[Nhcoll-l] job opening: Collection Manager, Insects - Field Museum

[Margaret Thayer]

The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago is accepting applications
for the position of Collection Manager of  Insects, as a result of current
Collection Manager James Boone having accepted the corresponding position
at the Bishop Museum (Honolulu) starting in August 2014.  If you have any
questions about the position, you're welcome to contact him at <
jboone at fieldmuseum.org>. The position description and application details
are given below. More information about the collection is available at
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/insects.

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The Collection Manager is involved in all aspects of care and maintenance
of the Field Museum insect collection and collaborates with Curators
in management of the collection. This position will also interact with
the FMNH Action and Integrative Research Centers, as well as Education
and Exhibits.

This position will have the opportunity to conduct research to a limited
extent.

Responsibilities
- Preparation, identification, care and organization of specimens (and
  associated material)
- Training and supervision of staff and volunteers in their collection
  related duties
- Provide assistance to visitors in their use of collection, and
  processing recently collected material, as well as outgoing and
  incoming specimen loans, loan recalls and loan returns
- Maintain records relevant to the collection (KE EMu catalog, loan
  invoices, accession files, field notes)
- Provide the public and professional contacts with information they
  need from the collection (including digitizing specimens)
- Develop grant proposals for collections improvements and liaise with
  Federal and State authorities and other Entomology collectors and
  researchers
- Monitor and maintain collection supplies and equipment
- Incorporate new material into collection including sorting and ID-ing,
  preparing specimens, cataloguing, labeling and installation

Qualifications
- Masters in Biology (with an emphasis in Entomology) with at least
  3 year's collection experience; PhD. (with an emphasis in
  Entomology) desirable
- A well versed background in Entomology is required, including
  familiarity with other Entomology collections and researchers
- Knowledge of taxonomic principles, and Entomology collection
  management
- Strong organizational skills necessary to keep collection accessible
- Familiarity with personal computers, and collection databases
- Knowledge of international and domestic regulations for shipment of
  alcohol-preserved specimens
- Supervisory skills necessary for directing collection personnel
- Digitization skills highly desirable

*Apply online: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/employment
<http://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/employment>*

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Margaret K. Thayer, Ph.D.        mthayer at fieldmuseum.org
Curator Emeritus, ​Field Museum of Natural History <http://fieldmuseum.org/>
​Lecturer, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
Fieldiana <http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/publications/fieldiana>
 Life and Earth Sciences - Associate Editor (Zoology)
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago IL 60605-2496, USA
PHONE: +1-312-665-7741 (direct)    FAX: +1-312-665-7754
FMNH personal web page <http://fieldmuseum.org/users/margaret-thayer>
   Austral
Staphylinidae & Staphyliniformia databases
<http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/peet_staph/>
Beetle Tree of Life project <http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/ATOL/index.htm>
          FMNH Insects collection database
<http://emuweb.fieldmuseum.org/arthropod/Query.php>

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<http://www.fieldmuseum.org/donatescience>
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