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This position is located in the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Office of Curatorial Affairs, Department of Collections Management Services(CMS), Collections Documentation Services (CDS). As a Collections Accountability Specialist you will support the collections management work required to establish and maintain inventory control over the collections.
Learn more about this agency06/23/2022 to 07/07/2022
$61,947 - $80,532 per year
GS 09
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent - Federal
Full-time - Full-Time, Permanent
Competitive
12
No
No
22R-JC-307533-MPA-NMAH
661669700
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed above, but defined in the federal hiring regulations.
This Merit Promotion position is open to Current Federal Employees and Former Federal Employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply such as Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A), former Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Vista volunteers; certain Military Spouses, or individuals eligible under various programs for Veterans (VRA, VEOA, 30% disabled).
The duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
-Supports acquisition program work for collections inventory projects.
-Conducts full physical inventories of prioritized collection areas working in a team-based environment. Accounts for objects through physical examination.
-Searches the Collections Information System for the corresponding acquisition records and evaluates the data for adherence to NMAH acquisition program guidelines. Updates a record in the CIS acquisitions activity to ensure that legal title information is accurately and fully recorded and meets guidelines.
-Carries out diverse tasks to ensure digital images that meet NMAH digital asset standards exist for each inventoried object from defined collections inventory projects.
-Carries out reconciliation of discrepancies between objects and NMAH collections records within the context of collections inventory projects.
Qualification requirements, including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates, must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.
Qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.
For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website.
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Incentives may be authorized on a case-by-case basis and is contingent upon management and OHR approval. Those incentives include the following:
Specialized Experience Statement: I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal service or comparable pay band system related to the work of this position. This specialized experience is experience defined as 1) using Mimsy XG or a similar collections management system in support of the collections management function of collections inventory and 2) conducting physical inventories of collections, following object handling and preservation standards and best practices, to document and verify information in a Collections Information System.
OR
Education: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree if directly related. Related degrees may include museum studies and library and information science.
OR
A combination of related graduate level education and specialized experience as described above.
See the qualifications section for information on education substitution.
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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:
-Knowledge of museum collections management functions, standards, and practices (including physical inventory, documentation, registration, storage, and preservation).
-Ability to conduct physical inventories of museum collections.
-Ability to prepare museum collections data from a variety of data sources, following established standards, to support collections accountability work documented in the NMAH CIS.
-Knowledge of inventory data standards and digital asset standards to identify adherence to standards and apply the range of solutions appropriate for addressing irregularities.
-Skill in reconciling discrepancies between museum collection objects and records in the context of collections inventory projects, and recording the results in the NMAH CIS.
BASIS OF RATING: Once the announcement closes, your application will be automatically evaluated and rated by the system and a Human Resources Specialist. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your application and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position. If, after the Human Resources Specialist reviews your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that the score you have received is not a true reflection of your qualifications and/or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect the information you provided that support your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Your resume should provide detailed information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.
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 sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.
Your application package should include the following documents:
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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