Head of Digital Collections

Description

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History invites applications for the position of Head of Digital Collections. This exciting position will play a key role in the museum’s efforts to grow and expand the impact of its digital collections through planning, project management, and collaboration. 

The person in this position will: 

• Lead the development of strategies for digitizing and documenting the museum’s collection of 1.8 million objects and 3 shelf-miles of archival materials. 

• Coordinate digitization activities, working closely with curatorial and collections departments, vendors, and other stakeholders. 

• Develop standards and policies for the creation, management, and preservation of digital assets. 

• Manage a team of talented staff across digital collections disciplines. 

Qualified candidates will have experience implementing and developing digitization and digital access strategies for collections in a museum, archive, library, or similar setting; ability to manage staff and multiple projects; and knowledge of the legal, ethical, and community rights and issues involved in providing access to historical materials. Please refer to the job announcements listed below for specific information as you prepare your application. 

Starting Salary GS-14 - $143,913 annually, plus an excellent benefits package. 

Open through March 13, 2026. For more information and to apply, please visit www.si.edu/ohr/jobs and click on the links for the announcement numbers listed below: 

Open to the public 

26R-SA-313508-DEU-NMAH 

Current & former Federal status employees & special appointing authorities should apply to the announcement # below & may also apply to the above public announcement 

26R-SA-313508-MPA-NMAH 

Contact NMAHApplications@si.edu with questions. 

The Smithsonian Institution provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation should contact the Human Resources Specialist listed. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. To learn more, please review the Smithsonian’s Accommodation Procedures. 

The Smithsonian Institution is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that a workforce comprising a variety of educational, cultural, and experiential backgrounds supports and enhances our daily work life and contributes to the richness of our exhibitions and programs. For more information on the Smithsonian EEO program please see www.si.edu/oeema.