MUSEUM CURATOR

Duties
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• You will serve as the Museum Curator at the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum located at Naval Base Ventura County. Port Hueneme, CA.
• You will provide overall management and direction to the museum collections including the acquisition and display of objects associated with significant events, important developments, and notable achievements of the Navy.
• You will conduct research which encompasses the history, heritage, and operations of the U.S. Navy Seabees and the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps.
• You will write articles; present to audiences; and respond to questions from Navy officials, scholars, and other members of the public on difficult or specialized aspects of naval history and items in the collection.
• You will identify, acquire, and document current Navy equipment and operations which have potential historical significance by virtue of technological innovation, widespread application, or connection with an event or individual.
• You will coordinate all required inventories of the artifact collection, prepare reports, and insure updates in the Department of the Navy Heritage Asset Management Database are properly executed.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Museum Curator specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

Managing and maintaining artifacts in a museum collection, to include documenting, cataloging artifacts, and deaccessioning;

Utilizing comprehensive methodologies to gather and analyze historical context and content to reconnect artifact provenance in response to various research inquiries from official and private patrons;

Implementing the development of exhibit plans, to include selecting artifacts, writing copy, developing graphics, and approving designs;

Communicating in both written and oral form to effectively present information related to staff training as well as collaboration with employees, volunteers, interns, and the public;

Developing and implementing long-range plans to gain comprehensive intellectual and physical control over a collection. This includes reconnecting provenance and legacy accession information, creating and updating catalog records, identifying conservation issues, and recommending items for deaccession ;

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Utlilizing Microsoft 365, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, or equivalent programs.

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

Individual Occupational Requirements

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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS - Applicants must meet the following:
A. DEGREE: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field.
OR
B. COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education
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C. 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.

EDUCATION SUBSTITUITION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE- You may also qualify using education to substitute for specialized experience if you have the following:

A Master's or equivalent graduate degree

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

This position requires evening and weekend work.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.