National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution https://naturalhistory.si.edu/
The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History is hiring three (3!) experienced and skilled fossil preparators for permanent, full-time, Federal positions. These positions will support the research, collections management, and outreach of the Department of Paleobiology in our behind-the-scenes Paleobiology Preparation Laboratory, as well as by supervising and managing volunteer preparation projects in our public-facing preparation lab, FossiLab. New hires should be able to hit the ground running on a wide variety of projects.
Because FossiLab is open seven days a week, these positions require working an average of one weekend day per two-week pay period in FossiLab. The starting salary wage grade is a GS-9, with Washington, DC, locality pay, and with promotion potential to a GS-11. A current Federal GS salary table for the D.C. locality pay area can be found here (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2024/DCB.pdf)
Because these positions are Federal, only US citizens are eligible to apply.
More information and details of the duties and required knowledge and experience can be found in the announcement, here (https://www.usajobs.gov/job/792827900). If you have any questions that are not addressed in the advertisement, please contact Jan Williams at: willija@si.edu, or Steve Jabo at: jabos@si.edu