The 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 fluid (in ethanol) insect and non-insect invertebrate collections in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology.
Duties involve: preparation of specimens for incorporation into the main collection (i.e., mounting on pins, card points, minuten pins or placing into individual ethanol vials); labeling specimens with locality, species, donation labels; rehousing fluid specimens or changing lids and fluid; making unit trays, filing reprints; some data entry.
Qualifications: Candidates with good organizational skills and attention to details, fine coordination skills, data-basing experience, and a good command of MS Word and Excel are preferred. The AMNH invertebrate collection consists of approximately 24 million specimens and brings in thousands of new, sometimes delicate, specimens each year. Thus, we seek someone who is relatively unfazed by repetitive work.
Part-time: 17 hours a week
Applications will only be accepted online via the AMNH careers website:
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**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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