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RBG Kew are currently recruiting staff to work on an exciting and unique project to digitise Kew’s 8.5 million plant and fungal specimens and create a complete catalogue of our internationally significant collections, making specimen records and images freely available online and accessible to researchers across the globe.

The outcome of this project will provide a unique, world-leading resource making accessible data from more than 260 years of scientific exploration, placing them at the centre of efforts to combat urgent global challenges such as habitat degradation, climate change and human health.

In addition, RBG Kew are recruiting staff to support the implementation of a new collections management system to ensure efficient and effective integrated management of the Science and Living Collections and the data describing them.

The Integrated Collections Management System will allow more efficient tracking of the use of specimens to meet legislative requirements concerning access to genetic resources and benefit sharing, including the Nagoya Protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity and plant health legislation.

Essential skills and experience required for this role include: experience of working with natural history collections; a high level of planning and organisational skills; and the ability to build and maintain effective professional relationships with a diverse range of people.

The salary will be £26,500 – £28,912 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.

This fixed term, three-year post will work closely with the Head of Science Collections and Head of Library and Archives to develop Kew’s policies and procedures to ensure that Kew’s collections are well curated and managed in accordance with best practice. The post holder will be responsible for formulating and implementing the adoption of standards across Kew’s science, library and illustration collections managed by the Science Directorate with an initial focus on leading Kew’s application to achieve Museum Accreditation for the Herbarium, Fungarium, Economic Botany and Illustrations collections. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the processes and accreditation framework for one of the world’s most important collections of plants and fungi.

The Horniman Museum and Gardens in south east London has been open since Victorian times, when the tea trader and philanthropist, Frederick John Horniman first opened his house and extraordinary collection of objects to the local community. Since then, our collection has grown significantly and includes internationally important collections of anthropology and musical instruments, as well as an acclaimed aquarium and natural history gallery - all surrounded by 16 acres of beautiful Gardens offering breath taking views across London.

Are you passionate about museum collections and making them accessible to a wide audience? If so you could play a key role in the recording and sharing of the Horniman's collections.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Collections Information Assistant to help us improve the records relating to our museum objects, our library and archive and what the museum does.

Your main responsibility will be to create and improve records in the Horniman's databases. You will have an enthusiasm for good data, an understanding of what it can do, and experience of creating and managing it.

Experience of working in a museum is not essential, but an interest in museums and their collections is. The Horniman's next big project will focus on the Natural History collection, so some scientific qualifications or experience would be a great help and a passion for natural science would be ideal.

The closing date for completed applications is 10am on Friday 21 January 2022.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 8 February 2022.

The Horniman is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

The Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), Faculty of SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen is leading a new project to digitize Danish natural history collections and is looking for a fixed-term Technical Team Leader. The position is available from 14th March 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter and will run until 31st August 2026.

About us
The Natural History Museum of Denmark is the national museum for nature, and contains more than 14 million objects of preserved animals, plants, fossils and minerals. Natural history museums have never been more important for monitoring the impact of climate change and the direct human threat to plant and animal life.

DaSSCo, Danish System of Scientific Collections is a five-year project financed by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. The Natural History Museum of Denmark is leading the project that also involves a series of other Danish institutions, e.g. the Herbarium (the Science Museums, Aarhus University), the Natural History Museum in Aarhus and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The aim of DaSSCo is to digitise the approximately 19 million natural history objects stored at the combined collections. Through digitisation of our collections, we will make information presently only accessible on site in natural history collections, available to everyone around the world, for researchers, educators, conservation programmes, nature management, businesses, the general public, and many others. Given the size of the collections, the task cannot be finished in five years and the project is expected to run for longer. The data produced by DaSSCo will be integrated in the Pan-European DiSSCo initiative (https://www.dissco.eu/) of which the Natural History Museum of Denmark is a founding member. DiSSCo involves 120 institutions in 21 countries, ultimately giving the public access to 1,500,000,000 records.

The Natural History Museum of Denmark offers a friendly and thriving international research and work environment. Copenhagen is one of the top-ten livable cities in the world, famous for its cultural life, green spaces, food, and sustainable ambitions (https://www.visitcopenhagen.com). Life for families is easy due to governmentally supported daycare and health care, dual career opportunities, maternity/parental leave and six weeks of annual vacation. International candidates may find information on living and working in Denmark at www.workindenmark.dk. Useful information is also available at The International Staff Mobility office (ISM) at the University of Copenhagen (https://ism.ku.dk). ISM offers a variety of services to international researchers coming to and working at the University of Copenhagen.