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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.
No
Term - Federal
Full-time - Full-Time, Term
Competitive
12
No
No
22R-JC-306599-DEU-NMAH
661670300
This position is open to all U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.
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 the 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.
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Qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.
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.
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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.
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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.
Applicants who meet or exceed minimum qualifications will be assigned to one of three category groups based on job-related criteria:
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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.
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