Archivist

National Gallery of Art•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Gallery Archives at the National Gallery of Art stewards the museum’s permanent valuable records relating to its history in all physical forms, including textual records, photographs, media, and digital materials. The Archivist supports the program through archival collection management, preservation, reference, and discovery activities. The position includes surveying and appraising records; arranging and describing institutional and manuscript collections; providing reference service and research assistance; and working on digitization projects, holdings maintenance, and archive information management.

Requirements

Meet the basic education requirement: a bachelor’s degree in archival science; or a bachelor’s degree with a major that includes 18 semester hours in archival science, history, and/or political science or government, and 12 semester hours in one or a combination of archival science, history, American civilization, economics, political science, public administration, or government; or a qualifying combination of education and experience with at least 30 semester hours including the specified coursework.
At least one year of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility to the GS-08 level in the Federal service or private sector, applying professional archival principles and methods to appraise, arrange, preserve, and describe records maintained by a museum or cultural organization.
Meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the announcement closing date.
Be a United States citizen.
Pass a pre-employment background investigation and be suitable for Federal employment.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Submit a resume that documents relevant experience, including dates (month/year to month/year) and hours worked or volunteered per week.