[Nhcoll-l] Job Opening: Digitization Project Manager, Natural History Museum of L.A. County

[Trina Roberts]

Dear colleagues -- please share the ad below (also at
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=2fc0a355-012e-4bef-9c85-724ae074a06a&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=415926
) with interested candidates in your networks!  We're looking forward to
finding a great match for this ambitious and exciting project.  This job is
based at the Natural History Museum of L.A. County but will work closely
with all the institutions in the DigIn TCN.



*Digitization Project Manager*


The Natural History Museum of LA County (NHMLA) seeks a Project Manager for
the NSF-funded Thematic Collections Network grant: Documenting Marine
Biodiversity Through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn
<https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2001601&HistoricalAwards=false>).
The aim of this project is to digitize, aggregate, and make accessible
online specimen metadata for 835,000 lots, representing 7.5 million marine
invertebrates at nineteen U.S. research museums. Together this vast
diversity of specimens will provide an essential guide to the diversity of
ocean life across the globe.


The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County values and endeavors to
support diversity, equity, inclusion, and access within its organization
and communities. Candidates who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person
of Color (BIPOC), neurodiverse, a woman, a person with a disability, a
veteran, and/or a part of the LGBTQAI+ community are welcome and encouraged
to apply.


NHMLA is especially interested in candidates whose background and
experience have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to engage and
include culturally diverse audiences in museums and in science.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

   - Works directly with the network of museum researchers from 19
   collaborating institutions to provide or find assistance to catalog,
   digitize, aggregate, and make accessible specimen information and resources
   for marine invertebrate specimens housed at each institution, including
   technical support and training.
   - Coordinates the development and implementation of online portal
   (InvertEBase) for specimen data aggregation and data repatriation
   between institutions and digitization endpoints (e.g. Symbiota, Notes from
   Nature, GEOLocate) and publishing to data aggregators (e.g. iDigBio, GBIF).
   - Maintains collective resources for the project, and communicates
   regularly across all institutions to maintain project progress, including
   progress tracking.
   - Identifies and coordinates contracted project-wide personnel,
   including those working on technical aspects such as georeferencing.
   - Serves as project liaison to iDigBio and coordinates communication
   with national and international biodiversity informatics initiatives,
   including Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Catalog of Life,
   World Register of Marine Species, and others as appropriate, and in
   collaboration with content providers at the participating institutions,
   coordinates outreach efforts including social media, exhibits, and
   educational outreach programs, and maintains the project website.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

   - Knowledge of biodiversity informatics, digital resource management,
   and georeferencing in natural history museums, equivalent to 3 years
   professional experience, gained through any combination of work history and
   graduate-level training.
   - Familiarity and working knowledge of methods and tools for designing
   and managing database systems, data processing, and data refinement (e.g.,
   SQL, R, Python, OpenRefine); experience working with standard natural
   history specimen database systems (e.g., Specify, Axiell EMu, Symbiota,
   Arctos) preferred.
   - Knowledge of geospatial information systems (QGIS, PostGIS etc.) and
   the CoGe collaborative georeferencing platform preferred. Familiarity with
   established best practices in georeferencing helpful.
   - Experience with web development standards and tools, including HTML,
   CSS & JavaScript.
   - Extensive knowledge and experience in biodiversity data science,
   standards (Darwin Core, Audubon Core, etc), digitization best practices,
   specimen imaging, image processing and submission, access and use of SQL
   databases, comprehensive management and quality control for images,
   occurrence data, workflows, interfaces, and publishing occurrence data.
   - Highly motivated, well-organized, and creative independent
   problem-solver with experience in project management, budgeting, and
   coordination.
   - Successful track record of providing leadership and training, able to
   implement effective changes to achieve program goals; experience
   supervising staff, volunteers, or students preferred.
   - Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Must be
   outgoing and personable with the ability to interact effectively with and
   inspire museum staff, project researchers, and the public.

Applicants and employees are invited to identify reasonable accommodations
that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the
position they seek or occupy. The incumbent must be able to perform this
job safely, with reasonable accommodation if necessary, without endangering
the health or safety of him/herself or others.

This is a full-time temporary position with a salary range of $65,000 to
$70,000 with excellent benefits.  The job will start as soon as possible,
preferably in Summer or early Fall 2021. This is a grant-funded position
expected to last four years.

The application deadline is July 20, 2021.  Submit a current CV, a cover
letter describing how your experience, knowledge, and interest qualify you
for this position, and the names and contact information of three
professional references through the Museum’s employment site at
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=2fc0a355-012e-4bef-9c85-724ae074a06a&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=415926

The application site is also linked from the museum's careers page at
https://nhm.org/site/about-our-museums/working-at-nhm/jobs-nhm.

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is an Equal Opportunity
Employer. Please, no phone calls and no faxes.







--
Trina E. Roberts, Ph.D.
Associate VP, Collections
Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County
213-763-3330
troberts at nhm.org
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