Museum Curator (Art)

The National Gallery of Art serves the United States in a national role by preserving collectingexhibiting and fostering the understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarlystandards. The Division of Paintings and Sculpture is responsible for the Gallerys acquisition care study and display of a world-class collection of European and American paintings and sculpture. The incumbent is an established scholar and recognized connoisseur and serves asMuseum Curator (Head of Northern European Paintings) reporting to the Head of European and American Art.

Duties for this position include

• Proposing organizing and coordinating or overseeing the development of major and minor exhibitions of Northern European Renaissance and Baroque paintings both from the Gallerys holdings and from other institutions and private collections.
• Managing over 370 Old Master paintings in the permanent collection.
• Performing and/or delegating scholarly and technical work to ensure thorough up-to-date cataloguing safe and orderly storage and documentation of Northern European paintings belonging to the Gallery or proposed as gifts purchases and loans.
• Ensuring timely and accurate maintenance of The Museum System (TMS) database entries for permanent collections and exhibition objects.
• Evaluating loan requests from other institutions to borrow paintings for special exhibitions; making recommendations for loan decisions and special loan conditions.
• Performing and overseeing advanced scholarly research on Northern European Renaissance and Baroque paintings in the collection and on prospective acquisitions or in the areas of special expertise and for inclusion or examination in exhibitions scholarly journals Gallery publications lectures and symposia.

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a supervisory probationary period

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionsviewable on OPM Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your 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). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

A. Degree: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major as shown in A above plus appropriate experience or additional education.

OR

C. Four years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study as shown in A above.

Specialized Experience Statement: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility to the GS-14 level in the Federal service or private sector preforming and overseeing advanced scholarly research on Northern European Renaissance and Baroque paintings for a art museum.

OPM Qualifications Standard:

Individual Occupational Requirements: Museum Curator Series 1015 Associated Group standard: Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions

Other Relevant Eligibility Criteria: None
You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

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.