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| Job Title : Museum Technician |
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Interior, National Park Service |
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US-CA-Inyo County, Death Valley |
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License/Certification Required |
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Public |
Minimum Career Level |
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Required Education |
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GPA Required |
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| Required Experience |
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| Required Travel |
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| Training Available |
No
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| Salary |
$29,726.00
to $47,864.00
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| JOB DESCRIPTION |
National Park Service
Sub Agency: Death Valley National Park
Job Announcement Number:
DVDEU08-21
Museum Technician
SALARY RANGE: 29,726.00 - 47,864.00 USD per yearOPEN PERIOD: Thursday, May 15, 2008
to Wednesday, June 04, 2008
SERIES & GRADE: GS-1016-05/07POSITION INFORMATION: Full-TimePermanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 07DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy - Inyo County, Death Valley, CA
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Applications will be accepted from United States citizens and nationals.
JOB SUMMARY:
Experience your America and build a fulfilling career by joining the National Park Service. Become a part of our mission to unite our past, our cultures and our special places, to establish important connections to the present and build a rich and lasting legacy for future generations.
This position is located in the Division of Resources Management of Death Valley National Park (DVNP), duty stationed at Scotty's Castle. It may be filled at the GS-05 or the GS-07 level. If selected at the GS-05 level, this position has promotion potential to the GS-07 level and is contingent upon meeting all legal and regulatory requirements and recommendations by supervisor. More than one position may be filled should the need arise. Duties for this job include collection management activities revolving around care for one of the largest furnished historic house museums within the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service.See 'Major Duties' section for details about this position.
DVNP is a 3.4-million acre park located in the northern Mojave Desert. Temperatures in Death Valley are spring-like from late September to March/April and hot (120+) and dry in summer; temperatures at Scotty's Castle are approximately 10-15 degrees cooler. Employee shuttle from Cow Creek to the duty station is available for a monthly fee.School for K-4 is located in the Cow Creek Housing area and K-12 is located in Shoshone, California (60 miles and bus available). Grocery shopping and medical services are located in Pahrump, NV (62 miles), major shopping and complete medical services are located in Las Vegas, NV (125 miles), Ridgecrest, CA (128 miles), or Bishop, CA (154 miles). Recreation includes swimming, golf, tennis, volleyball, county library, camping, hiking, horseback riding, and 4-wheel drive and/or mountain biking over designated backcountry roads. Satellite television and radio is available through employee purchase; there is a NPR radio station available locally. All park employees are encouraged to participate in structural fire and emergency medical (EMS) activities. There may be government housing available on a bid system at Cow Creek.Non-government housing is available in Amargosa Valley, Beatty and Pahrump, NV. An employee shuttle from these locations (to Cow Creek) is available for a monthly fee.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. CitizenshipBackground and/or Security Investigation required.
Send Mail to:
Death Valley National Park
Attn: HR Office (DVDEU08-21)
P O BOX 579
DEATH VALLEY, CA 92328
For questions about this job:
Human Resources Office
Phone: 760-786-3273 or 3274
Email: Donna_Dean@nps.gov or Roxanne_Zirkle@nps.gov
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| JOB REQUIREMENTS |
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DVDEU08-21
Museum Technician
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Specialized Experience:General experience is not considered qualifying experience for either the GS-05 or the GS-07.You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA?s) to perform successfully the duties of the position.For the GS-05 Grade, this experience must be at the GS-04 level; for the GS-07 grade, it must be at the GS-05 level.
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.
For GS-5:To qualify based on education at the GS-05 level, the incumbent must have successfully completed 4 years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or 24 semester hours of course work in a related field.(See Education and Training below.)Related field of study include art, history, museum studies, scientific subjects, or other courses related to the position to be filled.
Note:This education must have been obtained in an accredited business or technical school, junior college, college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business or technical school.
For GS-7:1 full academic year of related graduate level education or superior academic achievement.
Note:One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended.
Superior Academic Achievement is based on: (1) Class standing: Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision based on completed courses; (2) Grade-point average (G.P.A.): Applicants must have a G.P.A of: (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ('B' or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ('B+' or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; OR (3) Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society: Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies listed in the Association of College Honor Societies: Booklet of Information (1992-95) and/or Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (1991).
You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position.
You will need to successfully complete a background security investigation before you can be appointed into this position.
You will be required to do some travel.
Work requires lifting and moving heavy items.
Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
You will be evaluated to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications required; and on the extent to which your application shows that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) associated with this position as defined below. It is very important that the applicant address the KSA section of this vacancy announcement. When describing your KSAs, please be sure to give examples and explain how often you used these skills, the complexity of the knowledge you possessed, the level of the people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled, etc.
To receive full credit, the applicant must address each of the following. Please use no more than 1-1/2 sheets of paper (11 or 12 font) for each statement:
KSA 1:Demonstrated knowledge of standard museum methods and functions to include: Handling techniques for museum objects/ collections;storage techniques for museum objects and archives;exhibit techniques;cleaning techniques for historic objects or decorative arts;preservation maintenance, stabilization, or preventive conservation of museum collections;accessioning;cataloging of museum objects or processing/ cataloging archives;and inventorying museum property.
KSA 2:Demonstrated ability to use a personal computer.This includes:Experience using museum and/or archival collections management software or databases such as Re:Discovery (ANCS+) or other professional collections management software;word processing software such Word; spreadsheet software such as Excel;database software such as Access;scanning equipment and software;the internet.
KSA 3:Demonstrated knowledge of standard equipment and applications for monitoring museum environments, including:Temperature and humidity; integrated pest management monitoring programs (such as insects and rodents); and light levels.Include ability to analyze, summarize, and apply monitoring results.
KSA 4: Demonstrated ability with effective written and oral communications, including: Correspondence, written documentation, written reports, and orally presenting information to others.
Categorical Ranking:
Applications will be categorically ranked as follows:
BEST ? Exceptional experience.
BETTER ? Superior experience.
GOOD ? Minimally qualifying experience.
Best Qualified - candidates will be forwarded to the selecting official. If there are no best qualified candidates, the better qualified candidates will be forwarded. If there are no better qualified candidates, the good qualified candidates will be forwarded.
Compensable Veterans - (i.e., CPS, CP) are placed at the top of the ?Best? category.
Preference Veterans - will be placed at the top of the category into which they fall.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) eligibles, agency Career Transition Program (CTAP) eligibles and eligibles who lost consideration due to erroneous certification are given priority consideration.
The CTAP/ICTAP eligibles must be well-qualified clearly exceeding minimum qualifications needed.To be considered well-qualified, the CTAP/ICTAP applicant must meet the middle quality level of a three level quality category system.(5CFR 330.604(k) and 330.703(g)).
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| JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES, TASKS |
DVDEU08-21
Museum Technician
Additional Duty Location Info:1 vacancy - Inyo County, Death Valley, CA
MAJOR DUTIES:
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This job is located at Scotty's Castle.The varied museum collection at Scotty?s Castle in northern Death Valley National Park ranges from decorative arts such as European antiques and custom-designed 1920s furnishings to ranching / western gear, basketry, architectural samples, and varied archives.Duties for this job include varied collection management activities revolving around care for one of the largest furnished historic house museums within the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service.The Museum Technician will also work with museum collections exhibited and stored in other historic structures located at this historic district.
Major duties include but are not limited to the following:Museum Technician monitors museum exhibit and storage environments and objects, and maintains museum records including computerized accession and cataloging records.Major duties also include upgrade and organization of museum storage spaces and materials, and tracking and ordering appropriate museum supplies.Work with exhibits includes participating with implementation of the historic furnishings report, and producing or facilitating small temporary exhibits.Museum Technician facilitates research requests and other appropriate uses of the collection, and performs database or other archival searches.Museum Technician occasionally performs specialized historic housekeeping, preservation maintenance, and preventive conservation of museum objects whose treatment does not require a high degree of specialization, and occasionally leads interns or temporary employees in these activities.Museum Technician facilitates conservation surveys and conservation treatment.Duties include occasional cataloging or documentation of museum objects and other components of the historic site, and accessioning of objects or archives.Museum Technician completes the Annual Inventory of Museum Property and participates in monitoring status of the museum fire/ security detection system.Duties also occasionally include overseeing work of interns, volunteers, or others in functions such as cleaning or other preventive maintenance, cataloging or other documentation, and monitoring.Museum Technician works with Museum Curator in implementation of museum program goals, and provides input and assistance with varied collection management projects. Duties also include participation in completion of annual reports.
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| JOB BENEFITS AND OTHER INFORMATION |
DVDEU08-21
Museum Technician
BENEFITS:
You may participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, with costs shared with your employer. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#FEHB.
Life insurance coverage is provided. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#life
Long-Term Care Insurance is offered and carries into your retirement. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#ltci
New employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). If you are transferring from another agency and covered by CSRS, you may continue in this program. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#retr
You will earn annual vacation leave. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#VACA
You will earn sick leave. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#SKLV
You will be paid for federal holidays that fall within your regularly scheduled tour of duty. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#HOLI
You can use Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts for expenses that are tax-deductible, but not reimbursed by any other source, including out-of-pocket expenses and non-covered benefits under their FEHB plans. More Info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#FSA
OTHER INFORMATION:
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You must submit all required information by the closing date. If materials are not received, your application will be evaluated solely on the information available and you may not receive full consideration or may not be considered eligible.
If you fax, e-mail or electronically submit your application, we will not consider it.
Send only those materials needed to evaluate your application. Please do not place your application in a notebook or binder.
You will be required to serve a probationary period of 1 year.
TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT:'In employing individuals to perform any construction, maintenance, interpretation, or other service in the park, the Secretary shall, in so far as practical, give first preference to qualified members of the Tribe.(Timbisha Shoshone Homeland Act, Nov 2000).'
To receive current preference eligibility MEMBERS OF THE TIMBISHA SHOSHONE TRIBE must submit a copy (not the original) of the letter that certifies tribal membership with the application for this vacancy.
Please include a completed copy of the OF-306 'Declaration for Federal Employment' with your application/resume.
If willing, please attach a Department of the Interior form - 1935, Applicant Background Survey.Completion of this form is voluntary; however, the information you provide will be used to determine if our recruitment efforts are reaching all segments of the country as required by Federal law.This is vital information not available from any other source; we can only get it directly from you.The information you voluntarily provide is maintained in a strictly confidential manner and will not be individually identified in any reports. Neither the form nor the information contained in it is used in the selection process.It is never shown to any official or panel member involved in the selection process. We appreciate your decision to complete the Applicant Background Survey Form.
The DI-1935, OF-306 and other forms, may be found by clicking on the 'Forms' tab located at www.usajobs.opm.gov website.
Also, please click on the link or go to http://inghro.state.id.us/new/jobs/of306.pdf to download and print form CSC-665 'Ability to Drive Safely' form and attach the completed form to your application/resume.
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