Curatorial Assistant, Africa and Madagascar

Job description

Summary: The Curatorial Assistant actively contributes to the development of scientific information through study and management of plant specimens and data collections, and participation in the preparation of analyses, and in the production of scholarly publications. The successful candidate will have some background herbarium experience and limited expertise in a taxonomic group or geographic region, and will also have developing understanding of botanical nomenclature, botanical literature and taxonomy. The individual may supervise undergraduate students, interns, and volunteers. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Supervisory Responsibilities: This position may have supervisory responsibilities. - Manages research projects and/or a portion of the research collections. - Identifies, labels, processes and stores/accesses plant materials (specimens, silica-preserved samples, spirit collections). - Enters and maintains appropriate database records in Tropicos. - Supports the curation of one or more plant families or sections of the research collection, including the backlog of African specimens. - Supports the upload of images from Africa and Madagascar to Tropicos. - Supports r...