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The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, commuter benefits, health/life insurance, and accidental insurance.
This position is located in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum African American History and Culture. The Digital Curator collaborates with museum colleagues to create innovative digital experiences for diverse audiences to increase access and engagement with the museum’s collections, exhibitions, educational resources, and public programming. The Digital Curator is also responsible for creating original digital content and experiences that serve existing and new museum audiences.
This position is located in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum African American History and Culture. The Digital Curator collaborates with museum colleagues to create innovative digital experiences for diverse audiences to increase access and engagement with the museum’s collections, exhibitions, educational resources, and public programming. The Digital Curator is also responsible for creating original digital content and experiences that serve existing and new museum audiences.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION IS OPEN TO ALL CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES.
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Qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.
Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the grade 13 level in the Federal Service or comparable pay band system. For this position Specialized experience is defined as conceptualizing, planning, and implementing complex digital initiatives, online exhibitions, and virtual programs that engage and educate a diverse public for museum or similar cultural entity.
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.
This position requires a Degree in museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field.
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Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
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Four years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study as shown in A above.
Please note: this position has an education requirement. Applicants are required to submit unofficial school transcripts. If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment.
The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, commuter benefits, health/life insurance, and accidental insurance.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application will be evaluated first for the basic qualifications described above. The applications that meet the basic qualifications will be evaluated further against the following criteria:
Important Note:
Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide detailed information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.
The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, commuter benefits, health/life insurance, and accidental insurance.
Your application package should include the following documents:
Resume - Your resume can be uploaded and attached to your application or created using the USA Jobs on-line resume builder. Ensure your resume contains the job title (including the occupational series and grade if it is Federal), job-related qualifications, starting and ending dates (month and year), hours worked per week, and salary for each employment period. It is your responsibility to ensure all information is submitted. Failure to include this information may result in disqualification for the position.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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Please Note:
At the end of the application process you will be able to create and save a PDF file that contains your responses to the assessment questions. You may save this file as initial receipt of your application. After the job announcement closes, you will receive an email from the Smithsonian with confirmation of receipt.
The Smithsonian receives many applications for each job. Each application is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to update you as we go through phases of the application review process. You may also check your application status by logging into www.usajobs.gov and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" e-mailing vacancy.info@si.edu; or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representative listed.
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