APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$45,810.72 to
$67,713.84
PAY GRADE: 33
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
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Work Type: A Permanent, full time vacancy |
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Department: Department of Tourism & Cultural Affairs |
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Division: Museums & History |
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Location: Las Vegas, Boulder City, Indian Springs, Jean, Henderson |
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Job Class Code:
07.808
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Announcement Number: 35217
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Open to all qualified persons. |
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Posted
09/10/2018
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Close Date:
11/20/2018
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Recruiter:
ADRIAN
FOSTER
Phone: (702)486-2911
Email: adrian@admin.nv.gov
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Applications accepted
for another Expired
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Curators perform a broad range of professional and technical museum work involving, but not limited to, assessment, evaluation, survey, inventory, preservation, research, education and planning for a specific collection and/or program area within a museum.
Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform advanced-level work and may provide work direction and training to others.
This professional position works within in the Department of Tourism & Cultural Affairs, Division of Museums & History at the Lost City Museum in Overton, Nevada. The position is responsible for: managing the collections (including registration, processing, preservation, conservation, security and appropriate use of artifacts in museum exhibits) of the Lost City Museum, focused on archaeological artifacts from Ancestral Puebloans who lived in the Moapa Valley region; archaeology and research in support of the museum's collections, often involving collaborative efforts with other state and federal agency partners; managing the museum's education program for students and adults, including programming school tours and adult public programs; public outreach and event planning; and maintaining compliance with NAGPRA and state laws regarding American Indian human remains and associated funerary objects. This position has a variable work week from Tuesday to Saturday and is required to work some holidays. Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately if interested as the recruitment may close at any time.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in history, prehistory, natural history, museum studies, education, or closely related field plus two years of professional experience in a museum. This experience must have included experience in exhibit development, and collections registration, and/or developing, promoting, executing and evaluating educational programming; OR one year of experience as a Curator I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above. |
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Statewide travel is required. |
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A State of Nevada/FBI background check will be required of the selected applicant. |
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This position is located in Overton, Nevada. |
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The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process. |
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1) Do you have experience in managing fragile, ancient archaeological museum collections? If so, please detail this experience and how it was obtained.
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2) Do you have experience in conducting archaeological field surveys of historical and pre-historical sites, including excavations? If so, please detail this experience and how it was obtained.
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3) Do you have experience with NAGPRA and compliance with it? If so, please detail this experience and how it was obtained.
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