Museum Curator

Description:

This position is located in Mesa Verde National Park, in the Office of the Superintendent Staff.

Serves as the Museum Curator, who provides direction over extensive museum collections and carries out responsibilities in the four museum functions of collections, exhibits, research and education.

For more information about the duties and/or location of this position, please contact Kayci Cook at 970-529-4600 or kayci_cook@nps.gov

Requirements:

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/19/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience.

For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

Basic Requirement:
GS-1015: Degree: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field.
OR
Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
OR
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.

- AND -

In addition to meeting the basic educational requirement, you must also possess experience in the amounts listed below.

Specialized Experience Requirement: At least one full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower level (GS-11). Specialized experience equips the incumbent with the particular knowledge, skills; and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience include: Provided professional and technical direction for museum collection program; Ensured agency and professionally recognized policy and procedures were applied in all operations (management of objects, specimens and archives for all disciplines represented in the unit's collection.); Conceptualized, developed and implemented long- and short-term budgetary plans for museum collection management, including but not limited to, meeting requirements of storage, research, exhibition, preservation, protection, conservation, interpretation/education, and collection growth.

Volunteer Experience: 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.