<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>Field Museum is searching for a Collections Manager for Flowering Plants.</div><div><br></div><div>Below is the full position description that can also be accessed here:</div><div><a href="https://careers.hireology.com/fieldmuseum/704821/description" target="_blank">https://careers.hireology.com/fieldmuseum/704821/description</a><br></div><div><br></div>Please make enquiries to this email if there are any questions: <a href="http://collectionscentersearch@fieldmuseum.org./" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">collectionscentersearch@fieldmuseum.org</a><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Matt von Konrat</div><div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Head of Botanical Collections, Gantz Family Collections Center</span></p><p style="color:rgb(102,102,102);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Adjunct Curator & McCarter Collections Manager (Bryophytes & Pteridophytes)</span></p></div><div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:3em 0px 1em;color:rgb(103,112,120);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(63,65,68);font-size:1.7em">Collections Manager, Flowering Plants</div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.1em;margin:0.5em 0px 1em"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;margin-right:1.9em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit"></span> <div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(63,65,68);display:inline-block;margin-left:0.4em"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://careers.hireology.com/fieldmuseum" style="color:rgb(129,175,50);box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">The Field Museum</a></div></div> <div style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;margin-right:1.9em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit"></span> <div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(63,65,68);display:inline-block;margin-left:0.4em">Chicago, IL</div></div> <div style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;margin-right:1.9em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit"></span> <div style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(63,65,68);display:inline-block;margin-left:0.4em">Full Time</div></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;width:470px;color:rgb(103,112,120);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><button id="m_-3233018229224705946gmail-m_-2321416912652935434gmail-apply-now-button" style="font-family:sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1rem;line-height:1.15;margin:1rem 0px 0px;overflow:visible;background-color:rgb(52,126,164);border-radius:8px;height:3.3rem;padding-top:0.2rem;width:14rem;border-width:initial;border-style:none;border-color:initial">APPLY NOW</button> <div style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;margin:0px 1rem">or</div> <span style="box-sizing:inherit"><button id="m_-3233018229224705946gmail-m_-2321416912652935434gmail-indeed-apply-button careers-apply__indeed" style="font-family:sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(52,126,164);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.1rem;line-height:1.15;margin:1rem 0px 0px;overflow:visible;background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(52,126,164);border-radius:8px;height:3.3rem;padding-top:0.2rem;width:14rem">APPLY WITH INDEED</button></span></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:1em;color:rgb(103,112,120);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;height:1683.41px;overflow:hidden"><div style="box-sizing:inherit"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0em 0px 1.8em;line-height:1.4285em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Field Museum is hiring a Collections Manager to manage its world-class Flowering Plants collections as well as subsidiary collections that includes Gymnosperms and Economic Botany.</span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;line-height:1.4285em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">The Collections Manager reports to the Head of Botanical Collections and will manage day-to-day activities in the Flowering Plant collection including management of staff. The </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Collections Manager will work jointly with curators to set long and short-term priorities for the Flowering Plant collections and will also interact with other collections areas, research scientists, exhibition developers, and education staff. The Collections Manager will have opportunities to pursue research for up to a maximum of 20% of their work time and seek funding for collections improvements and specimen-based research projects. The successful candidate will be evaluated on the ability to promote, study, build, care for, and ensure accessibility to the great wealth of specimens in the collection.</span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;line-height:1.4285em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">The Field Museum's Searle Herbarium is the fifth largest in the Western Hemisphere and houses 2.5 million accessioned flowering plant specimens, including nearly 40,000 types. Representation is worldwide, but particularly strong in tropical Central and South America. The Central American material is overall one of the world's finest single collections with special strengths in Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica. </span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">The South American collections are quite extensive housing the world's best overcall collections of Peruvian plants as well as </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">important strengths in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.</span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"> A good representation in North American taxa is found, especially for Missouri and Illinois. In addition the Field Museum curates an extensive collection of approximately 2000 dried fruits, large seeds, bark and other plant parts that generally are not accommodated on herbarium specimens. The gymnosperm collection consists of approximately 12,000 collections, 1000 cones and 41 types. </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Field Museum also curates an extensive Economic Botany Collection of over 12,000 specimens, uniquely representing plant products and artifacts that complement the more traditional herbarium collections. The Type Photograph Collection also consists of more than 75,000 negatives dating back to the 1930's.</span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;line-height:1.4285em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">We are especially interested in candidates with a vision for making collections accessible through digitization and the next frontiers in natural history collections. Digitization efforts in the flowering plant collection are ongoing, with over 600,000 currently available online. The collection is a major research resource for the national and international scientific communities. Containing unique material of special historical and ecological significance, the collection is world-class in size as well as taxonomic and geographic scope. Candidates with demonstrated leadership abilities and experience are especially encouraged to apply.</span></span></span> </p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 0em;line-height:1.4285em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder">Applications must include Cover Letter and a CV to be considered. The review of applications will begin on January 10th, 2022.</span></span></span></span></p></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.8em;line-height:1.4285em"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder">Duties and Responsibilities</span></span></span></span></p><ul style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.5rem;list-style:initial"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Managing digitization tasks including imaging specimens, georeferencing, species inventory, and development and evaluation of workflows and standards to ensure best practices</span></span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;box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