Contract: Permanent contract, 35 hours per week
Salary: Grade E, £27,997 – £34,257 per annum
Closing date: 6 July 2022 (by 5pm)
Interview date: Week commencing 18 July 2022
What you’ll do…
You will play a major role in delivering the Museum’s goal to safeguard and increase biodiversity across the Museum’s eight sites, by planning and coordinating field activity to produce a rolling programme of biodiversity surveys. This will also include the involvement of community groups and special interest groups. You will be supported by the Acting Head of Natural Sciences, who will lead on the biodiversity component of the Museums Land & Nature Management Plan.
As part of the Botany Section of six staff, you will work with the Curator of Lower Plants to ensure that this collection is curated and cared for to maximise access and wider use, and through this deliver the Amgueddfa Cymru commitments. You will use your taxonomic expertise, to develop the lower plant collection though collaborative research projects. This will ensure the collection remains relevant as an environmental reference resource. Training will be provided if your taxonomic experience has previously been with higher plants. You will develop new partnerships with relevant bodies to promote use of the collection and maintain existing ones.
You will take part in public events, activities and engage with social media to promote the collection and the Natural Sciences department.
Reporting to Acting Head of Natural Sciences
The knowledge and qualifications you’ll need…
• A degree in botany or an allied subject, or equivalent practical professional experience.
• A postgraduate qualification in a botanical or ecological subject area is desirable.
• Knowledge of current practice of undertaking terrestrial biodiversity surveys.
• Expertise in lower plant taxonomy to complement existing staff specialisms or expertise in another botanical area and a willingness to learn.
• Knowledge of biological databases and standard Microsoft software.
The experience you’ll need…
• Experience in working with, and curating botany collections .
• Experience of undertaking terrestrial biodiversity surveys.
• Experience writing biological reports and disseminating information.
• Experience of developing plans and working with external stakeholders.
• Experience delivering curatorial and research projects.
• Experience of public engagement in natural science
Details and to apply…
https://museum.wales/jobs/current-jobs/?id=1670