Assistant Director Community Engagement

The Assistant Director Community Engagement is responsible for planning and coordinating special events held at the ACM and overseeing all public programs at ACM.

In this position you will:

• Manage selected museum special events including the opening of exhibits lectures outdoor festivals and symposia.
• Plan direct and coordinate projects and activities of support staff teams from central units and vendors engaged in special events function.
• Provide senior-level leadership and authoritative direction for ACMs education strategy across all audiences including pre-K12 students educators families community partners and adult learners.
• Set long-term goals for educational impact accessibility and community engagement.
• Develop monitor and manage the budgets of designated office to accomplish museum goals and objectives.
• Establish procurement when necessary to onboard contractors.
• Supervise staff prepare performance plans and complete performance appraisals.

• Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date. See the Required Documents section for additional information.

For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionsviewable on OPM Website.

Experience:You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal Service. For this position specialized experience is defined as planning and coordinating museum events (exhibition openings lectures large scale outdoor festivals and symposia) for a wide range of audiences; and providing authoritative direction for education strategy (including school systems PK-12 students families and adult learners) and planning and overseeing budget and procurement processes.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead provide detailed descriptive information about your actual experience.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community student social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures any individual who is currently holding or who has held within the previous 52 weeks a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service must meet time-in-grade requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).