Curator, Ores

Deadline: Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 00:00
Employer: The Natural History Museum
Contract Duration: Permanent
Contract Type: Full Time
Salary: £29,678

The Natural History Museum’s Ores Collection includes samples from many of the world's most significant ore bodies and is a scientifically, historically, and culturally important part of the Department of Earth Science collections. The collection supports and is being developed through many of the Earth Science Department's current income generating projects in the mining sector as well as being used extensively for teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

For this rare opportunity, we are seeking a suitably qualified, curation-experienced and self-motivated candidate to undertake the curation, management and championing of this important collection. They will work closely with the curatorial and research staff in the Economic and Environmental Earth Sciences Division and report to the divisional Senior Curator in Charge and Head of Collections, Earth Sciences.