Supervisory Museum Curator of Northern European Paintings

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Qualifications:

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, Performing and overseeing advanced scholarly research on Northern European Renaissance and Baroque paintings. 

OPM Qualifications Standard: General Schedule Qualification Standards

Individual Occupational Requirements: Museum Curator Series 1015

Associated Group standard:  Position Classification Standard for Museum Curator Series, GS-1015

Other Relevant Eligibility Criteria: MUST BE ABLE TO READ AND SPEAK DUTCH. 

Merit promotion applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. One year at the GS-14 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-15 level. 

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.

Note: Applicants who are referred to the hiring office for selection consideration may be required to submit writing and/or work samples as part of the interview/selection process. If the hiring office decides to request a writing and/or work sample as part of its selection process, the vacancy contact will reach out to you by email to: (1) inform you of this requirement; and (2) provide further instructions.

Responsibilities:

The incumbent is an established scholar and recognized connoisseur and serves as the Acting Curartor and Acting Head of the Department of Northern European Paintings, reporting to the Deputy Director/Chief Curator.  The incumbent is responsible for the permanent collection of Northern European Renaissance and Baroque paintings through 1750, including collection care and loan administration; pursuing and securing acquisitions by gift and purchase; carrying out scholarly research; interpretation; organizing exhibtions; publishing; departmental administration and supervison; and public service.  

Duties for this position include.

• Proposing, organizing, and coordinating or overseeing the development of major and minor exhibitions of Northern European Renaissance and Boroque paintings both from the Gallery's holdings and from other institutions and private collections. 
• Managing over 370 Old Master paintings in the permament collection. 
• Perfroming and/or delegating scholarly and technical work to ensure thorough, up-to-date catalouging, safe and oderly 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 The Museum System (TMS) database enteries for permanent collections and exhibition objects. 
• Evaluating loan requests from other insitutions to borrow paitings for special exhibitions; making recommendations for loan decisions and special loan conditions. 
• Performing and overseeing advanced scholarly research on Northern European Reaissance and Baroque paintings in the collection and on prosepective acquisitions, or in the areas of special expertise, and for inclusion or examination in exhibitions, scholarly journals, Gallery publications, lectures, and symposia.                                                                                                                                                                                 

Salary : $169,279