Plant Mounter

This post will provide support for the management, conservation and development of the NHM Botanical Collections primarily, but not exclusively, by preparing, mounting and/or repairing seed plants, ferns and algae specimens according to standards and protocols approved and agreed by the Head of Collections and Collections Managers in discussion with initiative leaders and departmental researchers. Mounting is the process of fixing plants and labels containing associated data to archival quality paper sheets to minimize the risk of damage through handling and transportation.

Salary: £21,021 per annum plus benefits rising to £22,874 after 12 months if deemed fully competent and £23,668 after 24 months

Contract: Permanent Appointment

Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 29 March 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. GCSE (or equivalent qualification) in both Maths and English
2. Basic knowledge and experience of conservation and preservation needs of herbarium specimens or similar collections
3. Good basic IT knowledge and experience (including Microsoft Office packages)
4. Evidence of manual dexterity, and demonstrable experience of handling fragile botanical specimens or similar material
5. Good team working ability, including experience of successfully establishing and maintaining positive, cooperative and effective working relationships with other staff members
6. Self-motivated, with a positive attitude and excellent time management
7. Proven ability to carry out repetitive tasks for a significant period of time, whilst maintaining accuracy and consistency
8. Ability to convey information on task/role to the general public, staff members and/or volunteers in a professional and authoritative manner
9. Demonstrable knowledge of, and interest in, botany

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.