The Puget Sound Navy Museum (http://www.pugetsoundnavymuseum.org) in Bremerton, WA is hiring three new or vacant positions. All applications must be submitted through USA Jobs. Please direct all questions to the HR contacts listed within the USA Jobs announcements. We have announced the following three positions:

1) Administrative, Volunteer, and Visitor Services Specialist –https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/PrintPreview/363020800
Job Title: Museum Specialist (History)
Department: Department of the Navy
Agency: Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
GS-07/09 Job Announcement Number: NE41016-09-1062238NM756102D
SALARY RANGE: $41,804.00 to $66,472.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Monday, March 03, 2014 to Friday, March 07, 2014
SERIES & GRADE: GS-1016-07/09
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time – Permanent
DUTY LOCATION:  1 vacancy in the Keyport, WA area
WHO MAY APPLY:  United States Citizens
JOB SUMMARY: The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite!
This position supports operations and programs at the Puget Sound Navy Museum (PSNM) in Bremerton, Washington. . The mission of the Puget Sound Navy Museum is to collect, preserve and interpret the naval heritage of the Pacific Northwest from the 1840s to the present for the benefit of the U.S. Navy and the people of the United States. PSNM is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

DUTIES:
* Conducts inventories of museum collections, materials, and keys.
* Coordinates and prepares public relations materials in addition to marketing, social media and web development, and developing and presenting tours to visitors and groups.
* Develops historical presentation materials and web content.
* Supports the management of the collection and the facility, including records management, correspondence preparation, processing incoming and outgoing communications, and the maintenance of hand receipts for the Puget Sound Navy Museum.
* Serves as the museum’s DPAS minor property coordinator.
* Reviews the condition and content of existing displays and initiates updates and repairs with the Exhibit Manager and Curators.
* Serves as a facility manager under the guidance of the Deputy Director.
* Manages, recruits, trains and coordinates the museums volunteer corps.
* Serves as the museum’s visitor services representative.
* Opens and closes the museum daily.

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2) Assistant Curator – https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/PrintPreview/363023000
Job Title: Museum Curator GS-1015-07/09
Department: Department of the Navy
Agency: Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
GS-07/09 Job Announcement Number: NE41015-09-1062021NM756107D
SALARY RANGE: $41,804.00 to $66,472.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Monday, March 03, 2014 to Friday, March 07, 2014
SERIES & GRADE: GS-1015-07/09
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time – Permanent
DUTY LOCATION:  1 vacancy in the Keyport, WA area
WHO MAY APPLY:  United States Citizens
JOB SUMMARY: The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite!
This position is located at the Puget Sound Navy Museum in Bremerton, Washington, which is a national museum owned and managed by the US Navy.

DUTIES:
* Serve as the primary advisor and subject matter expert to the Director on all matters relating to the history of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Northwest, including historical research, collections research, and contemporary collecting.
* Provide management and direction to the museum collections including the acquisition and display of objects associated with significant events, important documents, and notable achievements of the Navy.
* Develop themes, scripts, labels, and related scholarly material to support the creation and presentation of temporary and permanent exhibits.
* Identify, acquire, and document current Navy equipment and operations which have potential historical significance by virtue of technological innovation, widespread application, or connection with an event or individual.
* Conduct research which encompasses the US Navy’s heritage and operations in the Pacific Northwest.
* Evaluate historical, educational and inspirational significance of such objects to determine the extent to which they will assist the museum in accomplishing its mission.
* Develop and install temporary exhibits.
* Serve as the technical expert on proper artifact handling practices, while actively working with three-dimensional artifacts during exhibit development, collections care, and preservation activities.

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3) Exhibit Facilitator – https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/363030100
Job Title: Exhibits Specialist GS-1010-09/11
Department: Department of the Navy
Agency: Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
GS-09/11 Job Announcement Number: NE41010-11-1061589NM756098D
SALARY RANGE: $61,867.00 to $80,427.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Friday, February 28, 2014 to Tuesday, March 04, 2014
SERIES & GRADE: GS-1010-09/11
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time – Permanent
DUTY LOCATION:  1 vacancy in the Keyport, WA area
WHO MAY APPLY:  United States Citizens
JOB SUMMARY: The Navy and Marine Corps team offers innovative, exciting and meaningful work linking military and civilian talents to achieve our mission and safeguard our freedoms. Department of the Navy provides competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and extensive professional development and training. From pipefitters to accountants, scientists to engineers, doctors to nurses-the careers and opportunities to make a difference are endless. Civilian careers-where purpose and patriotism unite!
The primary duty station for this position is located at the Naval Undersea Museum (NUM) in Keyport, Washington. NUM is a component of Navy Museums Northwest (NMNW), also comprising the Puget Sound Navy Museum (PSNM) in Bremerton, Washington.  The Exhibit Specialist also holds exhibit fabrication duties at both NUM and PSNM.  NMNW is a component of the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, DC. The mission of the Naval Undersea Museum is to collect, preserve, and interpret naval undersea heritage, science, and operations for the benefit of the U.S. Navy and the people of the United States. The museum accomplishes its mission through programs of artifact collection, interpretation, education, and publication. The interpretation and display of artifacts are central to the mission of the museum.

DUTIES:  At the full performance level, the Exhibit Specialist (Exhibit Fabricator) will perform the following duties:
* Supervise and assist the Exhibit Manager and Curator(s) with exhibit development, maintenance, and repair at both the Naval Undersea Museum and the Puget Sound Navy Museum
* Serve as the primary Exhibit Fabricator for the Naval Undersea Museum and the Puget Sound Navy Museum and have demonstrated experience with constructing from scratch  professional exhibits in a museum setting
* Graphically and manually design highly professional permanent exhibits
* Design, fabricate and install highly professional temporary exhibits and travelling exhibits, as well as temporary displays at local Navy installations. The scope of the work required includes temporary exhibits, travelling exhibits, in-house and contracted exhibits, and interior design work for temporary displays at local Navy installations
* Continually train and cultivate up-to-date techniques of exhibit construction and design for application within NMNW’s two museums
* Plan and execute complex design, fabrication and installation of complex and a wide-scope of projects with many participants and using a wide variety of materials
* Develop exhibit schedules and keep the museum team on task to meet all deadlines
* Maintains and adheres to a departmental budget

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