MUSEUM SPECIALIST (HISTORY)

Job Overview

Summary

GS-11: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Demonstrating knowledge of U.S. Navy and U.S. military small arms, ordnance, and/or edged weapon in a museum setting; 2) Demonstrating experience with the proper handling and storage of specialized small arms, ordnance, and/or edged weapons; 3) Serving as a technical point of contact regarding historic small arms, edged weapons, and/or ordnance collections or other specialized military or naval historic collections to include but not limited to preservation, conservation, loan, display, inventory and security of the collections; 4) Demonstrating successful experience in a museum setting of cataloging and storing historic artifacts. GS-09: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-07) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Demonstrating knowledge of U.S. Navy and U.S. military small arms, ordnance, and/or edged weapons in a museum setting; 2) Demonstrating experience with methods and techniques to assist with the management of specialized small arms, ordnance, and/or edged weapons or other specialized historic collections; 3) Answering general inquiries on historic museum collections; 4) Assisting with cataloging and storing historic artifacts in a museum setting. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1000/museum-specialist-and-technician-series-1016/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Duties

You will research a variety of materials to include accession and database records, technical publications, books and manuscripts to identify and document the Navy's historic small arms, edged weapons and ordnance collections.You will assist with and provide guidance on the acquisition, loan and display of the small arms, edged weapons and ordnance collection.You will serve as a technical point of contact regarding the small arms, edged weapons and ordnance collection and be responsible for the preservation, accountability and security of the small arms, edged weapons and ordnance collection.You will manage rare and/or valuable artifacts, conduct inventories, and enter the collection data in the Naval History and Heritage Command collection management database.You will be familiar with and manage the small arms and ordnance collection in accordance with all Department of the Navy instructions and Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division requirements.