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Embedded within the Vertebrates & Anthropology Curatorial Division, this is a fixed term full-time position of Curator, Calleva Fossil Mammals with an end date of 31 August 2025. The Curator will work closely with Fossil Mammals Curators, Principal Curator in Charge of Fossil Vertebrates & Anthropology and researchers in the Centre for Human Evolution Research (CHER) to support Calleva research projects while ensuring best practice in collections management and care. The post will support the activities of the CHER by assisting with collections access, undertaking due diligence checks, cataloguing and digitisation of collections using spreadsheets and the Collections Management System and performing literature searches as well as supporting public engagement activities where required as part of Calleva research projects. This is an important opportunity to support best practice and to work with Fossil Mammals collections in a world-renowned institution with a unique scientific mission and public profile.