The Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), University of Copenhagen, is posting a permanent fulltime position as Collections Manager in Entomology, starting May 1st 2021 or as soon thereafter as possible.
The successful candidate will care for the extensive Entomology collections at NHMD on a day-to day basis, including overseeing and documenting all collections-related procedures such as accessioning, deaccessioning, archiving, labeling, handling of loans, exchanges and gifts, cataloguing etc.
The candidate will become a member of the collection management group at the museum and will primarily work with the entomological collections, but can also be assigned to cross-cutting tasks in the other scientific collections at the museum.
Due to the new museum project (see below), the successful candidate is also expected to dedicate a significant amount of time working on exhibits and moving of collections to new storage facilities.
The candidate is expected to have experience and qualifications in working with natural history, and in particular entomological collections. Furthermore, the candidate is expected to be detail-oriented, organized, and able to work both independently and as part of a team.