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Associate Curator, Medicine
The Science Museum is planning major new Medicine Galleries. Spectacularly showcasing the treasures of the Wellcome Collection and Science Museum, the suite of galleries will thematically engage visitors with the history of medicine from 1500 to today, displaying objects and stories that have shaped our experience of medicine. We are seeking an associate curator to help us deliver this landmark project.
You will have a specialist qualification in History of Medicine at undergraduate or post-graduate level, and a keen interest in the material culture of science and the storytelling power of objects.
With demonstrable experience of carrying out high-quality research using varied sources, and excellent writing and oral presentation skills, you will be able to communicate complex ideas effectively to a non-specialist audience. Previous collections experience, including handling and assessing objects, documentation and cataloguing would be advantageous but not essential.
You will be self-motivated, able to work effectively within a team and comfortable liaising with a range of colleagues and external stakeholders. Your attention to detail and ability to juggle a complex workload under time pressure will be second to none, as you play a key role in delivering the Science Museum Masterplan and enhancing the national collections.
The Science Museum Group (SMG) comprises the Science Museum in London, the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the National Railway Museum in York and Shildon and the National Media Museum in Bradford. Together they share a unifying mission to engage people in a dialogue about the past, present and future of human ingenuity in the fields of science, technology, medicine, transport and media.
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant – BALI
Role description: The project will explore the functional importance of termites in tropical forest for ecosystem functioning and structure. The successful candidate will work closely with Dr Paul Eggleton (line manager) and Dr Kate Parr (University of Liverpool). The Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) will specialise in termites, and work closely with another PDRA working on the same projects specialising on ants (based at the University of Liverpool).
The jobholder will take a leading role in fieldwork preparation, and the collection, analysis, management and interpretation of data collected in the field over several long fieldwork campaigns. The role holder will interact closely with our collaborators across the NERC Biodiversity and Land Use Intensification (BALI) consortium. A combination of tropical fieldwork experience and insect identification skills is highly desirable, but on the job training will be provided for exceptional candidates. He or she will be expected to play a full role in the timely write-up and publication of the results, including participation in national and international ecological conferences.
Salary: £28,188 per annum plus benefits
Contract: 24 month Fixed-Term Appointment
Closing Date: Midnight on Friday 16 January 2015
Role competences: BEFORE beginning your application - Please read the section below about the ‘Online Application Process’ carefully.
If you wish to be considered for this role you will need to address each of the following competences in the ‘other information’ section of your online application:
1. PhD (or equivalent qualification) in environmental or biological sciences
2. Significant experience of tropical fieldwork
3. Demonstrable experience of working effectively both independently and as part of a team
4. Evidence of strong quantitative, organisational and data management skills
5. Proven ability to be adaptable and work in challenging conditions
6. Demonstrable ability to problem-solve successfully
7. Excellent time management skills
8. Proven ability to manage other team members effectively
9. Excellent track record of publishing
10. Demonstrable enthusiasm for, and ideally experience of, working on termites
Online application process: You are required to provide a response to ALL of the role competences listed above within the ‘Other Information’ section of the online application form (up to 140 words per competence). In order to demonstrate how you meet each competence fully, please provide specific examples from your achievements, knowledge, skills and/or experience.
IMPORTANT: The ‘Other Information’ section will ‘timeout’ after 35 minutes and any information not saved during this time will be lost. Please therefore prepare your answers on a separate document before transferring and saving them to your application.
The ‘Additional Questions’ regarding right to work in the UK and age are mandatory questions and any applications received without these answers will not be considered.
Please review your application fully before pressing ‘submit application’ as you will not be able to make any further amends after submitting, and any applications received which have not addressed ALL competences in full and/or the mandatory questions will be rejected.
Please note that CVs will not be accepted outside of the online application process or as a substitute for completion of the competences.
The attached ‘Role Specification’ provides further information on the role and how to apply.
Please also be aware that we are not able to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this role. If you do not have the right to work in the UK without a visa sponsored by NHM, then unfortunately you will not be eligible to apply for this vacancy.
Information Assistant
Role description: As a member of the Modern Collections Team, the Information Assistant will assist in the efficient operation of Library and Archives, completing required tasks and projects identified within Library and Archives departmental, Science, and NHM-wide Strategies and corporate plans.
The post holder will contribute to the efficient day-to-day operation of the Modern Collections team by assisting with acquisitions and collection care in both electronic and print environments alongside other members of the team. They will also assist in the development of efficient and effective streamlined procedures using the Library’s new management system Alma and Discovery Layer Primo.
Along with being responsible for the day-to-day care of an allocated section of the Library’s modern collections and assisting in providing user support in those collection areas, the successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of a high quality information service to Library and Archives users by providing enquiry and Reading Room user support on a rota basis.
This post is suitable for candidates who are considering pursuing a professional library qualification.
Salary: £21,021 per annum plus benefits
Contract: Permanent Appointment
Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 18 January 2015
Role competences: BEFORE beginning your application - Please read the section below about the ‘Online Application Process’ carefully.
If you wish to be considered for this role you will need to address each of the following competences in the ‘other information’ section of your online application:
1. Educated to degree level (or equivalent qualification)
2. Proven experience of working in a Library or information environment
3. Demonstrable proven experience of working in a customer focussed environment
4. Ability to demonstrate competence in the operational use of standard computer software and Library Management Systems
5. Awareness and understanding of current issues in the Library and Information professional practice, along with a passion for, and desire to work within, a library role
6. Proven experience of answering enquiries, and resolving user queries competently, particularly in relation to the use of library collections, whether print or electronic
7. Demonstrable experience of quickly and accurately assimilating knowledge and understanding of computer software used by library and archives and its application
8. Excellent organisational skills, with experience of setting and managing conflicting priorities effectively
9. Flexible and adaptable working methods, including the capability to adopt new skills and processes in a fast-paced production environment
10. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate proficiently at all levels
11. Significant experience of maintaining consistently high levels of accuracy and to attention to detail
Demonstrable experience of working effectively within a team environment and making relevant valuable contributions to those teams
Online application process: You are required to provide a response to ALL of the role competences listed above within the ‘Other Information’ section of the online application form (up to 140 words per competence). In order to demonstrate how you meet each competence fully, please provide specific examples from your achievements, knowledge, skills and/or experience.
IMPORTANT: The ‘Other Information’ section will ‘timeout’ after 35 minutes and any information not saved during this time will be lost. Please therefore prepare your answers on a separate document before transferring and saving them to your application.
The ‘Additional Questions’ regarding right to work in the UK and age are mandatory questions and any applications received without these answers will not be considered.
Please review your application fully before pressing ‘submit application’ as you will not be able to make any further amends after submitting, and any applications received which have not addressed ALL competences in full and/or the mandatory questions will be rejected.
Please note that CVs will not be accepted outside of the online application process or as a substitute for completion of the competences.
The attached ‘Role Specification’ provides further information on the role and how to apply.
Please also be aware that we are not able to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this role. If you do not have the right to work in the UK without a visa sponsored by NHM, then unfortunately you will not be eligible to apply for this vacancy.
Head of Museums
Overview:
This is a senior management position with direct responsibility for the museums at Ellesmere Port and Gloucester and all of the designated museum and archive collections. You will build and deliver a sustainable strategic plan for the museums as well carrying responsibility for the day to day management of the two sites. The role will also provide professional museum and curatorial leadership and advice to the Trust as a whole.
The successful candidate will be a dynamic and creative leader who has experience of developing museums to maximise their potential. You will be commercially astute with a track record of delivering outputs which have a positive financial contribution and public benefit. You excel at developing and working with partnerships to achieve common objectives.. You will have the opportunity to transform our offer to grow audiences and engage more closely with local communities and economies.
The role will include representing the Trust externally, so you will need to be passionate about our cause as well as a confident presenter. With a wealth of experience, knowledge and networks within the museum, archives and collections sector, you will play a crucial role in developing and delivering the museums’ strategic objectives while identifying new and innovative ways to enhance our proposition and engage the public in our cause.
Responsibilities:
Provide vision and leadership for the Trust’s museums to develop a sustainable strategy for the sites with a strong national reputation as centres of museum excellence
To act as principal advisor to the Trust on all matters of policy and strategy relating to the management and development of the Trust’s Museums, collections and archives.
To progress and develop the Museums in line with national and locally agreed standards as recognised and valued destinations which inform, educate and engage.
To develop partnerships with external stakeholders, funding bodies and education providers to maximize opportunities across the Trust and Museums.
To develop the concept of a ‘Museum Without Walls’ to enhance the understanding along the whole canal network by educating, informing and building a greater awareness amongst users and the public to increase our profile and visibility
Develop a highly motivated and engaged team of employees and volunteers who deliver the strategy
Develop a Marketing and Communications strategy for the Museums to promote and raise public awareness in order to deliver the Trust’s vision.
Lead the drive to continually improve business efficiency and effectively manage limited resources whilst driving innovation.
For more details, please see https://careers-canalrivertrust.icims.com/jobs/1562/head-of-museums/job
Cumberland House Natural History Museum Development Officer
The post holder will have knowledge of and enthusiasm for the natural world and an ability to share it with others. This post will bring energy and dynamism to the museum. Your role will be to enhance the offer at the museum for families and other audiences through events, hands-on activities and displays delivered through the use of volunteers. We see the museum as a hub for natural history / wildlife related activity in the city and expect the post to work in partnership with other organisations to achieve this including the Friends of Cumberland House.
The postholder will operate the museum on a day to day basis as ‘Duty Manager’, line-manage front-of-house staff who work at the museum and be responsible for customer care, health and safety, security, cash handling, cleaning etc. This aspect of the job can be demanding especially in the summer months (‘butterfly season’) and school holidays. The post is responsible for the day to day care of Butterfly House, including the plants and insects.
Although working to the Museums and Visitor Services Manager, the postholder will have a close working relationship with the Visitor Services Manager and Learning Officer.
The post is based at Cumberland House.
Senior Curator of Natural Sciences
ORGANIZATION
The mission of the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is to inspire all Californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. The Oakland Museum of California’s values are fundamental to our institutional culture and guide our work together.
· Excellence: We are committed to excellence and working at the highest standards of integrity and professionalism
· Community: We believe everyone should feel welcome and part of our community, both within the Museum and with our visitors and neighbors
· Innovation: We embrace innovation and calculated risk-taking to achieve our mission.
· Commitment: Our work at the Museum demonstrates a sense of purpose and a shared accountability for the institution’s success
When OCMA, nestled between Lake Merritt and downtown Oakland, first opened its doors in 1969 it brought together three historically independent disciplines — art, history, and natural sciences — under one roof, to celebrate the many facets of California. The Museum’s collections — comprising more than 1.9 million objects including seminal art works, historical artifacts, ethnographic objects, natural specimens, and photographs — and programs explore and reveal the factors that shape California character and identity, from its extraordinary natural landscapes, to successive waves of migration, to its unique culture of creativity and innovation.
Following the conclusion of a successful $66 million capital campaign, the museum reopened in 2010 with the launch of the newly imagined and installed art and history galleries, plus a refurbished 10,000 square foot temporary exhibition space. In 2014, OMCA concluded the reinstallation of the natural history gallery. The transformation touches almost every aspect of the 300,000 square-foot Museum and improves integration of OMCA's collections and programs, strengthening its role as a public forum, and creating new opportunities for visitor participation.
The collections are animated by innovative interpretive strategies and interactive features, and new gathering spaces and program areas engage visitors and encourage them to share their own perspectives, questions, and stories. OMCA is committed to working with diverse communities to incorporate multiple voices and perspectives into the stories told in exhibits. Upcoming exhibits include:
· Bees: Tiny Insects, Big Impact, which explores how one of the most important creatures to human agriculture and the natural environment is under threat and what we can do to protect bees
· Pacific Worlds, a new major exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California, explores California's historical and contemporary place in the Pacific region, through rarely-seen objects from the Pacific Islands
· Black Panther Exhibit, in the fall of 2016, a major exhibition to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party’s founding in Oakland, presenting a contemporary view of the Black Panther Party legacy from multiple perspectives and show how the Party continues to inspire grassroots social justice and community empowerment efforts locally, nationally and internationally
Shaped by an ambitious and creative mission, OMCA nurtures its deep ties to a diverse community by offering many educational and outreach programs, including the popular Friday Nights at OMCA, which combines music and dance, story time and art-making classes for the whole family. OMCA welcomes school children, scholars, local audiences, and all visitors to participate in events and activities and to discover their place in California's past, present, and future.
COMMUNITY
California’s Bay Area is one of the most vibrant and exciting regions in the United States, and the City of Oakland, just 12 minutes from San Francisco, offers a cutting-edge art and music scene, hip international dining experiences, and world-class sports teams, including the Oakland A’s and the Oakland Raiders. In 2012, Oakland was named the top North American city to visit by The New York Times. Oakland has a Mediterranean climate, with warm and dry summers and mild winters. The mild climate and the proximity to the Berkeley hills and Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties make the East Bay a paradise for both outdoor activities and gastronomic tourism. Lake Merritt, the nation’s first official wildlife refuge, is a focal point for family and outdoor activities.
Oakland is also at the leading edge of California’s changing demographics, mixing age, ethnic, and lifestyle diversity. Oakland is home to Mills College (6th among colleges and universities in the West, US News & World Reports) and is minutes away from the University of California, Berkeley, one of the nation’s top research institutions, and is just an hour’s drive from the famed Silicon Valley. Oakland is home to the headquarters of Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s pre-eminent not-for-profit medical systems. Oakland and the East Bay also provide excellent K-12 educational opportunities with a diverse offering of public and private schools. Sources: www.visitoakland.org; www.oaklandnet.com
POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the Director of the OMCA Lab, the Senior Curator, Natural Sciences (Senior Curator) is a public-facing position overseeing the Gallery of Natural Sciences and related functions intended to make California’s environmental heritage and current environmental issues accessible and engaging to a diverse communities both onsite and online. The position develops and directs curatorial content, artifact and specimen research, acquisition and documentation, and exhibition and gallery projects in the fields of California biology, ecology, environmental studies, and environmental history. The Senior Curator helps to engage multiple communities in dynamic conversations and explorations of content, linking California’s natural environment and biological sciences to the diversity and complexities of the California experience. The Senior Curator determines the collections, stories and experiences by which Californians come to understand and appreciate their natural environment and their place within it.
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
· Support the Museum’s mission, values, vision, and core commitment to the visitor experience, community engagement, and institutional relevancy for the future
· Contribute to and support the OMCA strategic plan, annual priorities, and institutional initiatives such as diversity advancement
· Promote a positive organizational culture based on mutual respect, a spirit of collegiality, cooperation, and openness to many perspectives
· Participate in a culture of ongoing learning, collaboration, innovation, creativity, and community engagement
POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Collections, Exhibition, and Program Development
· Lead the development of new, visitor-centered ideas for natural science gallery and exhibition projects that meet the content, audience and business objectives of the Museum; think strategically about the timing, scale and positioning of projects to serve the Museum’s objectives; foster collaboration across OMCA curatorial team to create multi-disciplinary projects
· Develop, in partnership with experienced developers and designers, new models of participatory, visitor-centered, gallery and online experiences and exhibitions based on research, evaluation, and visitors’ diverse learning styles and motivations; be the advocate and lead on scholarship, content research and development
· Participate in the research and planning of touring exhibitions that meet OMCA’s mission and, when feasible, create additional elements to enhance the California experience for visitors
· Contribute to the development and execution of interpretive plans for gallery and exhibition rotations
· Support the Director with original research, writing and presentations
· Collaborate on the development and implementation of collections management systems, collection policies and procedures, and conservation activities; monitor and ensure Lab compliance with Museum policies and procedures, and professional standards regarding the acquisition, documentation, care, and presentation of collections
· Conduct research on OMCA collections; develop collecting and de-accession priorities and strategies based on OMCA’s collecting plan; oversee de-accession processes as needed
· Research, document, and develop collections and exhibit elements related to the natural sciences that reflect California’s biodiversity and environmental issues
· Facilitate and manage collection acquisitions, both donations and purchases, in consultation with collections and resource and enterprise teams
· Cultivate networks of California historians, curators, collectors, scientists and special interest organizations, in particular those in the Bay Area, as potential future collaborators and partners
· Keep abreast of developments in the fields of natural science and education studies, exhibitions, and related events; stay current on general museum news nationally and internationally
· Contribute to the development and writing of public relations and external communications materials as needed and engage in public outreach in the form of lectures, tours, research assistance and media appearances and serve as a spokesperson for Museum with general public and media
Facilitation of Content
· Conduct research to develop content for implementation of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and online activities
· Develop and conduct activities for engaging the public in dynamic conversations and explorations of content relevant to the California experience, both historical and contemporary, through such formats as OMCA advisory councils, community partners, professional peers and scholars
· Collaborate with staff in developing strategies for, and producing, a seamless integration of content with interpretation across diverse platforms such as exhibition text, web content, articles, public presentations, and programs
· Work collaboratively with outside museums and educational institutions, environmental organizations, state and federal agencies, science advisors, and citizen science programs
Project Management and Administration
· Participate in visitor evaluation at all stages of exhibit or project development
· Contribute to cross-functional project teams for exhibitions and other activities
· Manage projects including the preparation and administration of related budgets, timelines, and reports
· Partner with the Development team related to grant writing, administration of grant requirements, and donor cultivation
· Develop, negotiate, and monitor professional services contracts in conjunction with the Institutional Support Center
· Recruit, supervise, mentor and coach staff, volunteers, docents and interns
· Direct the performance and priorities of the natural science curatorial team, in consultation the Director, OMCA Lab
· Participate in donor cultivation and stewardship; identify new donor prospects amongst local collectors, businesses and philanthropists
TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
The Senior Curator will be an expert in a natural science discipline who is passionate about using that expertise to translate the relevance of natural sciences to the Museum’s community. The successful candidate will be a collaborative leader, able to build consensus across disciplines and to lead cross-functional teams to the successful attainment of goals. The Senior Curator will demonstrate a high level of personal accountability, and express the ability to manage time, tasks and talent. The successful candidate also will greatly value and respect the insights and input of others – from museum colleagues to the adults and children who make up the Oakland Museum’s most important stakeholders. The Senior Curator will be able to effectively and eloquently communicate about the Oakland Museum and the Gallery of California Natural Sciences exhibits, activities and goals, building bridges between a broad array of California natural sciences and the broadly diverse populations of visitors
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
The successful candidate will possess a combination of experience and education that demonstrates the necessary knowledge and abilities for this position:
· M.A./M.S. or PhD degree in relevant field such as science, environmental studies, ecology or a related field required
· 7-10 years of related experience and 4+ years supervisory experience
· Professional work experience in a museum or related institution working with natural sciences or related fields including developing collections, exhibitions, publications, programs, outreach, citizen science projects, and other content platforms supported by research and collections preferred
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Competitive compensation and benefits that include: health, vision, dental, acupuncture, life insurance; employer contributed 403b plan, vacation, holiday and sick leave, museum membership and discounts, and the pleasures of life in the Bay Area.
APPLICATIONS AND INQUIRIES
Send letter and resume (electronic submissions preferred) with a summary of demonstrable accomplishments to:
Ms. Laurie Dowling, Senior Consultant
Arts Consulting Group, Inc.
8581 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 406
Los Angeles, CA 90069-4120
Tel (323) 721.0141 ext. 10
Fax (323) 936.1196
Trainee Science Explainer
UK, England, Newcastle upon Tyne
Job Type: Part Time
Contract Type: Casual
New Starter: £6.74ph; Permanent: £8.08 after completion of training and 12 months continuous service
Thursday 4th December 2014
The Centre for Life is a pioneering science village in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. Life is an independent and self-funding charitable trust. We receive no public funding.
Our mission is to ignite and nurture a curiosity in everyone for science, technology, engineering and maths and encourage the next generation of STEM professionals. We support world-class science in the region and make a positive economic, social and cultural contribution to North East England and its communities.
Life Science Centre, which opened in May 2000, is the only purpose-built Science Centre in the north, attracting over 200,000 visitors per year. Life's varied and eclectic public engagement programme attracts a broad audience including families, adults, pre-schoolers and teenagers. Life also has the biggest schools' science workshop programme in any European museum or Science Centre.
Assisting in the promotion and enhancement of the Centre for Life, your role will be to make a visit to Life and learning about science, interesting, exciting, entertaining, engaging and fun.
You will deliver informal education to a wide range of audiences.
Your role will include teaching hands-on science workshops to school groups, delivering scripted science and planetarium shows to the general public and explaining the exhibition in terms of its context, how it works, its purpose, its place in history and current and future links to other exhibits.
You will also ensure that Health and Safety standards are met at all times.
The successful candidate will have at least a 2:1 degree or equivalent qualification in a STEM subject with a broad general STEM education at A level.
A Full, clean driving License is essential due to Educational outreach that you will partake in.
Hours will vary according to business demand.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check (formerly CRB). Details of our DBS policy are available on request.
To apply for this vacancy, please send a letter of application and current CV to
Claire Adams, Corporate Services Director,
International Centre for Life Trust,
Management Suite,
Times Square,
Newcastle upon Tyne
or by email to Claire.adams@life.org.uk
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (EU BON)
The Natural History Museum is one of the world’s leading museums, internationally recognised for its dual role as a centre of excellence in scientific research and as a leader in the presentation of natural history through exhibitions, public programmes, publications and the web.
We have an opportunity for a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant to join the department of Life Sciences here at the Natural History Museum. The Museum holds a plant collection of almost 6 million specimens collected from across the world over hundreds of years and has a diverse and active range of research projects on almost all groups of organisms.
As the Post-Doctoral Research Assistant you would be based within the Plants Division, working alongside a dedicated team of botanical researchers, specialist herbarium curators and SRLI for Plants project staff. This position is an exciting opportunity to join the research activities of a pan-European consortium of 28 institutions to undertake practical, theoretical and cutting-edge research of direct conservation relevance.
The main focus of the post will be to pilot ground-truthing techniques for species conservation assessments that underlie the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants, as well as theoretical estimation of up-scaling and down-scaling of patterns of plant diversity, including Europe-wide measures of plant species richness, endemism and conservation priority, together with other consortium partners.
The Museum is an equal opportunity employer, supports a diverse workplace and offers a competitive benefits package including:
•Membership of the civil service pension scheme
•Generous annual leave allowance
•Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
•Interest-free season ticket loan
•Child care voucher scheme
•Professional & personal development opportunities
•Employee Assistance Programme
•Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
For a full job description and to apply online please visit the Natural History Museum website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/search-vacancies
Salary: £28,188 per annum plus benefits
Contract: 20.75 Month Fixed Term Appointment
Closing date: Midnight on Tuesday 2nd December
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Paleobotany and Paleoecology Postdoctoral Fellow
Job Announcement Number: 1454
Closing date: Open until filled
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Paleobotany and Paleoecology under the supervision of Dr. Denise Su, Curator of Paleobotany and Paleoecology.
The fellow will be responsible for dietary reconstructions of the fauna from a late Miocene site in China and should have research experience in techniques for dietary reconstructions, such as microwear and/or mesowear.
Preference will be given to candidates whose record shows knowledge of Asian Cenozoic faunas.
The fellow will be expected to participate in fieldwork; thus, travel to China will be necessary for at least one month during the postdoctoral fellowship.
Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in Paleontology, Anthropology, Geology, Biology or a related field.
Screening of applications will begin immediately until the position is filled.
TO APPLY: Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae (including the names and contact information for three references) and a research statement in a single PDF file to:
Human Resources, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, One Wade Oval Drive, University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Or email: hr@cmnh.org
Research Geologist
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens
Embark on an exciting future! From the peaks of the highest mountains to the depths of the deepest seas, the U.S. Geological Survey has career opportunities that make a difference in both the lives of others and in the environment. Would you like to join the more than 10,000 scientists, technicians, and support staff of the USGS who are working in more than 400 locations throughout the United States? Apply today! As the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. The diversity of our scientific expertise enables us to carry out large-scale, multi-disciplinary investigations and provide impartial, timely, and relevant scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers related to: the health of our ecosystems and environment; natural hazards that threaten us; natural resources we rely on, and; the impact of climate and land-use changes. For more information about the USGS please visit http://www.usgs.gov
This is a term appointment for which all qualified applicants with or without Federal status may apply and be considered. Appointment to this position, however, will not convey permanent status in the Federal service and will be for a period not to exceed 13 months with possible extensions up to a total of 4 years without further competition.
Duties
As a Research Geologist within the St. Petersburg Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:
◦Serve as an independent researcher and principle investigator conducting research on studies that focus on benthic foraminifers, environmental history, and water quality including identification of the paleoclimate of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and adjacent areas and analyses of depositional environments in coastal waters.
◦Responsible for quantitative analyses of benthic foraminifer assemblages and for integrating results into interpretive written reports.
◦Work requires interpretation of past environments and oceanography of the northern GOM through analyses of benthic foraminifers and/or sedimentologic, isotopic, and chemical analyses of marine sediments recovered from the GOM.
◦Effectively plan and carry out major investigations within the framework of a large multidisciplinary research efforts.
◦Author or co-author scientific manuscripts of significance for publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
USGS has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval. The official worksite for the selectee is the duty location identified in this vacancy announcement. The selectee will typically report to this location on a regular and recurring basis.
For additional information on our internal telework policy, please reference the Department of the Interior Telework Handbook at: http://www.usgs.gov/humancapital/pb/telework.html