[Nhcoll-l] Opening for IZ/VZ Collection Manager

[Borkin, Susan]

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Collection Manager – Invertebrate/Vertebrate Zoology

The Milwaukee Public Museum is a natural history museum with Invertebrate and Vertebrate Collections totaling almost 2 million specimens and strengths in Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Arachnids, Mollusks, Crustaceans, Fishes, Herps, Birds and Mammals of Wisconsin and the Neotropics. MPM has a full-time career opportunity in its Life Science Department. We are looking to fill the Collection Manager position with an assertive and dependable individual with previous experience in Invertebrate or Vertebrate Zoology collection care. This position offers a competitive wage and benefit package.



Education: The Collection Manager must hold a graduate (Masters) degree in their respective discipline or, in exceptional circumstances, may demonstrate equivalent academic and professional achievements, competencies and experience in museum techniques or collections-based research.



Responsibilities:

 Care of Invertebrate and Vertebrate Collections: Assist curators with direct care and organization of collections, and their management based on both the best practices of individual disciplines and fundamental principles of conservation, security, housing and environmental control.

 Data & Records Management: Inventory/digitization and continuing documentation of collections including databases, correspondence, archives, publications and loan records.

 Processing & Preparation: Conduct or coordinate the appropriate processing of new collections or existing collections including physical preparation, labeling, cataloguing, accessioning and loans.

 Access & Interpretation: Provide collection access to the research community; content and advice on MPM exhibit projects; assist in the development of exhibits and interpretive programs.

 Professional Services: Provide scholarly guidance to students, participate in graduate student committees, and serve as reviewers of manuscripts and grant proposals as appropriate.


If interested, please apply on the Milwaukee Public Museum website under Careers http://www.mpm.edu/careers/open-positions/. In addition, please submit a current resume and/or Curriculum Vitae.

Susan Borkin
Head of Natural Sciences & Curator, Invertebrate Zoology
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W. Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233-1478
414-278-6158
borkin at mpm.edu

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