Kucheza ndi Jim Douglas
Michael Roberts: Ntchito ya Smithsonian Institution ndi "kuwonjezereka ndi kufalikira kwa chidziwitso." Masomphenya ake "akupanga tsogolo ndi kusunga cholowa chathu, kupeza nzeru zatsopano, ndikugawana zinthu zathu ndi dziko lapansi." Kodi Smithsonian imachita bwanji izi? ntchito ndi masomphenya?
Jim Douglas, Mtsogoleri wa Smithsonian Institution: The Smithsonian ikufufuza ogwira ntchito osiyanasiyana omwe amasonyeza nkhani ya America yomwe timagawana ndi alendo athu tsiku ndi tsiku kupyolera mu malo osungiramo zinthu zakale ndi maphunziro.
Mayi: Payenera kukhala ntchito zosiyanasiyana zomwe anthu angachite kwa Smithsonian. Kodi ndi zina ziti zomwe zimapezeka pa Smithsonian, ndipo ntchitozi zikuphatikizapo chiyani?
JD: Pali zenizeni zochuluka pa Smithsonian kuchokera ku ziweto kwa astrophysicists, kuchokera kwa mabungwe a chitetezo kupita ku ntchito zowonongeka, kuchokera kwa anthropologist kupita kwa akatswiri a mbiri yakale.
Tili ndi advocacy, veterinarians , akatswiri a museum, masewera a masewera ndi zina zotero.
Mayi: Izi ndizosiyana. Pamene ophunzira akukonzekera ntchito zokayikitsa ndi Smithsonian, ndi madigiri ati omwe ayenera kuwatsatira?
JD: Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa ntchito pa Institution, palibe njira imodzi yomwe tingafunire pamene tikufuna ofuna ntchito zosiyanasiyana.
MR: Smithsonian ili ndi mwayi wochuluka wa chiyanjano ndi maphunziro. Chinthu chimodzi chimene anthu amafunira pa mwayi umenewu ndi mwayi wopita kuntchito yabwino. Kodi nthawi zambiri anthu amasintha kuchoka ku chiyanjano kapena ntchito ku ntchito yosatha ndi bungwe?
JD: Pafupi magawo awiri pa atatu a malo athu zikwi zisanu ndi chimodzi ndi maudindo a boma. Izi zimafuna olembapo kuti agwiritse ntchito ndikusankhidwa malinga ndi mfundo zoyenera. Ngakhale anthu ena ogwira nawo ntchito limodzi ndi anzawo akulowa mu malo a Smithsonian, ambiri amadzazidwa mwa mpikisano wotseguka. Pulogalamu imodzi ya boma yomwe imalola ophunzirira ndi omwe amaliza kumene maphunzirowa nthawi zonse ku federal akutchedwa Pathways.
MR: Smithsonian ikuwoneka yapadera kwambiri pokhudzana ndi ndalama zogulira antchito. Pali ntchito za federal komanso zomwe mumazitcha kuti malo okhulupilira. Kodi awiriwa ndi osiyana motani?
JD: Malo omwe amalipidwa ndi ndalama zachindunji amawonedwa kuti ali m'boma la boma, ndipo ntchito zogwirira ntchito za US Office of Personnel Management zikutsatiridwa ndi Smithsonian pakuzaza malowa. Pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a maudindo athu amalipidwa ndi magwero ena osati ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ku federal monga zopereka kuchokera ku bizinesi yathu, ndalama ndi mgwirizano, zopereka zothandizira komanso ndalama zomwe zimachokera ku chiyeso choyambirira kupita ku United States ndi James Smithson kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900 .
Malo athu okhulupilira sali mu boma la boma, koma tikuyesera kufanana ndi malipiro ndi zopindulitsa mofanana.
MR: Smithsonian ili ndi malo ambiri apadera. Zikuwoneka ngati wogwira ntchito angapeze chingwe ndikukhalamo kwa nthawi yaitali. Kodi anthu amakhala ndi nthawi yaitali bwanji?
JD: Zimasiyana, koma tili ndi anthu ambiri omwe apereka ntchito zawo zonse ku Smithsonian. Izi nthawi zambiri zimapezeka kumalo osungira malo kumene antchito athu ambiri ali akatswiri m'minda yawo. Ambiri ndi mamembala abwino a ogwira ntchito amene akhala pano zaka zoposa 50. Timakhalanso ndi anthu angapo omwe apuma pantchito koma akukhala ndi chikhalidwe chadzidzidzi ndipo amapitiliza kuchita nawo maphunziro awo. Kaŵirikaŵiri amachita ngati othandizira amtengo wapatali kwa omwe akubwera pambali.
MR: Monga mukudziwira, Malo Opambana Ogwira Ntchito mu Boma la Boma ndi kafukufuku wokhutira ogwira ntchito omwe amaperekedwa pachaka kwa antchito a federal. M'chaka cha 2013 , Smithsonian Institution inayika ngati bungwe lachiwiri labwino kwambiri. Kodi mukuganiza kuti izi zikuwonetsa bwanji?
JD: Anthu amamva kuti angathe kuthandiza. Smithsonian ndi malo ophunzirira, ndipo wogwira ntchito aliyense amadziwa kuti amathandiza pokwaniritsa cholinga chathu chochita kafufuzidwe, kuphunzitsa anthu kupyolera paulendo wopita kumamyuziyamu yathu komanso digitally kuzungulira dziko lapansi.
Mayi: Ndikufuna kuchoka kuyankhula za Smithsonian lonse kuti tikambirane nkhani yanu. Anthu omwe ali atsopano kuutumiki wothandiza anthu angathe kukhala ndi chidaliro poyang'ana kwa munthu yemwe wapanga bwino ntchito mu boma. Pogwiritsa ntchito mwaluso, kodi mwafika bwanji kumalo kumene mukukhala?
JD: Nditatha sukulu ya sukulu ndinasamukira ku Washington, DC, ndipo ndinapeza ntchito ku bungwe la federal, choyamba monga wolemba kafukufuku ndipo pambuyo pake ndikugwirizanitsa ntchito. Ndinasamukira ku Smithsonian ndikupita ku sukulu yamalamulo usiku ndipo ndinasintha kupita ku Smithsonian Office of General Counsel, ndikukwera kukhala Deputy Advocate Counsel kwa zaka zingapo. Kenaka ndinasintha ntchito ndikukhala mutu wa anthu ku Institute kumene ndili pano.
Mayi: Mwasintha zaka zoposa makumi atatu za ntchito yanu ndi Smithsonian. Nchiyani chakusungani inu ndi bungwe kwa nthawi yayitali?
JD: Ndimakonda kuphunzira za nkhani zamatsenga, kotero ndi malo abwino bwanji? Komanso, ndili ndi anzanga ambiri ogwira mtima komanso osangalatsa omwe ndimagwira ntchito tsiku ndi tsiku. Ndipo ntchito ya Smithsonian - kuwonjezeka ndi kusiyanitsa chidziwitso kwa dziko lapansi - imayambanso nane.
Mayi: Pomaliza, ndi langizo lotani lomwe muli nalo kwa munthu amene akuganiza za ntchito muutumiki?
JD: Ndiko kukwaniritsa kudziwa kuti mwachita khama, ndikuyembekeza kusiyana, kuti mukhale ndi moyo wabwino.
Lofalitsidwa pa February 11, 2014.