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Digitisation Officer Microscope Slides
This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of a large Digital Collections team dedicated to increasing access to the collections at Kew to facilitate and accelerate novel research.
The microscope slide collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is the largest of its kind worldwide, incorporating around 150,000 slides and representing a unique resource for trait analysis and plant authentication.
We are looking to appoint a digitisation officer to continue the development and testing of new digitisation workflows for microscope slides. Whilst the digital collections team is large the individual needs to be comfortable working autonomously as they will be the only digitisation officer currently focussed on working with microscope slides.
Essential skills and experience required for this role include knowledge of preparation of microscope slides, experience of data entry and imaging, good collection handling skills, strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.
This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.
Curator
Special Responsibilities
- Managing and curating The UWI zoological collections and running the museum
- Planning, organizing interpreting and presenting exhibitions – both online and physically
- Networking with other institutions, as well as supervising a small staff contingent
- Developing proposals for research funding including museum activities
- Teaching and conducting research in Biosystematics and Biodiversity
- Updating The UWI Zoology Museum website
Personal Attributes
The Campus places high priority on individuals of integrity who can work well in a team and student friendly environment. Candidates should also possess good communication and interpersonal skills. A good command of both oral and written English is essential. Candidates should also:
- Be willing to work collaboratively with academic and support staff
- Possess problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Be self-motivated and contribute to team work
- Be able to plan, organize and implement work programmes
- Be service driven
- Possess good time management skills
- Be able to work well under pressure and work on multiple projects concurrently
Conservation Collections Assistant – Capital Projects, Natural History
https://www.museum.ie/getmedia/21f60278-cc7a-4855-9e72-ac0b408239a1/Appe...(Executive-Officer)-(FTC-2-Years).pdf
The National Museum of Ireland is seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Conservation Collections Assistant – Capital Projects, Natural History (Executive Officer) in the National Museum of Ireland. This is a full-time, two years, fixed-term contract
position and will be filled by open competitive interviews.
The Redevelopment of the Natural History Museum, Merrion Street will be the priority project for the period of this fixed term contract.
Natural History Collections Assistant
https://www.museum.ie/getmedia/ba3ccb1e-c52b-4eab-ba0a-a4ca198a89d8/Appe...(Executive-Officer)-(FTC-2-Years).pdf
The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Natural History Collections Assistant (Executive Officer) in the National Museum of Ireland. This is a full-time, two years, fixed-term contract position and will be filled by open competitive interviews.
The post-holder will assist in the decant and rehousing of Natural History collections as part of NMI’s Capital Projects Programme. This role will also include undertaking research on objects and assisting NMI colleagues with the development of exhibitions and interpretation.
Registration Collections Assistant
https://www.museum.ie/getmedia/1c82c6ec-ad46-4168-b70d-4e414ab5aa31/Appe...(Executive-Officer)-(FTC-2-Years).pdf
The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Registration Collections Assistant (Executive Officer) in the National Museum of Ireland. This is a full-time, two years, fixed-term contract position and will be filled by open competitive interviews.
The Registration Collections Assistant will work on behalf of the Registration Department in supporting the Natural History Capital Development Project. This position forms part of an overall project team responsible for the decant of collections from Merrion Street.
Preventive Conservator – Natural History Museum Capital Project
https://www.museum.ie/getmedia/16e2839e-8518-4a8c-9377-d1ca74d6324c/Appe...(Assistant-Keeper-Grade-II)-(FTC-2-Years).pdf
The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Preventive Conservator – Natural History Museum Capital Project (Assistant Keeper Grade II) in the National Museum of Ireland. This is a full-time, two years, fixed-term contract position and will be filled by open competitive interviews.
The Preventive Conservator, Natural History (NH) will play an important role in relation to this major capital project, working on behalf of the Conservation Department and alongside the wider project team of NMI staff and contractors to support the management of collections care and conservation through all phases of the project. The Preventive Conservator (Natural History), will be responsible for management and delivery of preventive conservation and collection care measure, ensuring the protection and safeguarding of collections in relation to
the NH Capital Development Project with particular focus on the decant of Merrion Street. They will undertake a series of condition and risk assessments especially as they pertain to collections moves; will lead on collection care requirements to ensure improvement in
standards and safeguard all collections in the Collections Resource Centre (CRC) and other storage or display destinations. The NH Preventive Conservator will be responsible for assisting in the planning, monitoring and delivery of storage provision and environments across
NMI sites. The Conservator will also be required to lead on collections management and care in respect of freezing, quarantining and other preventive measures and controls with particular reference to the CRC. They will work closely with and be guided by the Capital Projects
Conservation Manager and/or other Conservator colleagues and will form an integral part of the NH project team. The Preventive Conservator will contribute to the training and instruction of the NH Project collection assistants. The Preventive Conservator will be required to
participate in the development and implementation of policies, standards, procedures and protocols for all aspects of collection care.
Quality Assurance Officer
Join us on our project to digitise RBG 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.
We are seeking to appoint an individual with high attention to detail and experience of transcribing and imaging Natural History or museum specimens to perform quality checks on the images and specimen records created. They will be responsible for reporting where digital outputs of Herbarium or Fungarium specimens do not meet agreed standards and will suggest improvements to current protocols and workflows.
Essential skills include the ability to check image and data quality against defined standards, a competent understanding of taxonomy, nomenclature and geography and excellent IT Skills.
You will be strongly self-motivated, a proactive communicator with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.
This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.
Data Quality Officer
We are seeking to appoint talented Data Quality Officers who have skills in data cleaning techniques, can manage all aspects of data quality challenges with biological collection data and can liaise effectively with curators and collection managers to seek advice and information.
Being an active member of the Integrated Collections Management System (ICMS) Programme to deliver a new integrated system to serve Kew’s worldwide renown collection and their requirements for the next 10-20 years.
The Data Quality Officer will play a pivotal role supporting Kew’s Integrated Collections Management System (ICMS) Programme working to address data quality issues to a state of readiness in preparation for the data migration to the new science collection system.
Collections Manager: Wet Collections
The Natural History Museum of University of Oslo is looking for a new collection manager for a permanent position at the Department of Technical and Scientific Conservation (SKF). We are looking for someone who can work with the conservation of the museum's wet-preserved collections. The position is part of a technician group with ten other collection technicians in the zoological collections.
The museum has approximately 6 million natural history objects in 15 main collections within living plants, botany, mycology, zoology, paleontology and geology. The collections consist of both physical objects and associated digital data and document the biological and geological diversity of the Earth and Norway.
Approximately 1 million of the objects are wet-preserved in ethanol, and consist mainly of different zoological organism groups, ranging from vertebrates to crustaceans and insects. The collections manager will have special responsibility for the wet-preserved vertebrates, but may also be assigned tasks in the other collections.
Collection management at NHM holds a high international standard. In order for the collections to retain their value and potential, they must be physically maintained and digitally accessible. We are therefore looking for a skilled employee who can also work in digital subject systems (databases).
Quality Assurance Officer and Team Leader
We are seeking to appoint an individual with high attention to detail and experience of transcribing and imaging Natural History or museum specimens to report where digital outputs of Herbarium or Fungarium specimens do not meet agreed standards. You will supervise and train a team of digitisation officers and must ensure the work they produce meet required standards.
Essential skills and experience required for this role include ability to check image and data quality against defined standards, a competent understanding of taxonomy, nomenclature and geography, excellent IT Skills, and an ability to support, manage and motivate staff to achieve personal and team targets.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.
We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.
Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.
The salary will be £30,200 per annum (pro rata).
Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.