<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Greetings,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-b5f617df-7fff-6deb-eb37-24adba7b72c3" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Amherst College invites applications for the position of Museum Technician at the Beneski Museum of Natural History. This is a part-time (16 hours per week), casual hourly position, starting at $24.00/hour, without benefits. Given Amherst’s distinction as one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the country, the successful candidate will demonstrate the ways in which they bring value to and will work towards supporting a broadly diverse community.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Under the direction of the Head of Collections and Operations, the Museum Technician provides support in the upkeep, preparation, and maintenance of the museum’s three floor exhibit hall. The Technician assists with specimen storage, specimen cataloging, loan packing, and environmental monitoring.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Beneski Museum of Natural History (</span><a href="https://www.amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(8,117,225);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory</span></a><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) at Amherst College is one of New England’s largest natural history museums, featuring three floors of exhibits with more than 1,700 specimens on display, and over 200,000 in its collections that are made available for use by scholars and researchers from across campus and around the world.  Museum exhibits highlight the history of the local landscape through geologic time, including the age of dinosaurs as represented by a world-class collection of dinosaur footprints. Vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, minerals, and rock specimens are the largest of the Museum’s collections – but the Museum also holds meteorites, archaeological materials, paleobotanical specimens and taxidermy. The Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the physical evidence of the geologic history of the Earth, the evolutionary history of its inhabitants, and the processes that have shaped both through time. The Museum seeks to stimulate the scientific curiosity of visitors of all ages by providing direct experience with the materials and former inhabitants of the Earth.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Summary of Responsibilities:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Routine exhibit cleaning and maintenance of the displays and gallery spaces </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Scheduling, planning, and executing rotating cleaning of geological and paleontological specimens within the three-floor exhibit hall</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Design, fabrication, and adjustment of object mounts for display, storage, and loan</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Preparation of specimens for use in college classes, loans and display</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Environmental monitoring including Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Temp/RH monitoring in the galleries and collection storage areas</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Qualifications:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Required</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">High school diploma or equivalent</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Strong written and verbal, interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Attention to detail</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ability to safely handle delicate objects; excellent manual dexterity</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ability to work independently and as a part of a team</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Preferred</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:9pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Associate’s degree or higher</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 years of experience working in museum preparation, conservation or collections care or comparable experience</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Carpentry, plexiglass fabrication, metal fabrication, machining and/or mechanical skills; experience with small power tools</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Amherst College offers many opportunities for professional growth and development, continued learning, and career advancement.</span></p><br><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Interested candidates are asked to submit a resume and cover letter online at</span><a href="https://amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Amherst_Jobs" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(8,117,225);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Amherst_Jobs</span></a><span style="color:rgb(73,73,73);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></span></div><div><font color="#494949" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#494949" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Please reach out to me if you have any questions. </span></font></div><div><font color="#494949" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#494949"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks!</font><font face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size:medium"><br clear="all"></font></span></font><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" cl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