Exhibits Specialist

Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook requirements for the GS-1015-12. Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the federal GS-11 level, designing armatures for a museum or cultural institution. Your application and resume must demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must show in your résumé how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. If asked to do so, cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write “see resume” in your application! Those applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be evaluated against these factors to determine the best-qualified candidates. Armature Design – Skill in designing, fabricating and installing armatures. Exhibition Design – Ability to coordinate, plan, and design layouts for exhibitions. Communication – Knowledge of communication techniques and strategies to provide expert consultation to other professionals. “Experience” refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration under merit promotion procedures. CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered “well qualified” you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
The primary purpose of the work in this position is to fabricate and install mounts and armatures for art works in the National Gallery’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions (60%), and to plan and design exhibition layouts (40%). Effective project planning, management and exacting quality control in the fabrication and installation of mounts are essential to the timely completion of work to meet deadlines and safeguard National Gallery collections and loans.