Assistant Collections Information Manager Research and Collections

Canada, QC, Gatineau

ME-05
Permanent full-time position
$58,552 to $71,568 per year

Work location : Gatineau, Quebec (Aylmer sector)

DUTIES:

The position is responsible for:

- Managing the administration of the Collections Management System (CMS) at the procedural and technical levels;

- Assisting in the development, implementation, and oversight of policies and guidelines for best practices in the digitization of natural history collections;

- Providing informatics-related services and advice to Research and Collections staff, and to external partners;

- Disseminating CMN collections data to the research community via established web portals.

OPEN TO:

All individuals who meet the following qualifications*.

*Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and individuals who are legally entitled to work in Canada.

EDUCATION:

Graduation from a recognized university with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in biology, biodiversity informatics, or a closely related field, or equivalent training and experience.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:

English and French are essential.
Bilingual non-imperative (BBB/BBB).

(A non-imperative appointment means that the position can be staffed with a person who makes the commitment to become bilingual within a specified timeframe through language training at the CMN's expense).

EXPERIENCE :

- Experience in contemporary museum or natural history collections practices.

- Two years' of experience in biodiversity informatics and working with distributed databases.

- Two years' of experience in managing information about scientific collections.

- Experience in project management.

SEND YOUR APPLICATION BY E-MAIL TO:
Michael Booth, Human Resources
Email : mbooth@mus-nature.ca

State competition NO. CMN-2090-15-OC-022. Statement of qualifications is available by contacting the above e-mail address.

NOTE

All candidates must submit a cover letter outlining how their experience and training meet the basic requirements listed above.

Please note that only candidates who are selected for the next stage of the selection process will be contacted. As a result of this competition, we may establish an eligibility list of potential candidates that may serve to staff similar positions.

The Canadian Museum of Nature is committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, please advise the Human Resources Advisor in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

The Museum supports employment equity.

CLOSING DATE: September 14, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.