Category: Jobs

Asst/Assoc Professor of Biological Sciences and Asst/Assoc Curator of Recent Invertebrates, Tenure Track/Tenured

Published: September 24, 2024    Curator, Jobs, Teaching

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus: Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences: Biological Sciences (https://www.ou.edu/cas/) and Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/) Location University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus Open Date Sep 23, 2024 Description The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (SNM) and the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at the University of Oklahoma (OU) invite…

Assistant Conservator

Published: September 19, 2024    Conservator, Jobs

American Museum of Natural History https://www.amnh.org/ The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition. The Assistant Conservator…

Assistant Director

Published: September 19, 2024    Jobs, Museum Director / President

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/ Job Description The Assistant Director of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is a senior management position that reports to the Director and is responsible for the strategic oversight, management, and leadership, and of multi-faceted museum departments. The Assistant Director is responsible for administration of…

Senior Exhibits Coordinator

Published: September 19, 2024    Exhibits, Jobs

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/ Job Description The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Senior Exhibits Coordinator is a mission-critical position that will provide management and leadership to the Exhibits department and help the Museum in achieving its long-term goals as an institution. The Senior Exhibits Coordinator will be responsible for…

Life Sciences Collection Manager

Published: September 16, 2024    Collections Manager, Jobs

Idaho Museum of Natural History https://www.isu.edu/imnh/ Institution Information Idaho State University, established in 1901, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research and teaching institution, with a culture built on trust, compassion, stability, and hope. ISU serves over 12,000 students in Pocatello, Meridian, Twin Falls, and Idaho Falls. Students and faculty at ISU are leading the way in…

Archives and Preservation Professor

Published: September 10, 2024    Jobs, Teaching

Rutgers University https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/about/library-and-information-science-department The Library and Information Science (LIS) Department and iSchool at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, invites applications for an open rank Library and Information Science faculty position (tenure-track at the assistant, associate, or full professor levels) in Archives and Preservation. Candidates should have an outstanding record of scholarship in archival studies, theory of…

Paleobiology Collections Defragmentation Project Contractor

Published: September 10, 2024    Collections Assistant, Jobs

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/ The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Paleobiology is seeking one independent contractor to pack, stage, move, and organize fossil collections and associated material within and between NMNH facilities in support of the Paleobiology Collections Defragmentation Project. The contract period is for 12 months with an option to extend for…

Assistant Professor – Mammalogy

Published: September 10, 2024    Jobs, Teaching

University of Texas at El Paso https://www.utep.edu/ POSITION DESCRIPTION:  The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position for a Wildlife Biologist. We are particularly interested in highly collaborative candidates who specialize in the ecology, evolution, or conservation and management of mammals.…

Museum Technician (Geology)

Published: September 10, 2024    Conservator, Jobs, Preparator

National Park Service: Petrified Forest National Park https://www.nps.gov/pefo/index.htm Come work at Petrified Forest National Park. We are hiring two individuals from this advertisement. They will be working preparing and conserving fossil and other materials from the park. These are permanent subject to furlough positions that typically work through 50 weeks of the year. Applications will…

Head of the Natural History Library Collections

Published: August 22, 2024    Jobs, Librarian

Harvard University: Ernst Mayr and Botany Libraries (https://library.mcz.harvard.edu/ and https://huh.harvard.edu/libraries) Although this position will remain posted until filled, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply by end of day on September 6, 2024. Apply here: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=25240&siteid=5341&PageType=JobDetails&jobid=2009784#jobDetails=2009784_5341 Harvard Library seeks an innovative librarian with proven experience in natural history librarianship to develop a vision for the next phase of…

Biodiversity Data Coordinator

Published: August 16, 2024    Computer Science, Jobs

Biodiversity Data Coordinator, Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change The Biodiversity Data Coordinator will join a team of researchers and informaticians at the Center for Biodiversity and Global Change at Yale University to manage, build, and analyze geospatial biodiversity datasets to support conservation science and decision-making. They will prepare global, regional, national, and local geospatial species…

Assistant Director for Development, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute

Published: August 16, 2024    Jobs, Museum Director / President

The University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum (BI/NHM; https://biodiversity.ku.edu/), on the Lawrence campus, is one of the premier research and education institutes in the U.S. in biodiversity science, biodiversity informatics, paleobiology, biogeography, evolutionary biology, and archaeology. Working with the director, advisory board, the KU Endowment Association development officer, and other staff of the…

Curator III

Published: July 25, 2024    Curator, Jobs

Closing: August 12, 2024

Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa State University https://www.herbarium.iastate.edu/ The closing date for this position has been extended to August 12th. We are pleased to announce that the position of Curator III, Curator of the Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa State University is now open. See this link for more information and to apply: https://isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJobs/job/Ames-IA/Curator-III_R15153 The Ada…

Senior Research Leader – Seed Biology

Published: July 24, 2024    Jobs, Research Position

Closing: September 1, 2024

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew https://www.kew.org/ The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world-famous, collections-based scientific organisation, internationally respected for its outstanding collections as well as its expertise in plant and fungal diversity, conservation and sustainable development in the UK and around the world. It has two main botanic garden sites: Kew Gardens in south-west London,…

Head of Seed Collections

Published: July 24, 2024    Jobs, Museum Director / President

Closing: August 18, 2024

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew https://www.kew.org/ The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world-famous, collections-based scientific organisation, internationally respected for its outstanding collections as well as its expertise in plant and fungal diversity, conservation and sustainable development in the UK and around the world. It has two main botanic garden sites: Kew Gardens in south-west London,…

Contract Provenance Researcher

Published: July 17, 2024    Jobs, Request for Quote, Research Position

Smithsonian Institution, The National Museum of African Art https://africa.si.edu/ The National Museum of African Art seeks contract services for a provenance researcher in support of their Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns policy. For Request for Quote, Statement of Work and Office of Contracting required documents see: https://africa.si.edu/about/jobs-and-contracts/ Please note that all responses are due by…

Senior Preparator

Published: July 15, 2024    Jobs, Preparator

Yale Peabody Museum https://peabody.yale.edu/ Yale University is delighted to announce an open post at the Yale Peabody Museum for a Senior Preparator in the division of Vertebrate Paleontology. This is a regular full time position with a competitive salary and benefits package. Position FocusReporting to the Curator-in-Charge, supports research in Vertebrate Paleontology (VP) at the…

XCT Laboratory Manager

Published: July 10, 2024    Jobs, Lab Manager

The Negaunee Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum https://nirc.fieldmuseum.org/ Our Mission: Since the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, our organization has aimed to connect people to the natural environment and human history. The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago seeks a laboratory manager for its new X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) Facility. Join our vibrant research…

Museum Assistant

Published: July 8, 2024    Collections Assistant, Jobs, Public Outreach

University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ We are inviting applications for the post of Museum Assistant, supporting two of the University Museum of Zoology’s key functions: Assisting with the care of our collections, and ensuring our visitors gain the best possible experience of their visit to the museum. On Sundays you will be working with the…

Collections Assistant

Published: July 1, 2024    Collections Assistant, Jobs

Closing: July 19, 2024

Stanford Libraries and the Doerr School of Sustainability https://sustainability.stanford.edu/ The Stanford Geoscience Specimen Collection is seeking a full-time Collections Assistant. This is a two-year position with the possibility of extension. Please visit Collections Assistant 2 or 3, Stanford Geoscience Specimen Collection for position details and application instructions.  Position overview: Stanford Libraries and the Doerr School of Sustainability…

Biorepository Technician

Published: July 1, 2024    Jobs, Request for Quote

Closing: July 12, 2024

National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/ The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is seeking to contract a Biorepository Technician. The contractor shall provide professional, technical, non-personal services to the Department of Invertebrate Zoology by coordinating with United States Fish and Wildlife Service partners to establish, maintain, and grow a centralized biorepository of freshwater mussel genetic resources.…

Research Botanist and Curator

Published: June 24, 2024    Curator, Jobs, Research Position

Closing: June 27, 2024

Jepson Herbarium at UC Berkeley, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/ POSITION OVERVIEW Position title: Research Botanist and Curator of the Jepson Herbarium Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/july-2023-acad-salary-scales/t13-a.pdf]. A reasonable estimate for this position is $88,000-…

Cataloging Technician

Published: June 24, 2024    Jobs, Request for Quote

National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/ CONTRACT POSITION: Cataloging Technician UC Riverside: Davis, Green & MacGregor Kimberlite Xenolith CollectionContractor shall provide professional, technical, non-personal services to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Department of Mineral Sciences, Division of Petrology and Volcanology, National Rock and Ore Collections. Contractor will organize, catalog and capture specimen…

Fish/Wildlife Technician (Marine Invertebrate Collection)

Published: June 24, 2024    Collections Assistant, Jobs

Closing: July 1, 2024

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Biodiversity Collection https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/specimen-collections/ Our organization: The FWC envisions a Florida where fish and wildlife are abundant and thriving in healthy and connected natural landscapes with vital working lands and waterways; where natural resources are valued and safely enjoyed by all; and wherein natural systems support vibrant human communities…

Provenance Research & Support Contract

Published: June 24, 2024    Archivist, Jobs, Research Position

Closing: July 5, 2024

National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/ The National Museum of Natural History and the National Collections Program, both part of the Smithsonian Institution, are seeking shared contract services. These contract services shall provide provenance research and coordination in support of the new NMNH Ethical Returns and Shared Stewardship Program, as well as support and implementation…

Provenance Researcher

Published: June 13, 2024    Jobs, Research Position

Closing: June 28, 2024

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/biorepository The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Office of the Registrar is seeking contract services for provenance research and coordination services to: 1) provide provenance research services to evaluate the prior acquisition of collections deemed by NMNH to be high priority as determined by the museum or through request…

Education Outreach Coordinator – Alabama Museum of Natural History

Published: June 11, 2024    Jobs, Public Outreach

The Alabama Museum of Natural History https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/ The Alabama Museum of Natural History (https://almnh.museums.ua.edu/) at The University of Alabama seeks an Education Outreach Coordinator. This is a full-time, staff-level position with benefits located on the campus of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The position reports to the Director of the Alabama Museum of…

Paleo Report Writer

Published: June 5, 2024    Jobs, Technical Writer

San Diego Natural History Museum https://www.sdnhm.org/ Position Summary: The San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) is seeking a Report Writer to join the Department of PaleoServices. The Department of PaleoServices specializes in paleontological resource management, with a particular emphasis on mitigation paleontology. Our focus is on the recognition, recovery, and preservation of the significant…

Preparator

Published: June 5, 2024    Jobs, Preparator

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution https://naturalhistory.si.edu/ The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History is hiring three (3!) experienced and skilled fossil preparators for permanent, full-time, Federal positions. These positions will support the research, collections management, and outreach of the Department of Paleobiology in our behind-the-scenes Paleobiology Preparation Laboratory, as well as by…