Assistant, Curator Schlinger Chair of Arachnology | California Academy of Sciences
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Job ID 367637
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Career Level Officer
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Experience 5 Years
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Gender Any
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Industry Education / Training / Teaching
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Qualifications Master’s Degree
Job Description
Founded in 1853, the California Academy of Sciences is a globally renowned, AZA-accredited non-profit scientific and cultural institution in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, home to a world-class planetarium, aquarium, rainforest, research institute and natural history museum. Its mission is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning and collaboration. The Academy is seeking an Assistant Curator for the endowed Schlinger Chair of Arachnology, a systematic arachnologist whose research advances the discovery, description and classification of arachnids.
The new curator will lead the strategic growth, improvement and mobilisation of the arachnid collection, working closely with the collection manager and the Entomology Department’s collaborative, internationally engaged group of scientists. Responsibilities include planning and executing original collections-based systematic research resulting in peer-reviewed publications, directing and participating in scientific exploration and expeditions, seeking extramural funding and grants, applying and helping to set international standards for the management, preservation and documentation of collections, and providing systematic expertise and specimen identifications. The curator will also contribute actively to Project BEACON, the department-wide initiative transforming the Entomology collections into active digital infrastructure through digitisation and sequencing, and will train and mentor the next generation of scientists, including postdoctoral fellows, students and volunteers.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Entomology, Arachnology, Systematics, Evolutionary Biology or another relevant discipline, with demonstrated experience working with natural history collections, a proven track record of publishing original research in peer-reviewed journals, a demonstrable record of competitive external funding, and the ability to work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment. Experience leading a molecular or genomics laboratory, contributing to large cross-disciplinary projects and managing research programmes, projects and budgets is preferred. This is a full-time, on-site position based in San Francisco, California, working 40 hours per week. The salary for this position is $130,000.00.
Source: California Academy of Sciences careers page. Apply here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/californiaacademyofsciences/jobs/5393366008
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