[NHCOLL-L:858] U Colorado Invert Collection Manager - Deadline Extended

[Jon Greggs]

This is a re-posting, from Alan de Queiroz, U Colorado, e-mail below....
Note extended deadline:  March 5, 2001

"INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY COLLECTION MANAGER

Job Classification: Manager  Invertebrate Zoology Collection

Minimal Qualifications:  A Master's degree in museum studies or in a 
relevant field of biology or a Bachelor's degree plus at least two years of 
zoological collections management experience.

Duties:  The primary responsibility of the Collection Manager is the daily 
management and conservation of the invertebrate collections (exclusive of 
insects and arachnids).  The collections consist primarily of molluscs 
(over 700,000 specimens) with minor holdings of most other invertebrate 
phyla.  Specific duties include the following: specimen preparation, 
cataloguing (manual and electronic), systematic arrangement, storage, and 
conservation of specimens and archival materials; routine management 
(correspondence, assistance to scientific visitors, response to requests 
for information, preparation and shipment of loans); maintenance and 
assistance with the design of computerized specimen databases; assistance 
with developing computerized access tools for the databases; local 
community service (inquiries, liaison with university courses, K-12 
schools, and local naturalists' groups); assistance in preparation of grant 
proposals to upgrade collections; assistance in supervision of graduate 
assistants, work-study students, and volunteers;  collections-related field 
work.

Additional information regarding the University of Colorado Museum of 
Natural History and its collections can be found at 
www.colorado.edu/CUMUSEUM/index.html.

Salary:  This is a 75% time position.  Salary is $26,000-$27,000 per year 
plus excellent benefits.
Starting Date:  June 20, 2001 (an earlier starting date is negotiable)

To Apply:  Send curriculum vitae, letter of interests, and three letters of 
recommendation to: Alan de Queiroz, University Museum, Campus Box 218, 
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0218 (email: 
dequeiro at stripe.colorado.edu).  Review of applications will begin on 
March  5, 2001.  (Note that this is an extension of a January deadline from 
an earlier posting of this same job.)

The University of Colorado has a strong institutional commitment to the 
principle of diversity.  In that spirit, we are particularly interested in 
receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people, including women, 
members of ethnic minorities, and disabled individuals."
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