[Nhcoll-l] Two museum technician positions in Paleobiology, Smithsonian

[Norris, Christopher]

Posted on behalf of Scott Wing (NMNH) and with apologies for cross-posting.



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Museum Technician position now open in the Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. The position closes on MAY 21.

Duties:
Assists and performs collections management work including conservation, collections facilities and environment, storage, and/or packing and shipping.
* Participates in functions of registration, loans of collections between museums, and information management.
* Uses database management systems to perform quality control to reduce digitizing errors and batch correct errors present in the collections database.
* Using terminology in the scientific field of paleontology, describes and classifies fossil flora and fauna of the world, geologic time, and stratigraphy.
* Assists in the digitizing and imaging of collection data according to the digitization goals established by the Department; assists in generation and preparation of digital specimen images and long-term image management.

1) Open to any US Citizen or US National
Vacancy Announcement #: 12R-JL-297387-DEU-NMNH
Title/Series/Grade: Museum Technician (Geology), GS- 1016 - 5
Location: Washington DC
Organization: NMNH
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/316069200 <http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/316069200>



This position is open to all U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals.

2) Open to current and former Federal employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility (see below)
Vacancy Announcement #: 12R-JL-297387-MPA-NMNH
Title/Series/Grade: Museum Technician (Geology), GS- 1016 - 5
Location: Washington DC
Organization: NMNH
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/316074100 <http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/316074100>

This position is open to current and former Federal employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply; such as applicants with a disability, former Peace Corps volunteers, certain military spouses, veterans seeking a VRA/VEOA appointment, or veterans who have been separated from armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service.



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Dr. Christopher A. Norris
Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
170 Whitney Ave.
PO Box 208118
New Haven, CT 06520-8118

President-Elect
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
www.spnhc.org<http://www.spnhc.org/>

Tel. +1(203)-432-3748
Fax. +1(203)-432-9816
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