Museum Curator II (Exam)

MUSEUM CURATOR II: $5,340.00 - $6,629.00 per Month

View the MUSEUM CURATOR II classification specification.

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 7/31/2024
• 1/31/2025
• 7/31/2025
• 1/31/2026
• 7/31/2026

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• MUSEUM CURATOR II - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

• 2277

For MUSEUM CURATOR II, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02277

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Justin Lue - Exam Analyst
• Department of Parks and Recreation
• Selections Unit
• P.O. Box 942896
• Sacramento, CA 94296-0001

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• Department of Parks and Recreation
• Selections Unit - Justin Lue
• 715 P Street
• Sacramento, CA 95814
• 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

00102872 - MUSEUM CURATOR II

Either

I

One year of experience performing the duties of a Museum Curator I in California state service.

Or II

Two years of professional experience in museum work, at least one of which must be at the level and responsibility of a Museum Curator I. This experience must include responsibility for managing programs, budgeting, and personnel.

and

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with major work in museum studies, history, anthropology, archeology, art, or natural sciences. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education, with two years of experience being equivalent to one year of college for up to two years.)

00102872 - MUSEUM CURATOR II

Under general direction, incumbents plan, organize, and manage programs of acquisition, conservation, registration, interpretation, and/or storage of museum objects at museum facilities with moderate sized, active collections.

Willingness to travel throughout the State and work irregular hours.

A graduate degree in museum studies with a concentration in museum studies, fine arts, or a related field.

For information regarding position location(s), please refer to the Eligible List Information section.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

Component Order: 1

Component Type: Supplemental Report

Component Due: After Acceptance

Percentage of Final Score: 100%

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

1. Interpretive collections record-keeping methods
2. Special techniques for artifact maintenance, preservation, restoration, storage, packaging, and shipping
3. Familiarization with the properties of cultural and natural objects including fine art, antiques, relics, woods, stone, textile materials, metals, and natural history specimens
4. Methods of identifying and classifying objects with cultural or natural history significance
5. California history
6. Principles of museum administration and exhibit practices
7. Purposes, cultural and natural features, and values of the California State Park System
8. Principles of personnel management and supervision
9. Administrative and budgeting practices
10. The department's Affirmative Action Program
11. A manager's role in the Affirmative Action Program and the processes available to meet affirmative action objectives

Ability to:

1. Implement a registration and control system for collections coordination
2. Conduct research to determine historic and interpretive data
3. Evaluate objects for their appropriateness to remain in or be added to the collection
4. Inspect and recommend necessary maintenance, preservation, restoration, storage, display, safety, and handling methods
5. Plan and conduct training programs in museum collections procedures
6. Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with individuals, organizations, and other agencies contacted in the course of the work
7. Effectively contribute to the department's affirmative action objectives

A Departmental Open eligible list for the MUSEUM CURATOR II Classification will be established for:

• Department of Parks & Recreation

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Resulting Eligibility List(s) will be used to fill vacancies throughout the State of California.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Department of Parks & Recreation

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

Department of Parks & Recreation

Justin Lue - Exam Analyst

Department of Parks and Recreation

P.O. Box 942896

Sacramento, CA 94296-0001

Phone: (916) 902-8594

justin.lue@parks.ca.govCalifornia Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free State work place. Any applicant for State employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective, because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing civil service, and the special trust placed in public servants.