Curation Specialist

Curation Specialist

Location:

Fort Stewart, GA Type:
Exempt

Work Schedule:

Full-Time Compensation: $85,300-$85,300

Full-Time benefits of a Curation Specialist at Tessera include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Elective 401(k) retirement plan with a 3% employer discretionary contribution after 90-days of employment
• Flexible Spending Accounts for both medical and dependent care
• 11 paid federal holidays
• accrual of 12 paid days of vacation at the start of employment
• paid sick leave
• Potential shared earning bonus
• Tuition assistance is available after 1 year of employment and potential scholarships for qualified dependents
• Professional development, certifications, and training opportunities
• Verizon wireless discount
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and an engaging wellness program
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility for full-time employees

Tessera is dedicated to “Creating Opportunities for People with Disabilities” by hiring and supporting individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. We take pride in our purpose-driven culture, our core values
- Inclusion, Partnerships, Integrity - and our commitment to providing a safe and respectful work environment to our employees.

Tessera is seeking a hardworking and expert Curation Specialist with a professional attitude.

Typical duties include but are not limited to:

• Conduct detailed, standard laboratory artifact analyses of all physical materials recovered during Phase I and Phase II archaeological field investigations.
• Perform routine physical inspections of the installation's curation facilities (the Main Curation Facility at Fort Stewart, the Curation Annex at Fort Stewart, and the Curation Paperwork Annex at HAAF) and document inspections in monthly and quarterly logs.
• Maintain and continuously update the installation's artifact database, verifying and correcting entries to maintain a minimum of 95% accuracy between physical inventory and digital databases.
• Systematically rehabilitate, stabilize, and conserve legacy archaeological collections. This includes cleaning, cataloging, labeling/relabeling physical artifacts, re-bagging and re-boxing into archival-grade storage containers, and digitizing paper documentation.
• Execute and document annual collections inventories (artifacts, records, and digital copies) in response to Army Data Calls and submit results to the CRM Manager for headquarters reporting.
• Catalog, file, and preserve project paperwork, maps, and electronic files to professional archival standards, establishing duplicate backups for all electronic media.
• Maintain the repository, administrative folders, and curation records in a state of constant readiness for no-notice state and federal regulatory compliance audits.
• Assist the FS/HAAF CRM Program with Phase I archaeological inventories and Phase II National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) evaluations in accordance with the ICRMP and under the technical supervision of an SOI-qualified archaeologist.
• Assist the FS/HAAF CRM Program with systematic monitoring of NRHP-eligible sites, implement site protection measures, and provide ARPA investigation support.
• Compile environmental metrics to support annual Army data calls, including internal/external Environmental Performance Assessment System(EPAS) audits and annual Environmental Quality Universal Information Portal (EQUIP) surveys.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years in Anthropology, Archeology, Cultural Resource Management, Historic Preservation, and/or Museum Studies required; specialized vocational, technical, or other formal training may be substituted in part for experience.
• Expertise in archaeological collections management, artifact analysis, curation, and archival preservation in accordance with federal…