[Nhcoll-l] Hiring a Workforce Development Manager for iDigBio at FSU

[Austin Mast]

Hi, everyone.  I’d be grateful if you’d pass this job ad on to anyone who might be a great applicant.  I’m at the Digital Data for Biodiversity Research conference this week (June 5–7) and am happy to talk to in-person with any other attendees who are interested in this.  The Digitization Academy has built significant momentum in the past two years, and this person will manage that resource, among a few other things.  It’s a great position for networking, if you are early career (or really at any stage in your career), and the successful applicant will be joining a fantastic team.  As advertised on this listserv on May 22, we are also advertising for a Citizen Science Manager (and those applications are due by June 20).

Hiring Workforce Development Manager for iDigBio at Florida State University
Department of Biological Science | Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

**Applications are due by July 5, 2023**

Florida State University’s Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication (idiginfo.org <http://idiginfo.org/>) and Department of Biological Science (bio.fsu.edu <http://www.bio.fsu.edu/>) invite applications for a Workforce Development Manager for the iDigBio project (idigbio.org <http://idigbio.org/>). iDigBio is the US National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections and is based at Florida State University (FSU), University of Florida, and Arizona State University. Biodiversity collections curate such things as plants on sheets, fossils in drawers, fish in jars, and insects on pins, and there are about a billion specimens of this type curated by more than 1500 US collections. The portion of iDigBio based at FSU is iDigBio’s Digitization, Workforce Development, and Citizen Science Domain. iDigBio began in 2011 and has a current 5-year grant from the US National Science Foundation (https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2027654&HistoricalAwards=false) with this position budgeted through to 2026.

The Workforce Development Manager will collaborate with others in the domain and across iDigBio in the development and delivery of iDigBio’s professional development offerings for the biodiversity collections community. These offerings will often be in the form of short courses in iDigBio’s new Digitization Academy (digitizationacademy.org <https://digitizationacademy.org/>). The Digitization Academy began in 2021 and has offered such courses as Introduction to Biodiversity Specimen Digitization, Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections, Introduction to Photogrammetry for Biodiversity Specimen Collectors, and Introduction to Immersive Media for Biodiversity Collections, with more courses planned.  

The Workforce Development Manager should bring experience with the digitization of biodiversity (or similar) collections and teaching. (Similar collections could include, for example, cultural heritage collections.) However, the successful Workforce Development Manager applicant need not start with an advanced knowledge of all potential course topics. The Workforce Development Manager will participate in the development of digitization protocols, best practices, and standards where there are needs to do so in support of biodiversity collections digitization. The position is a great opportunity to play a central role advancing the important work of the biodiversity collections community.

The position is classified as remote, though it can also be based in Tallahassee, Florida. Tallahassee is the state capital and located adjacent to one of North America’s biodiversity hotspots, which is protected in an extensive patchwork of natural areas, such as the Apalachicola National Forest, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla Springs State Park, and many others. The area has abundant outdoor opportunities, including paddling the springs and rivers, hiking and biking the many miles of trails, swimming and snorkeling on the coast, fishing, and more.

The starting annual salary is expected to be somewhere from the low $50,000's to mid $60,000's, depending on training and prior experience.  Tallahassee’s cost of living is below the national average, and the city is home to a number of strong public schools. 

To learn more and apply visit https://jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_er/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Action=U&Page=HRS_APP_SCHJOB_FL& 

To apply, you will be asked to provide your CV, a cover letter in which you cite how your past experiences prepare you to successfully accomplish the responsibilities of the position, and a brief (up to 1 page) statement of how you will seek to advance workforce development for the biodiversity collections community.  I will be happy to answer questions that you might have—just email me at amast at fsu.edu <mailto:amast at fsu.edu>.

Applications are due by July 5, 2023.  FSU is an Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer.  FSU's Equal Opportunity Statement can be accessed at https://hr.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/upcbnu2186/files/PDF/Publications/diversity/EEO_Statement.pdf.

Please consider sharing this announcement with others who might be well qualified for the position. Thanks!

With best regards,

Austin Mast 

Austin Mast — Professor · Department of Biological Science · 319 Stadium Drive · Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 · U.S.A. · (850) 645-1500 — Director · Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication · College of Communication and Information · Florida State University — amast at fsu.edu — he/him

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