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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Positions are now open for Principal Curator in Charge (PCiC) in each the following Life Sciences Divisions: <b>Insects / Invertebrates / Vertebrates
</b>at the Natural History Museum, London.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Please distribute to colleagues and collaborators who may be interested in applying for the posts, or who may be able to distribute to those interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Further details, a full job description and guidance for your application can be found through the NHM website: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nhm.ac.uk_about-2Dus_careers.html&d=CwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Uff8D14BJkQEWvyPGxGtfCIKMC0HwT1PtVIJppzaTXw&s=dxiv533u9bMqh_qIHiOd5kkJRhhsmpwrmP-b19Ikj6Q&e=">http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/careers.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">[click on ‘Search now’; link to PCiC posts]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Role description:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">This is an opportunity to take up a collections leadership role in a world-renowned institution with a unique scientific mission and public profile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The successful applicants will join a large science group that comprises a group of approximately 300 scientists, that houses some of the largest and most significant scientific collections in
the world, that is home to an internationally important natural history library, that includes a suite of advanced analytical and imaging facilities, and that has the opportunity to communicate science to a huge national and international audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Applications are open to collections-based scientists across the breadth of the NHM’s activities in Life Sciences to take up newly developed roles as Principal Curator in Charge (PCiC), in each
of 3 of the following Life Science Divisions: Insects, Invertebrates, and Vertebrates; a PCiC position has been filled already in the Division of Algae, Fungi & Plants. We are especially interested in applicants who combine disciplinary expertise with a demonstrated
ability to use that expertise to lead access to and development of collections. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Salary: £43,350 per annum plus benefits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Contract: Permanent role as Band 3 Principal Curator; 5 year rolling appointments as PCiC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Closing date: 9am, Monday 17 October 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Clare Valentine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Head of Collections
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Life Sciences
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Natural History Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">London SW7 5BD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Direct line :<b>
</b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+ 44 (0)207 942 5521<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NHM Mobile: +44 (0) 7799 690146<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">E.mail: c.valentine@nhm.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Museum website:<u> http://www.nhm.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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