The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History seeks to fill a part-time (21 hours per week), 1-year internship with opportunity for 2-3 year renewal for a graduate or undergraduate student (or recent graduate) in invertebrate zoology, life sciences, taxonomy, museum studies or related fields. The intern will work with collection management staff to clean, update taxonomic names of, tag, database, and image approximately 4000 pieces of dry coral as part of a project funded by a grant from the Institutes for Museum and Library Services. The start date is January 23, 2017.
Required Qualifications:
Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Science or Fine Arts in a related field. Applicants must be meticulous and extremely careful, as many of the specimens are now endangered and fragile, and label data must always be associated with the specimens. Some pieces are quite heavy and the applicant should be able to lift 25 lbs with relative ease. Candidate must know MS Word and Excel exceptionally well, be able to learn other software relatively easily and be able to take reasonably good digital images. The applicant must know or be able to learn the idiosyncrasies of taxonomic nomenclature. The applicant must be committed to working 21 hours a week and be able to work independently and have good time-management skills. Experience in the life sciences, taxonomy, conservation, museum studies will be looked upon favorably.
Online Application Process:
Applications should be received no later than January 13, 2017.
Applications will be accepted online only via the AMNH careers website:
https://careers.amnh.org/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=146705
Search requisition number 92548
Applicants will only receive notification of application status if they qualify for an interview. The high volume of applications precludes responding to application status inquiries.
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