Senior Curator-botanist

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 311561**Salary**:

- £28,249- per annum (pro rata)**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Band C**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 18 months**Business area**:

- RBGK - Science**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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Location
- London, London (region), TW9 3AEAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Job description**:
**Person specification**:
They will enjoy teamwork, and have some supervision, mentoring or management experience; have experience of working with herbarium specimens and be familiar working with databases and curation procedures.

**Benefits**:

- Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
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