Senior Curator/Curator, British & Irish Seed Plants

Embedded within the Algae, Fungi and Plants Collections Division, the Curator/Senior Curator, British and Irish Herbarium, will ensure best practice in collections care and development and provide a world-class collection of natural history specimens with specimens acquired, curated and used and made available to facilitate research, teaching, training, reference and exhibitions. The post will be appointed at Curator or Senior Curator level, commensurate to the level of the chosen applicant.

For appointment as a Curator, the applicant will have expertise in the identification/taxonomy of British and Irish seed plants and will be an emerging expert in collections-based science, demonstrating ability in scholarship (e.g., taxonomy, systematics, organismal biology).

For appointment as a Senior Curator, the applicant will be a recognised expert in the identification/taxonomy of British and Irish seed plants, with a track record of scientific scholarship (e.g., systematics, evolution, organismal biology) and knowledge and experience of herbarium collections management. An additional management responsibility allowance (£2,124) may also be available for a suitably qualified candidate at Senior Curator level.