Positions are now open for Principal Curator in Charge (PCiC) in each the following Life Sciences Divisions: Insects / Invertebrates / Vertebrates at the Natural History Museum, London.
Further details, a full job description and guidance for your application can be found through the NHM website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/careers.html
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Role description:
This is an opportunity to take up a collections leadership role in a world-renowned institution with a unique scientific mission and public profile.
The successful applicants will join a large science group that comprises a group of approximately 300 scientists, that houses some of the largest and most significant scientific collections in the world, that is home to an internationally important natural history library, that includes a suite of advanced analytical and imaging facilities, and that has the opportunity to communicate science to a huge national and international audience.
Applications are open to collections-based scientists across the breadth of the NHM’s activities in Life Sciences to take up newly developed roles as Principal Curator in Charge (PCiC), in each of 3 of the following Life Science Divisions: Insects, Invertebrates, and Vertebrates; a PCiC position has been filled already in the Division of Algae, Fungi & Plants. We are especially interested in applicants who combine disciplinary expertise with a demonstrated ability to use that expertise to lead access to and development of collections.
Salary: £43,350 per annum plus benefits
Contract: Permanent role as Band 3 Principal Curator; 5 year rolling appointments as PCiC
Closing date: 9am, Monday 17 October 2016