[NHCOLL-L:1232] Collections Manager Position

[McConachie, Jackie]

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> Geoscience Collections Manager (Museum Technician and Conservator-B)
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> The New Mexico Museum of Natural History is seeking a geoscience
> collection manager to oversee approximately 100,000 vertebrate,
> invertebrate, and plant fossils as well as 5,000 mineral specimens.
> Education:  graduation from an accredited four-year college or university
> with a bachelors degree in Paleontology, Anthropology, or a related field.
> Experience:  two-years experience in museum registration work.
> Description:  specialized museum work in managing and maintaining the
> permanent and loan collections at the New Mexico Museum of Natural
> History.  Involves management of manual and computerized records;
> maintenance of collections insurance; registration, cataloging and
> inventory control of all collection objects; packing, crating and
> shipping; management of incoming and outgoing loans; evaluation of
> collection conservation needs and implementation of long-range collections
> care plan; maintenance of  storage facilities; supervision of volunteers;
> public presentations and tours of collections; arrangement and supervision
> of access to collections for authorized researchers; and ordering of
> necessary storage and archival supplies.  Knowledge and experience of
> Access relational database software required.  Starting salary up to
> $28,974 with an additional 35% in state benefits.  Send letter, resume,
> and names of three references to:
> Collections Manager Search
> New Mexico Museum of Natural HIstory
> 1801 Mountain Road NW
> Albuquerque, NM 87104
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