Museum Program Manager

Full Job Description

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo.

This position is located within the Community Programs, Museum Learning and Programs (MLP), National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal Service.

For this position, specialized experience is defined as experience developing, planning and implementing public programming (music, theater, art) for a museum or similar cultural institution.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position.

Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience.

Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S.

accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

In an effort to streamline our hiring process, SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series (1016) and who are in a (Federal competitive or excepted service appointment) as this advertised position, are not required to submit a transcript with your application package.

However, if selected, you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).

Major Duties:

The Museum Program Manager plans and organizes a variety of Programs at the National Museum of the American Indian.

In this position, you will: Plan and oversee production of public programs that highlight Indigenous culture of the Western Hemisphere.

Programs to promote public and scholarly engagement by presenting information of Indigenous history and culture both to a scholarly audience, to children and adults from the public.

Work with the NMAI Marketing and Communications Team to advertise the museum's public programs, this includes obtaining photos and providing write-up materials for the programs.

Develop and manage public program budgets related to program production, this includes overseeing the correct expenditures of funds by accurately managing obligations and expenses of programs.

Carry out human resource management responsibilities through direct supervision of unit staff, to include assigning work and developing performance standards, reviewing work performance, approving/disapproving leave requests, carrying out disciplinary actions, recommending promotions and selecting new staff.