Museum Specialist (Art)

The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Millions of people come through our doors each year, with even more online, making us one of the most visited art museums in the world. Our renowned collection includes over 160,000 works of art, from the ancient world to today. Admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.

The Department of Exhibitions (PEX) is responsible for coordinating and managing special exhibitions, including developing and consolidating budgets, preparing contracts for participants and guest curators, and managing correspondence with lenders of works of art. The Exhibitions Officer manages assigned domestic and international exhibitions and loans from planning through completion, ensuring effective coordination of exhibition logistics, financial and contractual requirements, and participating venues. Duties for this position include: Serves as an Exhibitions Officer, managing domestic and international collection and loan exhibitions from conceptual planning through completion and archiving, including scheduling and coordinating participating venues and exhibition tours. Manages financial, contractual, and administrative requirements for assigned exhibitions, including budgets, agreements, lender terms, insurance, indemnity, and regulatory and policy compliance. Directly or indirectly supervises staff at equal or lower grade levels and oversees the work of guest curators and consultants supporting assigned exhibitions.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable 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. This position is being advertised under Delegated Examining procedures under this announcement; NGA-26-226-MP 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.

This position does not have an education requirement.