Museum Specialist/U.S. Coast Guard Permanent

Summary

This position is located in the Office of Heritage (CG-0924), Office of the Assistant Commandant for Governmental and Public Affairs Directorate (CG-092) and is assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Exhibit Center in Forestville, Maryland. 

Duties

The incumbent serves as the Heritage Asset Collections Manager, responsible for performing a full range of complex museum specialist and collections storage facility and occasionally in the field where Coast Guard heritage assets may be located.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team.

Typical work assignments include: 

• Monitoring the museum and storage environments regularly to ensure proper collections preservation parameters are being met and works to correct deficiencies.
• Documenting catalogs and updating collections database for all artifacts housed, transferred to, or loaned from the Coast Guard Museum.
• Engaging in research to identify and establish accurate age, provenance and history of objects, and determining historical significance of museum artifacts for improved interpretation in exhibits and publications.
• Documenting findings in collections information system database and appropriate files.
• Answering correspondence relating to the museum’s collection.

Requirements
Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Background Investigation is required.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

o qualify for the GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level is required.

Specialized experience is experience related to the operation or management of a museum or similar collection of valuable objects.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include collections management, registration, cataloging, research, preservation, restoration, or conservation of collections of museum material, or other experience related to the position to be filled. Most positions require a particular subject-matter specialization, e.g., aeronautics, anthropology, art, geology, history, natural science, technology, biology, or zoology.

National Service Experience (i.e., 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.

The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

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