Director, Exhibits Design and Special Projects

The Director of Exhibits Design and Special Projects holds primary responsibility for the planning design production installation and maintenance of exhibitions as well as public and non-public spaces.

In this position you will:

• Supervise and direct day-to-day functions of Exhibits Design and Special Projects and Publications staff.
• Oversee short- and long-range program planning for the exhibition programs at HMSG.
• Plan and manage exhibition tour and special project schedules including the establishment and tracking of project timelines milestones and required deliverables.
• Prepare budget estimates for all departmental teams as well as the museums upcoming exhibitions support requirements.

• Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date. See the Required Documents section for additional information.

For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionsviewable on OPM Website.

Basic Qualifications:

Education

Undergraduate and Graduate Education:Major study -- illustrative design commercial art fine arts industrial design architecture drafting interior design or other fields related to the position.

Advanced training in a vocational school technical institute or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis.

or

Specialized Experience

Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position. This includes work in the appropriate field e.g. design modelmaking art taxidermy or restoration.

In addition to the basic qualification requirement above:

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal Service. For this position specialized experience is defined as supervisory experience leading exhibition planning managing budget development; and designing and implementing plans for touring exhibition programs.

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.

In aneffort to streamline our hiring process SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series (1010) 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 anyindividual who is currently holding or who has held within the previous 52 weeks a GeneralSchedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted servicemust meet time-in-grade requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of thegrade for which you are applying).