[Nhcoll-l] Job announcement with iDigBio at Florida State University: Workforce Development Manager

[Erica Krimmel]

Florida State University’s Institute for Digital Information and Scientific
Communication (idiginfo.org) invites applications for a Workforce
Development Manager for the iDigBio project (idigbio.org). iDigBio is the
US National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
and is based at Florida State University (FSU), University of Florida, and
Arizona State University. Biodiversity collections curate such things as
plants on sheets, fossils in drawers, fish in jars, and insects on pins,
and there are about a billion specimens of this type curated by more than
1500 US collections. The portion of iDigBio based at FSU is iDigBio’s
Digitization, Workforce Development, and Citizen Science Domain. iDigBio
began in 2011 and has just received a new five-year grant from the US
National Science Foundation (
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2027654) with this
position budgeted for all five years.

The Workforce Development Manager will collaborate with others in the
domain and across iDigBio in the development and delivery of iDigBio’s
professional development offerings for the biodiversity collections
community. These offerings will often be in the form of short courses in
iDigBio’s new Digitization Academy. The Digitization Academy began in 2021
and has offered an inaugural Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen
Digitization course, with a new course, Public Participation in
Digitization of Biodiversity Collections, planned for December.  The topics
of new courses will be determined by community needs, but they are expected
to include such things as advanced courses in digital imaging,
georeferencing, 3D modeling, and data management. The Workforce Development
Manager should bring experience with the digitization of biodiversity (or
similar) collections and teaching. (Similar collections could include, for
example, cultural heritage collections.) However, the successful Workforce
Development Manager applicant need not start with an advanced knowledge of
all potential course topics. The Workforce Development Manager will
participate in the development of digitization protocols, best practices,
and standards where there are needs to do so in support of biodiversity
collections digitization. The position is a great opportunity to play a
central role advancing the important work of the biodiversity collections
community.

The position is currently classified as based in Tallahassee, Florida,
though it is possible that it could be converted to a remote position to
accommodate the constraints of a very strong applicant. Tallahassee is the
state capital and located adjacent to one of North America’s biodiversity
hotspots, which is protected in an extensive patchwork of natural areas,
such as the Apalachicola National Forest, St. Marks National Wildlife
Refuge, Wakulla Springs State Park, and many others. The area has abundant
outdoor opportunities, including paddling the springs and rivers, hiking
and biking the many miles of trails, swimming and snorkeling on the coast,
fishing, and more.

The starting annual salary is expected to be somewhere from the high
$50,000's to mid $60,000's, depending on training and prior experience.
Tallahassee’s cost of living is below the national average, and the city is
home to a number of strong public schools.  FSU was recognized as one of
Insight into Diversity’s fourteen “Diversity Champions” that celebrate and
encourage diversity and inclusion across campus.

To learn more and apply visit https://bit.ly/3bww7Ti.

To apply, you will be asked to provide your CV, a cover letter in which you
cite how your past experiences prepare you to successfully accomplish the
responsibilities of the position, and a brief (up to 1 page) statement of
how you will seek to advance workforce development for the biodiversity
collections community.  We will be happy to answer questions that you might
have—just email us at amast at fsu.edu or ekrimmel at fsu.edu.

*Erica Krimmel*
Digitization Resources Coordinator
Integrated Digitized Biocollections <https://www.idigbio.org/> (iDigBio)
Florida State University
ekrimmel at fsu.edu
(619) 876-3794
ORCID 0000-0003-3192-0080 <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3192-0080>
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