Museum Specialist (Art)

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART                               OPENING DATE: 08/22/2008
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 08-57                CLOSING DATE: 09/19/2008

S-1016-09 (Salary range: $48,108-$62,546 per year)
Full performance level of this position is GS-11. 

Major Duties:
Incumbent is assigned to the Library Image Collections department, in the office of the Deputy Director. Maintains intellectual and physical control of an extensive study collection of slides, photographs, and digital images of Northern European art (principally Netherlandish, Dutch, Flemish, Belgian, and German) to 1900 and makes images easily accessible to researchers by adding information about newly acquired material to the department's online catalogue. Serves as image cataloguer and reference assistant and facilitates the collection's effective use by researchers and lecturers from the National Gallery of Art, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, and scholars, educators, and art museum professionals worldwide.

Qualifications:
Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook requirements for the GS-1016-9  (http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-IV/B/GS1000/1016.htm).  This requires at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in the Federal service OR a master's degree or 2 full academic years of related graduate level education in art history, museum studies, or related coursework with a concentration in Northern European art. An equivalent combination of education and experience is fully qualifying and meets the minimum qualification requirements. Specialized experience is organizing and maintaining visual resource collections (slides, photographs, and digital images) of Northern European art in an automated environment.

Federal status candidates also must meet the time-in-grade requirements of having been at the GS-7 level for at least one year.

For detailed information on the candidate evaluation process, employment benefits, and application procedures, see the "Resources / Employment Opportunities" page on the National Gallery of Art's Web site (http://www.nga.gov/resources/employ.htm).

Please refer to vacancy announcement no. 08-57A (non-status candidates) or 08-57B (Federal status candidates).

Contact Information:                         Or write:
Personnel Office                            National Gallery of Art
Phone: 202-842-6282                        Personnel Office
Fax: 202-789-3011                            2000B South Club Drive
                                                       Landover, MD 20785 
                                                       USA

The National Gallery of Art is an equal opportunity employer. All eligible candidates will be considered without regard to non-merit factors.