Museum Specialist (General)

Smithsonian; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The Smithsonian Institution, located in the Office of Strategic Partnerships (OSP) within the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAANC), is seeking candidates with specialized experience at the GS-11 level.

The role focuses on building partnerships with African American art, history and culture serving institutions, including HBCUs, and advancing research and organizational capacity building in public history.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience at GS-11 level in the Federal Service.
• Experience in developing partnerships with African American art/history serving institutions, including HBCUs.
• Experience conducting research related to public history, museum best practice and organizational development.
• Experience managing interns, fellows and talent pipeline initiatives for museum professionals.

Skills

Partnership development

Public history research

Organizational capacity building

Museum program management

Job description

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in the Office of Strategic Partnerships (OSP), National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAANC), under Secretary for Museums and Culture, Smithsonian Institution (SI).

Experience:You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as developing partnerships with African American art, history and culture serving institutions, including Historically Black Colleges, and Universities, Associations and similarly aligned organizations; conducting research related to public history, museum best practice and organizational development; creating and facilitating organizational capacity building programs; and managing initiatives related to interns, fellows and talent pipeline development for museum professionals.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual 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.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, anyindividual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a GeneralSchedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service,must meet 'time-in-grade' requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of thegrade for which you are applying).