Published: September 18, 2023 Collections Manager, Jobs
Virginia Living Museum https://thevlm.org/ Status: Full-Time, Exempt, Grant-Funded (on-site)Department: Education General Statement of DutiesThe Non-Live Collections Manager supports the mission of connecting people to nature through educational experiences by overseeing the museum’s non-live collections. This position focuses on utilizing the museum’s non-live collection to its fullest potential by looking for greater opportunities to display, maintain and improve the…
Published: September 18, 2023 Jobs, Preparator
Virginia Living Museum https://thevlm.org/ Status: Full-Time, Temporary (4 months, in person)Department: Education General Statement of Duties Prepare and preserve mastodon fossils in a paleontology preparation laboratory in the Education Department of the Virginia Living Museum. This position is responsible for preparation, preservation, molding, casting, and restoration of vertebrate fossils. In conjunction with the Museum, train students and…
Published: September 13, 2023 Jobs, Teaching
University of Kansas https://museumstudies.ku.edu/ Position Overview The Museum Studies Program at the University of Kansas (KU) invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level expected to commence on August 18, 2024. The program seeks a scholar whose research and teaching examine the politics, ethics, and epistemologies of museum collections,…
Published: September 13, 2023 Collections Manager, Jobs, Teaching
Miami University https://www.miamioh.edu/ Biology: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) to teach courses in plant biology, evolutionary biology, or plant diversity, and an advanced course in evolutionary and molecular systematics; develop an active research program leading to publications and external funding; advise undergraduate and graduate students; provide service to the department and university including serving as Director of…
Published: September 6, 2023 Curator, Jobs
Closing: September 25, 2023
Natural History Museum, London https://www.nhm.ac.uk/ Title: Curator, Fossil Bryozoans, Sponges and Worms Contract: Permanent, Full time (36 hours per week) Salary: £33,396 per annum About the role Working within the Invertebrates and Plants Palaeobiology curatorial team, the Curator of Fossil Bryozoans, Sponges, Worms and Trace Fossils will have curatorial responsibility within the Natural History…
Published: September 5, 2023 Jobs, Research Position
University of California, San Diego https://scripps.ucsd.edu/mbrd DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW The Marine Biology Research Division (MBRD) consists of research laboratories in the fields of cell and developmental biology, ecology and evolutionary biology, microbiology and physiology of marine organisms. More than 20 laboratories. Cell and developmental biology: algal biofuels, biochemistry of fertilization and embryogenesis of sea urchins, developmental…
Published: August 31, 2023 Jobs
Canadian Museum of Nature – Library, Archives, and Special Collections https://nature.ca/en/ Your place at the Museum We value diversity and believe we benefit from working in a place where everyone feels included and where the unique qualities and strengths inherent in a diverse workforce are combined. We welcome applications from persons who may identify as…
Published: August 31, 2023 Computer Science, Jobs
Missouri Botanical Garden https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/ Whether you are just starting your career, looking for professional growth or re-entering the workforce, Missouri Botanical Garden may have just the right opportunity. We have a wide range of interesting and challenging opportunities, from botany and science to informational technology, marketing, education, sustainability, and more. We are as committed today…
Published: August 16, 2023 Collections Manager, Curator, Jobs
Auburn University Museum of Natural History http://aumnh.auburn.edu/ Job Summary: The Auburn University Museum of Natural History (AUMNH) is seeking a Curator (Collections Manager) for its Freshwater and Marine Invertebrate collection. The successful candidate will have curatorial experience in crustaceans, arthropods, mollusks, echinoderms, annelids, cnidarians, and/or other invertebrates. Our collections of ~45,000 lots are currently strong…
Published: August 16, 2023 Collections Manager, Jobs
Royal British Columbia Museum https://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/ CAREER OPPORTUNITY Collections Manager, PPM, Entomology Research and Collections Management Archives, Collections and Research DivisionOne Full Time Position – One-year term until 2024 Heritage Resources Officer 18 Annual Salary Range: $ 62,255 – $ 70,557 JOB OVERVIEW Under the general direction of the Director of Research and Collections Management, this…
Published: August 11, 2023 Jobs, Program/Project Manager
Smithsonian – National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/ Project Title Wrapping Up the Vertebrate Zoology Film-based Media Project Final Steps This Request for Quote is issued by the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Vertebrate Zoology for professional, technical, non-personal, work-for-hire services, in support of the Museum’s mission. NMNH seeks a request for quote for…
Published: August 4, 2023 Collections Assistant, Jobs
Denver Botanic Gardens https://www.botanicgardens.org/ Position Summary This position is responsible for overseeing the Denver Botanic Gardens natural history collections, which includes two herbaria (plants and fungi), an arthropod collection and other biological assets. These regional collections are to be maintained at established and approved standards for use by the scientific, educational and general public audiences. …
Published: August 3, 2023 Collections Manager, Jobs
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles https://nhm.org/ The Natural History Museum of LA County (NHMLAC) seeks a Collections Manager of Mineral Sciences. NHMLAC’s Mineral Sciences collection includes approximately 150,000 specimens, including minerals, rocks, meteorites, gems, and related synthetic materials. The collection is worldwide in scope but has particular strengths in minerals from California, native gold,…
Published: July 31, 2023 Curator, Jobs
Florida Museum of Natural History https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ The Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida (UF) seeks qualified applicants for a 12-month tenure-track Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology. This position will be filled at the Assistant faculty level in the Florida Museum’s Department of Natural History. The Vertebrate Paleontology division currently consists of two curators, three full-time staff,…
Published: July 31, 2023 Jobs, Museum Director / President
Closing: August 15, 2023
Redpath Museum of McGill University https://www.mcgill.ca/redpath/ Position Details: About the Redpath Museum The Redpath Museum is the oldest natural history museum in Canada, the only natural history museum in Montreal, and the largest in Quebec. Built in 1882, the Museum is also Canada’s oldest purpose-built museum. The Redpath Museum of McGill University serves both…
Published: July 31, 2023 Collections Manager, Jobs
Carnegie Museum of Natural History https://carnegiemnh.org/ Carnegie Museum of Natural History, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, is among the top natural history museums in the country. It maintains, preserves, and interprets an extraordinary collection of artifacts, objects, and scientific specimens used to broaden understanding of evolution, conservation, and biodiversity. Carnegie Museum of…
Carnegie Museum of Natural History https://carnegiemnh.org/ Carnegie Museum of Natural History, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, is among the top natural history museums in the country. It maintains, preserves, and interprets an extraordinary collection of artifacts, objects, and scientific specimens used to broaden understanding of evolution, conservation, and biodiversity. Carnegie Museum of…
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History https://www.si.edu/museums/natural-history-museum The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Informatics and Data Science Center is seeking data management services support for two projects in the Digital Stewardship program. Project 1 covers pan-museum collections data enhancement and clean up. Project 2 focuses on georeferencing and cleanup of collections locality data. The…
Published: July 26, 2023 Curator, Jobs
Royal Ontario Museum https://www.rom.on.ca/en The Position: Associate Curator, Curator, or Senior Curator of Plants ROM seeks an innovative and collaborative Curator to build, interpret, and share the Museum’s plants collection and to be an engaging spokesperson for the importance of green plants, including vascular plants, pteridophytes, bryophytes, and algae. The Curator of Plants will initiate…
Published: July 25, 2023 Collections Assistant, Jobs
Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College https://www.amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory Amherst College invites applications for the position of Museum Technician at the Beneski Museum of Natural History. This is a part-time (16 hours per week), casual hourly position, starting at $24.00/hour, without benefits. Given Amherst’s distinction as one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in…
Published: July 25, 2023 Jobs, Program/Project Manager
University of Mississippi, Department of Sociology and Anthropology The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Mississippi seeks a collections project manager for its ethnographic and archaeological materials. This position will direct an ongoing effort to curate objects and associated records obtained during more than a century of research under a National Park…
Published: July 24, 2023 Collections Manager, Jobs
Yale Peabody Museum https://peabody.yale.edu/ The Yale Peabody Museum (CT, USA) is currently seeking an Invertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager. The Invertebrate Paleontology Collection Manager oversees the daily stewardship, use, and development of the fossil invertebrate and relevant microfossil collections and the associated staff, facilities, and resources of the division. The Collection Manager promotes and facilitates research…
Published: July 18, 2023 Computer Science, Jobs
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/ The Arizona State University (ASU) School of Life Sciences is seeking a Biodiversity Informatician (Database Analyst) for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository (https://biorepo.neonscience.org/). NEON is expected to run for 30 years. For each project year, the NEON Biorepository at ASU will receive, process, store, and make…
Arizona Mining, Mineral and Natural Resources Education Museum (Phoenix, AZ) https://ammnre.arizona.edu/ The incumbent (founding Director) will be responsible for institutional vision and strategy: refining the vision for the institution as its founding Director through the development of a strategic plan and related documents (e.g., a business plan); overseeing a building renovation project by coordinating the…
Published: July 10, 2023 Curator, Jobs
Closing: July 31, 2023
The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) is one of the large, globally connected research museums of the Leibniz Association. In addition to excellent research on biodiversity and its change, we are advancing the development of our extensive scientific collections with an international…
Published: June 20, 2023 Collections Assistant, Collections Manager, Exhibits, Jobs
Closing: June 28, 2023
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton Under the general supervision of the Curator of Natural History in the State Museum, NJ Department of State, plans and implements natural history collection research, cataloging, care, and management, and plans and implements field research projects; initiates, plans, researches, implements, and evaluates exhibitions on natural history subjects; seeks, researches, and…
University Job Title: Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody NAGPRABargaining Unit: None – Not included in the union (Yale Union Group)Time Type: Full timeDuration Type: RegularCompensation Grade: Administration & OperationsWage Ranges: Click https://your.yale.edu/work-yale/careers/wage-ranges to see our Wage RangesWork Location: Central CampusWorksite Address: 170 Whitney AvenueNew Haven, CT 06511Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)Searchable Job Family: Museum/CuratorialTotal…
Published: June 15, 2023 Jobs, Operations
University Job Title: Security Officer 2 (M&L)(*)Bargaining Unit: Excluded – Excluded (Yale Union Group)Time Type: Full timeDuration Type: RegularCompensation Grade: Labor Grade CWage Ranges: Click here to see our Wage RangesSearchable Job Family: Museum/Curatorial, SafetyTotal # of hours to be worked: 37.5Work Week: Flexible or Non-Standard (for anything other than Standard)Work Location: Central CampusWorksite Address: 170 Whitney…
Bargaining Unit: None – Not included in the union (Yale Union Group)Time Type: Full timeDuration Type: RegularCompensation Grade: Galleries & MuseumsWage Ranges: Click https://your.yale.edu/work-yale/careers/wage-ranges to see our Wage RangesWork Location: Central CampusWorksite Address: 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)Searchable Job Family: Museum/Curatorial Total # of Hours to…
Published: June 7, 2023 Curator, Jobs
Job reference: CIX-022427Salary: £35,308 -£43,155Faculty/Organisational Unit: Cultural InstitutionsLocation: Manchester MuseumEmployment type: PermanentDivision/Team: Manchester MuseumHours Per Week: 1 FTE / 35 hours (flexible working will be considered)Closing date: 26/06/2023Contract Duration: PERMSchool/Directorate : Manchester Museum Could you help Manchester Museum harness the power of natural sciences collections to build a more sustainable world? As part of our collections team, you’ll be responsible for our significant and…
