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State of Nevada Announces
An Open Competitive Recruitment for:
CURATOR 2
APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -  $59,257.44 to  $87,570.72  PAY GRADE: 33
The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.
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.
JOB INFORMATION
Work Type: A Permanent, full time vacancy
Department: Department of Tourism & Cultural Affairs
Division: Museums & History
Location: Las Vegas, Boulder City, Indian Springs, Jean, Henderson
Job Class Code: 07.808
RECRUITMENT INFORMATION
Announcement Number: 47451
Open to all qualified persons.
Posted 05/20/2024
Close Date: 07/25/2024
Recruiter:
   JENNIFER KAUBLE
   Phone: (775)684-0128
   Email: jenniferkauble@admin.nv.gov
Applications accepted for another Expired
The Position
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. The Nevada State Museum Las Vegas (NSMLV) in the Division of Museums and History within the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs is seeking a candidate for the position of Curator of Library, Manuscripts, and Photographs. The NSMLV is a public museum of regional natural and human history. This position reports to the NSMLV Curator of History and Material Culture. In accordance with NSMLV Collection Management policies and nationally accepted professional library and archives standards of practice, the Librarian/Archivist establishes policies and procedures for the NHS archives. They manage the overall access to the Museum's archival collections in all formats. The duties include processing; arrangement; cataloging; description; inventories; preservation; updating and maintaining procedures and policies; managing and maintaining relevant databases; strategic planning; budget management; personnel and volunteer supervision; project fundraising; participation in public programs; assessing user experience and use statistics; and providing information for reports to the Board of Museums and History. In addition to management and planning functions, the position plays an active role in the day-to-day operations of the NSMLV archives. This position is on a flexible rotating schedule, which may include nights, holidays, and/or weekends.
The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

To Qualify:
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
    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.
Special Requirements
    A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items.
The Examination
Application Evaluation Exam
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.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
1) Describe your experience in the management, processing, and utilization of archival and photographic materials, to include where the experience was gained, the type of archival materials, and the number of relevant materials you oversaw.
2) Please describe your experience with current standards of research, to include historical and/or scientific.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
For more information about state employment, visit the following:
Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov
Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org
Public Employees Benefits Program: https://pebp.nv.gov/
More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB
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Email
Direct Inquiries or Correspondence to:
Division of Human Resource Management
Northern Nevada
515 East Musser Street,
First Floor
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868
Division of Human Resource Management
Southern Nevada
7251 Amigo St,
Suite 120
Las Vegas, NV 89119

TDD for the Hearing Impaired (800) 326-6868
The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.


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