The Museum Technician position is located in Virgin Islands National Park, in the Resource Management Division.
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/19/2026-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 qualified specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: collections management, registration, cataloging, research, preservation, restoration, or conservation of collections of museum material, or other experience related to the position to be filled. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least possess four years of education above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or 24 hours of course work in a major subject such as: art, history, museum studies, scientific subjects, or other courses related to the position (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours). This education was obtained in an accredited college, or university. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Combinations of successfully completed education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. To compute this percentage, first divide the total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide the number of completed semester hours beyond two years (that are in excess of 60 semester hours) by 120. Add the two percentages together; the total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. NOTE: Only education in excess of more than two-years with 6 semester hours of related courses may be used to qualify for this position. You must include a copy of your transcripts. 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.
As a Museum Technician, you will perform the following duties: Unpacks objects and processes them (e.g., cleans, identifies, repacks, labels and preserves objects). Catalogs objects; entering data into the designated catalog program. Prepares, maintains, and organizes manual and automated curatorial records including accession records, catalog records, loan forms, and donation forms. Performs routine research for catalog records, exhibits and other purposes as assigned. Implements museum environmental monitoring program (e.g., gathering data, maintaining monitoring equipment, preparing data record). Assists with installation, repair and rehabilitation of exhibits. Provides information to visitors, researchers, and park staff. Performs clerical operations in support of the curatorial operation.