This position is located in the Cultural Resources Center (CRC), National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Smithsonian Institution (SI). The employee oversees all aspects of storage, access, care, use, and disaster management planning for NMAI’s collection in all three NMAI facilities including NMAI-DC, NMAI-NY, and NMAI-CRC; works closely with the heads of Registration, Conservation, and Archives Center to ensure compatibility and consistency of interpretation approaches, judgment, logic, and application of policy for the stewardship of collections; and supervises the NMAI-DC and NMAI-NY Collections Managers in addition to an office of about four staff, occasional volunteers, and interns.
Responsibilities
- Supervises object movement tracking for collections using barcode scanner technology linked to the collections information system (KE EMu), oversees the environmental monitoring and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs at the CRC, NMAI-DC, and NMAI-NY; and performs other duties associated with collections information management, collections databases, and the provision of collections information to a variety of internal and external audiences.
- Works closely with the Office of the Registrar and Conservation to oversee procedures and techniques to pack, unpack, and ship objects to and from the NMAI-CRC, NMAI-DC, NMAI-NY, and non-NMAI facilities; and is responsible for purchasing, tracking, and maintaining appropriate collections-related equipment and supplies and ensuring the cleanliness and safety of collections areas.
- Participates in the development and fulfillment of partnerships with tribal museums and Native communities for a variety of purposes, maintains the strong focus of NMAI collection care policies based on the combination of Native and museum standards of preservation and access, and helps to locate, encourage, and resolve sometimes divergent opinions regarding the proper care and access for the NMAI collections.
- Supervises and schedules the work of Museum Technicians and Specialists, interns, fellows, and volunteers in the Collections Management Unit; plans work to be accomplished by Collections Management staff, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, prepares schedules for completion of work, and establishes and monitors work schedules and priorities.
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