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The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Registration Collections Assistant (Executive Officer) in the National Museum of Ireland. This is a full-time, two years, fixed-term contract position and will be filled by open competitive interviews.

The Registration Collections Assistant will work on behalf of the Registration Department in supporting the Natural History Capital Development Project. This position forms part of an overall project team responsible for the decant of collections from Merrion Street.

Join us on our project to digitise RBG Kew’s 8.5 million plant and fungal specimens and create a complete catalogue of our internationally significant collections, making specimen records and images freely available online and accessible to researchers across the globe.

We are seeking to appoint an individual with high attention to detail and experience of transcribing and imaging Natural History or museum specimens to perform quality checks on the images and specimen records created. They will be responsible for reporting where digital outputs of Herbarium or Fungarium specimens do not meet agreed standards and will suggest improvements to current protocols and workflows.

Essential skills include the ability to check image and data quality against defined standards, a competent understanding of taxonomy, nomenclature and geography and excellent IT Skills.

You will be strongly self-motivated, a proactive communicator with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.

This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.

The Natural History Museum of University of Oslo is looking for a new collection manager for a permanent position at the Department of Technical and Scientific Conservation (SKF). We are looking for someone who can work with the conservation of the museum's wet-preserved collections. The position is part of a technician group with ten other collection technicians in the zoological collections.

The museum has approximately 6 million natural history objects in 15 main collections within living plants, botany, mycology, zoology, paleontology and geology. The collections consist of both physical objects and associated digital data and document the biological and geological diversity of the Earth and Norway.

Approximately 1 million of the objects are wet-preserved in ethanol, and consist mainly of different zoological organism groups, ranging from vertebrates to crustaceans and insects. The collections manager will have special responsibility for the wet-preserved vertebrates, but may also be assigned tasks in the other collections.

Collection management at NHM holds a high international standard. In order for the collections to retain their value and potential, they must be physically maintained and digitally accessible. We are therefore looking for a skilled employee who can also work in digital subject systems (databases).

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition.

The Collections Manager (CM) leads and runs the collections curation program for the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences (EPS). Reporting to the curator-in-charge, the CM works with curators to manage the EPS collections, inclusive of space, infrastructure, databases, collections management, storage facilities, equipment and the informatics program, as well as museum staff and volunteer efforts. The CM will supervise or facilitate processing new acquisitions, loans, visitors, stewardship, fieldwork for collecting, annual reporting and compliance with federal and Museum policies and permitting. The CM will collaborate with curators, the development office and administrators to seek external support for collections improvement, digitization of collections, fieldwork, collection research opportunities and other initiatives as assigned.

Responsibilities include:
Ensuring collections stewardship, care and preservation, at levels that meet or exceed disciplinary and/or Museum standards.
Managing collections management operations, working with EPS curators to develop and meet short- and long-range objectives. Seeking and implementing efficiencies where feasible.
Facilitating the use and upkeep of assigned departmental spaces, supplies and equipment.
Maintaining the collections informatics programs, systems, databases and the integrity/security of data, paper and other forms of archival records management. Promoting discoverability of the collections, access to catalog records and digital assets including collection-related website content via internal and external mechanisms.
Directing annual collections reporting. Working with the department administrator, curators and other Museum offices on purchasing and budget management. Other administrative duties as assigned.
Handling incoming and outgoing loan activities, shipping/receiving, permitting and compliance.
Facilitating access, visitation/tours and use of collections and facilities by students, postdocs, research associates and visitors. Participating in promotional and outreach activities.
Supervising the departmental Museum Specialists, including assigning tasks and monitoring effort and performance.
Training staff and volunteers on operations and the use of assigned equipment and facilities. Supervising volunteers and their collection-related efforts.
Facilitating fieldwork and collecting activities by departmental students, postdocs, staff and affiliates. Leading post-collecting curation efforts from field to shelf, including specimen identification.
Serving as the departmental safety liaison/fire evacuation warden as needed.

The expected salary range for the Collections Manager, Earth & Planetary Sciences is $90,000/annual – $93,000/annual. The AMNH offers an extensive benefits package designed to meet the needs of our dedicated and diverse community.

Pay will be determined based on several factors. The hiring range for the position at commencement is based on the type of work and the scope of responsibilities. The salary and placement offered is based on a number of individualized factors, including, but not limited to, skills, knowledge, training, education, credentials, areas of specialization and depth and scope of experience.

The vacancy will be open to applications until filled.