Seasonal Museum Technician (History)

Full Job Description

The incumbent serves as a museum technician located at a museum facility in a National Park Service organization.

The purpose of the position is to perform uncomplicated tasks in one or more of the functional areas of the museum specialty.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/28/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience.

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time).

If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one or all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: Possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in the federal service that equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of a Museum Technician.

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 anthropology, art, geology, history, or natural science.

Experience may have been gained in a museum, college, or university, antique shop, commercial art gallery, or other setting involving work with collections of valuable objects or specimens requiring specialized care and handling.

You must include hours per week worked.

-OR- EDUCATION: Have successfully completed at least four (4) years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or 24 semester hours of course work in the areas of art, history, museum studies, scientific subjects or other courses related the position.

You must include transcripts. PLEASE NOTE: If you are qualifying for the position based on your education, you must submit a copy of your transcripts.

-OR- COMBINATION: Have an equivalent combination of experience and education.

NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements.

Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to one year of specialized experience.

For example, six (6) months of specialized experience (50% of the specialized experience requirement), and three years of college study from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education), which includes at least 12 semester hours or related coursework as specified in B above (50% of the related coursework required).

You must include transcripts. You must include hours per week worked.

Volunteer 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. Major Duties:

Creates and manages museum records that prove ownership, describe materials in the collection, document loans, locate objects, and ensures that museum collections are physically and intellectually available for collections management, interpretation, exhibition, and research.

Implements a preventative conservation program based on an understanding of good collections management techniques, the museum environment, and basic materials science.

Uses computers and digital photography and collection management software to create high-quality web-ready catalogue records.

Serves as a team member, and at times a team leader, on curatorial projects such as conducting 100% baseline inventories of park museum collections; the elimination of cataloging backlogs; organization of photograph and archival collections; creation of missing documentation for accession loan and deaccession files; photo documentation of collections; and the reorganization of storage areas).

Park Information: Gateway Arch National Park Fort Larned National Historic Site Open to the first 50 applicants or until 01/28/2026 whichever comes first.

All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.