Senior Registrar, Collections & Loans — Remote

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

Job summary

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC is seeking a Supervisory Registrar for the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). This position will oversee accountability of the Museum's permanent collections, including objects, paper archives, photographic archives and media archives, through accession records and inventory processes.

You will coordinate an annual cyclical inventory of randomly selected items, manage acquisitions from gifts and donations, and supervise a busy

Qualifications

• Education cannot be substituted at this grade level.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the inventory and movements of the collections.
• Coordinate an annual cyclical inventory of randomly selected items to verify the location and documentation of an appropriate subset of NMAI's collections and reports results to the NMAI senior and executive management and the Smithsonian's National Collections Office.
• Manage the acquisition of gifts and donations to the collection, de-accessions, and disposals and serve as funds manager for federal and trust resources used for acquisitions.
• Oversee receipt of all incoming offers and collection items to NMAI for consideration as acquisitions and is responsible for their subsequent disposition.
• Ensure accurate and appropriate documentation for the cataloguing of collections lots and as needed, individual items, within NMAI's collections information system.
• Oversee an extremely active incoming and outgoing loan program in accordance with SI and NMAI approval processes, requirements, and policies.
• Responsible for NMAI's loan policies, compiles and presents loan documentation, findings, and recommendations for loans and loan renewals to NMAI's Curatorial Council.
• Provide overall direction and management to registration staff to include the establishment of work priorities, goals, assignments and schedules to meet NMAI goals.

Job description

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC is seeking a Supervisory Registrar for the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). This position will oversee accountability of the Museum's permanent collections, including objects, paper archives, photographic archives and media archives, through accession records and inventory processes.

You will coordinate an annual cyclical inventory of randomly selected items, manage acquisitions from gifts and donations, and supervise a busy