Description
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 collections into new cabinetry and to help supervise undergraduate and high school interns. Rehousing will include all aspects of curation, such as stabilizing, labeling, databasing etc…, as well as, imaging specimens for the Unit’s online database.
Essential Functions
- Rehousing specimens into archival boxes
- Cataloging specimens using an MS Access database
- Updating taxonomic information
- Labeling specimens
- Moving specimens into new cabinetry
- Moving cabinetry
- Supervising volunteers and student interns
Qualifications Preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree in paleontology/biology/geology/ or related field
- Curatorial experience in natural history collections
- Databasing experience, preferably with Microsoft Access
- Efficient attention to detail
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Experience supervising others
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time on concrete floors, to lift 50 lbs, and to work with various chemicals
Salary: $30,000/year plus benefits (not negotiable)
Location
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
Approximate starting date
1 September 2016
To apply
Please submit a cover letter detailing collections experience, and a CV with the names of three references by email to trish.weaver@naturalsciences.org by 5pm June 1, 2016