Classification: Administrative Faculty Collections Manager Department: Joseph Moore Museum Status: Part-time, no benefits. One-year appointment with merit-based renewal up to five years Salary: Commensurate with experience
The Joseph Moore Museum at Earlham College seeks a part-time Collections Manager to help oversee its zoological, paleontological, geologic and anthropological collections. This position will be supervised by the director of the museum. About the Joseph Moore Museum The Joseph Moore Museum (JMM) is the regional natural history museum for eastern Indiana. First publicly opened in 1887, the JMM is located in Richmond, Indiana on the campus of Earlham College. Collections include more than 12,000 vertebrate specimens as skins, skeletons, alcohol preps, fossils and subfossils, and ~40,000 invertebrate specimens, including fossil invertebrate type specimens. Many state vouchers for birds and mammals are held. The JMM is a thriving place of undergraduate research using the museum collections and undergraduate training in collections practices. A clean room (ISO-7) for ancient DNA research is currently being established. Responsibilities Organization, care and improve the collections, daily; Manage collections data using a computerized database (Specify 6); Preparation and conservation of specimens; Develop and implement an integrated pest management plan (with direction from the Director); Supervise students and volunteers; Administer loans and facilitate use of the collections; Assist with grant-writing to support Museum operations and improvements; Other duties as assigned. Collaborative research with students is highly encouraged; independent research may also be supported on a case-by-case basis. Qualifications BA/BSc in biology, geology or related field is required; Experience preparing vertebrate specimens is required; Must be self-directed and have the ability to work independently. Must have good manual dexterity, impeccable handwriting and good time-management skills; Museum experience, integrated pest management knowledge, excellent computer skills (particularly, knowledge of collections databases), and a background in systematics are highly desirable; More information Potential applicants are encouraged to contact JMM Director Heather Lerner at 765-983-1402 or [email protected] To Apply: Interested candidates should send letter of application, curriculum vita, and names of three references electronically (as a pdf) to: [email protected] Review of applications will begin immediately. Appointment will begin September 1, 2012. Earlham College continues to build a community that reflects the gender and racial diversity of the society at large, and, therefore, we are particularly interested in inviting and encouraging applications from African Americans, other ethnic minorities, and women. Earlham also is eager to solicit applications from members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Earlham is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
