MUSEUM SPECIALIST

National Park Service; Riverdale Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service seeks a Museum Specialist for the White House Liaison office, handling collections management, cataloging, housing, and inventory control. The role supports the Supervisory Curator and oversees storage, transportation, and deaccessioning of objects.

Responsibilities include applying collections software, maintaining environmental controls, and ensuring proper handling and packing of items. A strong background in registrarial work is essential.

Qualifications

• At least one full year of specialized experience comparable to GS-09, including 40 hours per week.
• Experience with museum collections management, registration, and/or cataloging.
• Ability to create storage containers and pack/ship museum objects.
• Experience tracking objects in a database and handling sensitive collections.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and specialized assistance to the Supervisory Curator.
• Manage collections: accessioning, cataloging, housing, inventorying, transportation, deaccessioning.
• Use Collections Management software for registrarial tasks.
• Oversee museum housekeeping, environmental monitoring, and storage space maintenance.

Skills

Museum operations

Registrarial work

Cataloging

Education

No substitution of education for experience

Tools

Collections Management Software

Job description

Summary

This position located in Office of NPS Liaison to the White House, in the White House and President’s Park Division.

Open to the first 100 applicants or until 03/20/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

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The major duties of the Museum Specialist position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide technical and specialized assistance to the Supervisory Curator.
• Responsible for collections management functions including accessioning, cataloging, housing, strong inventorying, transportation, and deaccessioning of all objects.
• Uses Collections Management software applications to perform all aspects of registrarial and collections management functions.
• Responsible for museum housekeeping, environmental monitoring, and maintenance of collection storage space.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver’s license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator’s License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver’s licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government;
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual’s employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

*Additional Requirements located under qualifications*

Qualifications

Requirements Continued…

• You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 2 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
• You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver’s license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator’s License and Driving Record.
• You must be able to lift at minimum 75 pounds.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-03/20/2026-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.

To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess all 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 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Experience at this level must include all of the following: Operation or management of a museum or similar collection of valuable objects; handling museum objects properly and addressing the object’s individual needs to prevent damage; creating appropriate storage containers for museum objects; utilizing the properties and requirements of museum grade materials used for storage and packing; working with a database to account for and track museum objects; and packing objects for shipment to ensure their safety. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include collections management, registration, and/or cataloging, of museum material. You must include hours per week worked.

You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as “varies”. Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week.

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

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Additional information

A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.

A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized

for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR §575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive.

A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized

for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another.

This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.

Physical Demands:

The work is physical in nature. The work involves walking, bending, and lifting (in coordination with other staff members, objects weighing hundreds of pounds) associated with the collection care and annual inventory of the collection. The incumbent will be responsible for keeping self drug-free.

Working Conditions:

The works performed in an office, collections storage space, utilitarian warehouse, and museum setting. The incumbent will need to operate material handling equipment (e.g., pallet jacks, forklifts, etc.) and wear protective equipment as necessary (e.g., steel toed shoes, fall protection, hard hat, etc.).

The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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