Published: April 27, 2018 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredKimberly, OR Summary This position is located in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Please visit find a park for additional park information. This position is a Full-Time temporary position not-to-exceed 1039 regular hours (about 6 months) in a service year. Position may be terminated sooner or extended depending on management needs. Individuals selected under this vacancy…
Published: April 10, 2018 Collections Assistant, Jobs, Registrar
ExpiredAssociate Registrar, Loans & Exhibitions Natural History Museum of Utah (UMNH) University of Utah, Salt Lake City Job Summary As Associate Registrar, you will be responsible for the museum’s centralized loan records, environmental data, image requests and registrarial issues related to exhibitions. You will work closely with colleagues to advance the museum’s mission. Additionally, you…
Published: April 9, 2018 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredReporting to the Curator of Collections at the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, the Collections Assistant is a full-time position that will contribute significantly to the management of the Peabody’s approximately 500,000+ archaeological and ethnographic objects from Native North America. In addition to daily management of this collection, the Collections Assistant will have a…
Published: April 4, 2018 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History seeks to fill a part-time (17 hours per week) position. The anticipated start date is early May 2018. Title: Curatorial Assistant Effective Date: March 20, 2018 Closing Date for Applications: Monday, April 16, 2018 by 5 p.m. Eastern Time Job Description: The successful applicant will work with dry and…
Published: February 13, 2018 Collections Assistant, Internships, Jobs
ExpiredThe California Academy of Sciences is hiring a part-time (16-24 hrs/week) Curatorial Assistant in Ornithology and Mammalogy. The application deadline is March 20, 2018. POSITION SUMMARY: Under supervision of the Collection Manager or more senior Curatorial Assistants in Ornithology and Mammalogy (O&M), performs duties related to specimen preparation, cataloging and archiving specimens, processing loans, collection maintenance…
Published: January 17, 2018 Collections Assistant, Collections Manager, Jobs
ExpiredAssistant Collections Manager (Full Time) Department: Biology – Collections Reporting to the Director of Collections, the Assistant Collections Manager assists with the management, preservation, and accessibility of the collections. This position will continue specimen data migration from the scientific and teaching collections into Arctos (http://arctos.database.museum/), our online digital collections management system and may assist with…
Published: November 28, 2017 Collections Assistant, Internships, Jobs
ExpiredThe Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is seeking an Assistant Collections Manager in the department of Vertebrate Paleontology. This is a part-time (not to exceed 20 hours per week) grant funded position for two years (Bureau of Land Management Cooperative Agreement No. L17AC00191). This position provides support for the curation, conservation, and digitization of vertebrate fossils and…
Published: November 21, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is seeking an Assistant Collections Manager in the department of Vertebrate Paleontology. This is a part-time (not to exceed 20 hours per week) grant funded position for two years (Bureau of Land Management Cooperative Agreement No. L17AC00191). This position provides support for the curation, conservation, and digitization of vertebrate fossils and…
Published: November 3, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredJob Description: The Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) seeks a motivated individual with a background and passion for archaeology collections to work on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funded project to move and rehouse our world-class Archaeology collection of over 100,000 objects. This position will work with the Integrative Collections and…
Published: September 22, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredDescription: The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCSM) is looking to hire a 2 year, full-time project technician for the Non-Molluscan Invertebrate Unit of the Research and Collections Section. This position will be funded via an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America grant (www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/ma-30-17-0117-17). The person in this position will work…
Published: August 4, 2017 Collections Assistant, Exhibits, Jobs, Preparator
ExpiredNatural History Museum Specialist at Eastern Tennessee State University Job Summary: Reports to the director of the Center of Excellence in Paleontology and the Head Curator. Museum Specialists represent highly trained individuals in the museum field that have specialized training and experience. This Museum Specialist position is essential to fulfill the following needs in the…
Published: August 2, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredPosition Overview Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum is seeking a Collections Assistant! This position is responsible for assisting the Collection Manager in the care of the museum’s cultural and natural history collections, including but not limited to conducting inventories of the collection; arranging and organizing collection items to facilitate care and management; inputting collection data to…
Published: July 13, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe Collections Assistant will support all aspects of the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s Collection Management Program by undertaking day-to-day operation of the collection database. The Collections Assistant will assist with installation and removal of specimens from public galleries as required. They will provide preservation support, including inventory and cataloging of field collections, best practices in the…
Published: June 16, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredVertebrate Wildlife Museum – New Mexico State University Description: This is a full-time museum technician position to assist the curator (Dr. Jennifer Frey) with all functions of the Vertebrate Wildlife Museum in the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology at New Mexico State University. The museum is primarily used for education and consists of…
Published: May 25, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe Herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is now accepting applications for a full time (40 hours) Workroom Manager (Curatorial Assistant II). Application deadline: Friday, June 9, 2017. Job Summary: Assists herbarium staff in specimen preparation and routine collections management. Responsibilities include training and supervision of volunteers in specimen preparation; processing incoming and outgoing…
Published: March 29, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredCuratorial Assistant: Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab Jackson Museum of Earth History Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin The Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab is looking for a Curatorial Assistant. Duties include, but are not limited to, working with the Specify database, processing outgoing and returning loans, intake and accessioning of new fossil material, photography of…
Published: March 13, 2017 Collections Assistant, Collections Manager, Jobs
ExpiredThe La Brea Tar Pits and Museum (LBTPM, Los Angeles, California) seeks an Assistant Collections Manager to join an NSF-funded project to reconstruct paleo-food web models. As part of this grant, a classroom-based citizen science initiative to sort, process, and identify plant, insect, and/or other animal microfossil samples from Project 23 (deposits preserving late Quaternary…
Published: January 19, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe New York Botanical Garden Herbarium is seeking a Curatorial Assistant for algae, bryophytes and fungi. This is a full-time, core (i.e., not grant funded) position. BASIC JOB FUNCTION The Curatorial Assistant will participate in basic herbarium activities, e.g. collections processing, filing and specimen catalogues, loan request fulfillment for algae, bryophytes, fungi (including lichens). SPECIFIC…
Published: January 6, 2017 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCSM) is looking to hire a 4 month, part-time project technician in the Mollusk Unit of the Research and Collections Section. This position will be funded via an US Fish and Wildlife grant. The person in this position will work closely with the Collections Manager of Mollusks in…
Published: October 19, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe New Jersey State Museum, located in Trenton, NJ, seeks one part-time collections technician for a one-year, grant-funded project to review, correct and enter collections records in the Museum’s collections management database (Emu/Axiell) beginning Monday, December 5. Under the supervision of the Natural History Registrar, this technician will work with its accession files and specimens…
Published: September 16, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe Department of Ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, seeks a full time Scientific Assistant who will contribute to collection care and maintenance. Primary responsibilities will include identifying, accessioning, and cataloguing incoming marine and freshwater fish collections, assisting with the department’s frozen tissue collection, and database entry. Other duties include specimen…
Published: September 15, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredCarnegie Museum of Natural History seeks a Curatorial Assistant in the Section of Amphibians and Reptiles as part of a three-year National Science Foundation CSBR grant. Primary duties will be to alleviate overcrowded conditions in specimen jars and tanks by rehousing portions of the collection, updating taxonomy within the collection and reorganize it to reflect…
Published: July 14, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is searching for Curatorial Assistant for the rehousing of the alcohol-preserved collections of the Malacology Department. The position is initially for one year, (with the possibility of extending) and requires efficiency, organization, and above-average attention to detail. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree preferred, in a relevant discipline. In addition,…
Published: June 24, 2016 Collections Assistant, Collections Manager, Jobs
ExpiredThe Benthic Invertebrate Collection – UC San Diego museum scientist performs curatorial, preparatory, research, training, collection facility and clerical activities for the SIO Benthic Invertebrates research collection. Expand, develop, upgrade and maintain the Collection, collection database and reprint library. Develop and maintain best practices for specimen curation, storage, and mailing as well as data handling, and…
Published: June 13, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredRobert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Reporting to the Curator of Collections at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, the Collections Assistant is a full-time position that will contribute significantly to the management of the Peabody’s approximately 500,000+ archaeological and ethnographic objects from Native North America. In addition to daily management of this collection,…
Published: May 4, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe Canadian Museum of Nature is seeking a dynamic, competent biologist for the position of Assistant Collection Manager (ACM). The successful candidate will be responsible in consultation with the Curator of the Vertebrate zoology collections (VZC) for the effective management, including development and preservation, of the bird and mammal collections of the Museum, from accession…
Published: April 26, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredDescription The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCSM) is looking to hire a 2 year, full-time project technician for the Paleontology Unit of the Research and Collections Section. This position will be funded via an NSF CSBR grant. The person in this position will work closely with the Paleontology Unit Staff to rehouse the…
Published: April 21, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Herbarium Overview: The Herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is now accepting applications for a full time Project Manager, three-year duration. Application deadline: May 25, 2016. Job Summary: The Project Manager will over-see the day-to-day management of an NSF funded project aimed at curating and digitizing 30,000 vascular plant…
Published: February 23, 2016 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) houses one of the world’s largest collections of biodiversity, including over 32 million biological specimens and 4 million fossils. The Division of Invertebrate Zoology is searching for a Scientific Assistant to assist the continued growth and management of the collections and associated resources (archives, databases, and tissues) of…
Published: December 22, 2015 Collections Assistant, Jobs
ExpiredThe Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History is seeking 1 full-time (35 hours per week) Scientific Assistant in the Invertebrate Paleontology preparation lab. Responsibilities & Duties: The responsibilities and duties of the position include preparation and restoration of invertebrate fossils, including detailed microscope-based preparation using a full range of mechanical and…
