumes, and parchment, with varied construction techniques, and historical eras?
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Select the response that best describes your experience in a museum setting working with and handling diverse collections, and applying preventative preservation and storage methods to a diverse and varied collection comprising different material types, construction techniques, and historical eras?
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you have experience in a museum setting with the management of a collection loan program?
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Select each of the following for which you have demonstrated experience in a museum setting regarding the management of a collection loan program:
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you have experience in a museum setting with managing a collection inventory program?
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Select all the functions of collections inventory that you have performed:
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Select the responses which best describes your experience in a museum setting with compiling accountability and statistical reports of data related to holdings, loans, acquisitions, deaccessions, preservation, and outreach?
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Select the responses which best describes your experience researching and completing necessary museum supply purchases:
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Select the response which best describes your experience in a museum setting with providing curatorial, reference and consultative services to customers, including escorting groups through exhibitions, preparing lectures or presentations, and providing advice concerning collections and museum procedures?
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Select the response which best demonstrates your experience in a museum setting with leading museum or collections management team members, interns, and/or volunteers, including recruitment, project planning and management, directing work projects, and monitoring progress and accountability measures?
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Select the responses that best describes your experience in a museum setting with planning, assisting and preparing temporary and/or permanent exhibits, including all phases of content collection, research, writing, and collaboration with design and production teams?
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you have experience in a museum setting with researching museum and other historical records to establish provenance and to effectively and accurately catalog museum collections in both the TMS electronic database and hard copy formats and compile legacy data to support filing systems?