Fungarium Collections Manager

Deadline: Sunday, January 30, 2022 - 00:00
Employer: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Contract Duration: Permanent
Contract Type: Full Time
Salary: £26,500 - £28,912

This is an exciting opportunity to join Kew’s Science Collections team, with responsibility for maintaining and developing high standards in the management and care of Kew’s internationally important Fungarium collection, which holds an estimated 1.25 million dried fungi specimens. It is one of the world’s most comprehensive mycological reference collections, containing many specimens of historical and scientific importance.

As Fungarium Collections Manager you will be responsible for managing and recording scientific specimen transactions to and from the Fungarium, making them available for scientific research both at Kew and institutes worldwide.