The position’s primary responsibilities involve the physical care, maintenance, and preservation of collections of the Section of Mammals. This collection is a research collection consisting of more than 120,300 specimens, covering 24 of the 26 living orders of mammals and 114 of the 136 recent families. The majority of specimens are skins and skulls, with> 12,000 skeletons and >28,000 fluid-preserved specimens. There is a corresponding frozen tissue collection of more than 19,000 samples.
A portion of this work will be dedicated to innovating and/or implementing modern storage techniques within the collection and increasing its visibility and utility. Requests for collection visits, loans, data, and images will be handled in a timely manner with appropriate documentation for the collection. Collaboration with curators and conservators will be undertaken to propose, develop, and apply for grants related to collection care and/or data management. Outreach will include roles within the larger museum community, including development (e.g., participation in donor cultivation activities such as collection tours), exhibits, education, marketing and communications, media requests, and internal public lectures. Service is expected to be at a high level both within the museum and within the disciplinary community, and professional development activities will be undertaken to further knowledge of collection stewardship.
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