Director of Collections & Digital Access

Smithsonian Institution; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, seeks a Director of Collections for the National Postal Museum to oversee staff, strategy, and digitization initiatives while ensuring access to collections and proper governance.

The role includes leading on accessioning, deaccessioning, conservation, and security measures, reporting to the Director, and coordinating with donors and stakeholders. Telework is eligible; this is a full-time, permanent federal appointment.

Qualifications

• NO Basic Education is Required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the staff of the Collections Department.
• Develop and circulate annual goals and benchmarks for Collections Department in the areas of preservation, collections management, accessioning, exhibiting, lending, collecting, digitizing, and providing increased access to the collection.
• Develop new protocols and processing for capture, storing, and providing accessibility to digital collections, as well as creating new protocols and procedures for digitizing NPM's collections.
• Serve as the principal advisor to the Director on all complex collections management issues including accessioning (gifts bequests transfers purchases exchanges etc.), deaccessioning, conservation, preservation, security, environmental protections etc., and communicates with museum stakeholders or potential donors on collections management activities.

Job description

Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, seeks a Director of Collections for the National Postal Museum to oversee staff, strategy, and digitization initiatives while ensuring access to collections and proper governance.

The role includes leading on accessioning, deaccessioning, conservation, and security measures, reporting to the Director, and coordinating with donors and stakeholders. Telework is eligible; this is a full-time, permanent federal appointment.