Collections Manager Position
Overview:
Sternberg Museum of Natural History seeks a full-time non-tenure track
zoological collections manager to oversee the care and management of its
extensive and growing zoological collections including: Herpetology
(16,000+ specimens), Mammalogy (40,000+ specimens plus 2 holotypes),
Ichthyology (700,000 specimens), Ornithology (4500 specimens), and
Entomology (100,000+ insects). Collections consist of fluid-preserved
specimens, skins, dry skeletons, histological and frozen tissues. The
collections focus on Great Plains of U.S. Experience in identifying herps,
mammals, fish, birds, or arthropods.
Essential Duties:
1. Supervise collections access, handling, and care
2. Initiate, develop and implement collections grants
3. Acquisition and collection development
4. Museum operational service
5. Maintain external partnerships with collaborative institutions
6. Supervision of Graduate Curatorial Assistants, students and volunteers
7. Collections database management (Specify)
8. Implement Integrated pest Management
9. Teach a course on Collections Management
10. Oversee museum library collections
11. Work collaboratively with museum Education Director and Exhibits
Director on museum programs and exhibits
12. Other duties as assigned by the Director
Qualifications:
1. Masters degree in zoology or museum studies with specialty in zoology
2. Expertise with taxonomy and identification of more than one taxa
3. Field experience in collection
4. Experience in preparing and conserving specimens
5. Familiarity with collection based databases and web based applications
6. Demonstrated skills in public speaking, writing, interpersonal and
communication skills
7. Knowledge of museum collection practices and standards.
Starting Date: Negotiable
August 1, 2010 to September 1, 2010
To Apply: Contact Dr. Reese Barrick, Director, Sternberg Museum of Natural
History, 3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS 67601. Phone: 1-877-332-1165.
E-mail: [email protected]
Preference will be given to applications postmarked by June 11, 2011.
Electronic applications are encouraged. Applications must include at minimum:
1. Letter of application
2. Curriculum vita
3. Photocopies of all post-secondary transcripts
4. Statement of professional interests
5. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of four references
Please do NOT request letters of recommendation.
The Sternberg Museum of Natural History occupies a completely renovated
(completed in 1999), unique building adjacent to Interstate-70 Highway in
Hays, Kansas. Its 101,000 square feet of floor space accommodates both
public areas and collection management space. The collection space houses
extensive research collections representing the disciplines of mammalogy,
ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, entomology, botany, vertebrate
paleontology, and paleobotany. The total number of specimens in these
collections is in excess of 3 million, and the Museum thus serves as a major
research resource for the academic departments of Biological Sciences and
Geosciences. Public exhibits of the museum are internationally known and
focus on animals of the Cretaceous time period. These are supplemented with
a program of temporary exhibitions, both leased and prepared in-house,
relating to a broad spectrum of natural history topics. Educational
programming for adults and especially for children is designed to instill a
fascination for plants and animals in their environment.
Notice of Non-discrimination - Fort Hays State University does not
discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, national origin, age,
disability, Vietnam era veteran status, or special disabled veteran status
in its programs and activities. The University employs only United States
citizens and aliens who are lawfully authorized to work in the United
States. The director of affirmative action, coordinator of Title IX, Title
VI, Section 504, and ADA regulations, may be contacted at 600 Park Street,
Hays, KS 67601, 785-628-4033. FHSU is committed to the cultural enrichment
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