{"id":12605,"date":"2015-05-27T09:26:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T14:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=12605"},"modified":"2015-05-27T09:26:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T14:26:37","slug":"job-posting-preventative-conservator-smithsonians-museum-conservation-institute-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/05\/27\/job-posting-preventative-conservator-smithsonians-museum-conservation-institute-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Preventative Conservator &#8211; Smithsonian&#039;s Museum Conservation Institute (Washington, DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Preventive Conservator, Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) is seeking a Conservator with a specialization in preventive conservation of museum collections and their environments. The Preventive Conservator will examine museum collections and conduct appropriate treatments documenting the processes in accordance with practices and tenets of the profession, will conduct research pertinent to preventive conservation in the museum environment, and will serve as a mentor in MCI training programs. Any material specialty (e.g., objects, photographs, textiles, paper) may apply for this position. The successful candidate will have experience in research, professional presentation, and publication.<br \/>\nMCI is a scientific research center of the Smithsonian Institution with the mission to\u00a0increase and disseminate scientific knowledge that improves preservation and conservation of museum collections and related material, with an emphasis on the collections of the Smithsonian Institution\u2019s museums. For a more detailed description of the MCI\u2019s programs please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.edu\/mci\">www.si.edu\/mci<\/a>.<br \/>\nFor a complete application package and instructions please access USAJOBS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usajobs.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.usajobs.gov\/<\/a> or the Smithsonian website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.edu\/OHR\/jobs_public\">http:\/\/www.si.edu\/OHR\/jobs_public<\/a> and retrieve announcement numbers 15A-SR-300452-DEU-MCI and 15A-SR-300452-MPA-MCI. The Smithsonian Institution is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Vacancy closes Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. National.<br \/>\nFor more information contact:<br \/>\nJessica S. Johnson<br \/>\nHead of Conservation<br \/>\nMuseum Conservation Institute<br \/>\nSmithsonian Institution<br \/>\n301 238 1218<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:johnsonjs@si.edu\">johnsonjs@si.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preventive Conservator, Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute The Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) is seeking a Conservator with a specialization in preventive conservation of museum collections and their environments. The Preventive Conservator will examine museum collections and conduct appropriate treatments documenting the processes in accordance with practices and tenets of the profession, will conduct research pertinent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/05\/27\/job-posting-preventative-conservator-smithsonians-museum-conservation-institute-washington-dc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Job Posting: Preventative Conservator &#8211; Smithsonian&#039;s Museum Conservation Institute (Washington, DC)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":12606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}