Position at National Museum of African American History and Culture

Objects Conservator
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
Washington DC area, USA

Full-Time, Permanent - Federal

Salary range: $74,872.00 - $97,333.00 / Per Year

Job Announcement Number:  16A-YH-301925-DEU-NMAAHC
Series and Grade: GS-1001-12
Promotion potential: 12

Deadline: Thursday, August 4, 2016.  You must apply through USAjobs
to be considered.  We encourage applicants to apply as soon as
possible to ensure their applications are submitted before the
announcement closes.  We will not consider applications which are
late due to the announcement closing once the above number of
applications is reached.

Smithsonian Institution, and is located at the Pennsy NMAAHC
Facility in Landover, MD.  The collections and conservation facility
supports the new museum located on the National Mall in Washington,
DC.  Incumbent reports to the Supervisory Conservator in the Office
of Collections Management (OCM).  The museum's primary purposes are
to acquire, maintain and preserve objects that document social,
cultural, political, military, technological and scientific
developments in the United States; to conduct scholarly research
designed to make significant contributions to the body of knowledge
in the fields of African American history; to publish findings for
both scholarly and general audiences; and to interpret historical
developments through public exhibitions and programs.

Works under the supervision of the Supervisory Conservator to:

Support development of unit-wide guidelines for the handling, care
and storage of collections items for presentation and exhibition;

    Perform conservation work in the examination, documentation,
    preservation, and restoration of objects in the NMAAHC
    collection

    Provide advice and information on object conservation

    Prepare collection objects for storage and travel

Job open to all US citizens 16A-YH-301925-DEU-NMAAHC

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Agency contact:

    Yvonne Humphries
    Human Resources
    202-633-7448
    Fax: 571-258-4052
    TDD: 202-633-6409
    humphriesy<-at->si<.>edu

Antje Neumann
Conservator
National Museum of African American History and Culture
301-238-1599
Mobile: 202-257-5390


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