Museum Specialist (General) (Associate Collections Manager).

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Bowie (MD); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum seeks a skilled professional to support the care and management of its precious collections. You will arrange and reconfigure storage space, assist in climate-controlled preservation, and track locations using barcodes and electronic systems to enable exhibitions, conservation, loans, references, digitization, and storage.

Responsibilities include creating comprehensive records, helping curators and archivists, and helping implement policies for

Qualifications

• Experience with museum collections management and storage.
• Familiarity with barcoding and inventory tracking.
• Knowledge of ethical and legal handling of collections.

Responsibilities

• Arrange/rearrange museum collections and space in processing/storage areas.
• Assist in ensuring proper storage and climate control measures for holdings.
• Conduct physical tracking of collections items using electronic and manual systems.
• Create and maintain collections documentation and records for permanent/loaned items.
• Assist curators, archivists, and staff to enter and monitor data in the electronic database.
• Assist in establishing and implementing policies, procedures, and reference materials related to access, handling, and storage of collections.

Skills

Collections handling

Inventory tracking

Documentation

Data entry

Policy compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Barcoding systems

Electronic database

Job description

Duties

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America’s national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust. The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences. The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.

Duties Include

• Arranging/rearranging museum collections and space configuration in Museum processing and storage areas.
• Assist in ensuring proper storage and climate control measures are taken to protect all Museum holdings.
• Conduct the physical tracking of collections items using both electronic and manual systems, including the use of barcoding technology, to ensure locations of items are accurate for activities such as exhibition, conservation, loan, reference, digitization, photography and storage.
• Create and maintain collections documentation, and hardcopy and automated records for permanent and loaned collections.
• Assist curators, archivists, and other Museum personnel to enter, monitor, and track data entered in the electronic database.
• Assist in establishing and implementing policies, procedures, and reference materials relating to the access, handling, and storage of the Museum’s collections to ensure and enforce standard ethical and legal museum practices.

Requirements

• On-line resumes must be submitted by 11:59pm EST of the closing date.
• You must be a suitable for Federal employment.
• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must be registered for Selective Service if applicable (www.sss.gov).
• Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date.
• A one year probationary/trial period may be required.
• Payment of relocation expenses is not authorized.
• The USHMM is an equal opportunity employer.
• This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
• As a condition of employment, all new hires must agree to direct deposit of their salary checks. Employees will have up to two (2) pay periods from the date they enter on duty to arrange for their direct deposit transaction.
• This is a Federal agency. Former employees who received a voluntary separation incentive (“buyout”) must repay the full amount of it if reemployed under any type of appointment or under a personal service contract within five years after separation with a buyout.

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards. 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.

Basic Requirement

Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-9 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-7 (or equivalent) grade level in the federal government. Specialized Experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. The specialized experience for this position is arranging or rearranging museum collections; conducting the physical tracking of collections items; creating and maintaining collection documentation; assisting in preservation activities; and assisting in arranging transportation of museum collections.

OR

Education: 2 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education or master's or equivalent graduate degree related to the position

OR

Combination of education and experience as listed above.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule 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 the grade for which you are applying). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).

• Failure to submit required documentation will result in an ineligible rating.

Education

If this position requires proof of higher education, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses that includes the following information: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website. You MUST provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation by the closing date of the announcement will result in lost consideration.

Additional information

A Complete Application Consists Of The Following

• Resume showing relevant experience; cover letter optional. Your resume must indicate your citizenship and if you are registered for Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/59. Your resume must include information about your paid and nonpaid work experience related to this position including: job title, duration of employment (mm/dd/yy – mm/dd/yy), hours per week, duties and accomplishments, salary, and your education. For work in the Federal service, please include the grade level for the position/s. Your resume may be used to validate your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire.
• If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-points veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 stating disposition of discharge or character of service or other valid proof of eligibility (i.e., statement of service that shows service dates AND character of service). If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form. For more information on veterans' preference see
• Active Duty Service Members-- You must submit a statement of discharge/certification of release or an official written document from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions no later than 120 days from the date the announcement closes. Enlisted Record Briefs and military identification do NOT qualify as official documentation. If the appropriate information is not submitted to confirm the discharge status, dates of service, etc., you will not be considered for this job opportunity under Veteran Preference procedures. To gain access to your DD-214 online please visit
• Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

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.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.