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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: normal;">The Assistant Director of the Herbarium for Botanical Information Management</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">will
supervise the Herbarium Information management staff and coordinate these activities with the Director of the Herbarium. </span><br>
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<p style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Additionally, as an Assistant Director, this position supports, through actions and conduct, NYBG’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives
and actively helps to build and maintain an inclusive organization culture throughout the institution.</span></p>
<p style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">The New York Botanical Garden is committed to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment, and further recognizes that diversity
in our workforce fosters excellence in our mission of advocating for the plants of the world. Leveraging the strong foundation of existing policies and practices, NYBG will advance diversity, equity, and inclusion through a number of institutional initiatives
presented through this plan. Our aspiration is to continue to cultivate a workforce and institution that is as diverse as the communities we serve and the audiences we engage.</span></p>
<p style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Specific Duties & Responsibilities</strong></span></p>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Participate in Leadership of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, including attending weekly meetings, contributing to grant proposals and other fundraising documents, coordinating
annual reports, and helping to organize and implement outreach activities.</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Supervise Information Management staff, including weekly meetings, annual evaluations, recruitment and promotions.</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Work with scientists to develop electronic floras and monographs, as well as other electronic publications, based on specimen data, and on the development of machine learning
applications using herbarium specimen data.</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Work with other Science Division staff to develop and implement new biodiversity data initiatives.</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Represent NYBG in collaborative projects with other institutions.</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Develop grant proposals and supervise grant-funded projects.</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Participate in the global community of biodiversity information management.</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Oversee the EMu Collections Management system, including software upgrades, bug reporting, training, and user support.</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Develop and implement Science collections data entry protocols, digitization workflows, and data standardization.</span><strong style="font-weight: bold"></strong><br>
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<p style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Qualifications</strong></span></p>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">5+ years of experience in botanical information management</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Experience representing NYBG at annual conferences, national and international</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Experience in training and supervising data entry staff</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Experience in working with scientists to develop electronic floras and monographs</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Experience with Axiell’s Emu CMS preferred.</span></li></ul>
<p style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Application Requirements:</strong></span></p>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Submit a curriculum vitae</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Submit a cover letter that presents a vision for the next decade of biodiversity information management at the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (no more than 500 words). Information
on the background and current practices of biodiversity information management at NYBG can be found in the following resources:</span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">V. Starr Virtual Herbarium website (</span><a href="http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/" style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/</span></a></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Tulig et al., 2012. Increasing the efficiency of digitization workflows for herbarium specimens. Zoookeys 209 (</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.209.3125" style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.209.3125</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Thiers, et al. Digitization of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Brittonia 68. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-016-9423-7" style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-016-9423-7</span></a></li></ul>
</li><li style="line-height: 1.5em"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Provide the name and contact information for three references who can speak to your experience and performance in biodiversity information management.</span></li></ul>
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<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">Dr. Barbara M. Thiers</div>
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<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">Patricia K. Holmgren Director</div>
<div style="font-size:13.600000381469727px">William and Lynda Steere Herbarium</div>
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