Curatorial Assistant

4 weeks ago

Kensington Merseyside, United Kingdom National History Museum Full time

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.
Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.
This is an exciting time to join the Museum as we have secured investment from the UK Government to build a new science and digitisation centre at Thames Valley Science Park, University of Reading. The purpose-built centre will house much of the Museum's collection and will include laboratories, digitisation suites, collaborative research spaces, conservation labs and workspaces.
Diversity and inclusion matter to us.
Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.
We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.
Despite their importance, fungi have been historically under-researched compared with plants and animals. The Natural History Museum’s Lichen Collection is one of the world's largest collections of lichenised fungi with over 400,000 specimens including around 7,000 types. As part of a wider DEFRA-funded fungal genomics project in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the NHM will be sequencing the whole genome of at least 1,200 of its lichen type specimens to bring about a paradigm shift in the way lichenised fungi are identified and understood.
The Curatorial Assistant will support the delivery of this project, assisting the project’s Lichen Systematist and the Lichen Curator in sampling lichen specimens for DNA sequencing and ensure that the specimens and processes are correctly documented in accordance with NHM policies and procedures.
Locate type specimens within the lichen collection
Database type specimens by transcribing label data and check/edit existing database records
Assist the project Lichen systematist and the Lichen Curator in sampling for DNA following agreed protocols.
Experience of working with natural history collections.
Demonstrable manual dexterity and attention to detail for handling small and fragile collections objects.
Computer literate, and experience with databases.
Some experience of collecti ons digitisation, including the transcription of specimen label data desirable.
Ability to work effectively alone and/or as part of a team and with a variety of stakeholders.

We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. We are excellent at what we do and look for opportunities to make a difference for the Museum wherever we can.
We look outwards beyond the Museum and ask questions to advance our understanding. We are captivated by the natural world, proud of our treasures and trusted guardians of our collections. We are passionate about the Museum, enjoy telling its stories and sharing our knowledge and expertise to inspire others. We are not afraid to try something new and use good judgment and evidence to take risks. The Museum supports flexible working.

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