Collections Data Officer (Botany)

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

Te Papa’s Botany team is seeking to appoint a Collections Data Officer to database plant specimens.

The role involves entering specimen, collection, and locality information into Te Papa’s collections’ database for the c. 13 000 plant specimens Te Papa has recently acquired from Victoria University of Wellington.

The term is full-time, fixed for up to 18 months.

Ideal applicants will have:

• Previous experience with specimen databases.
• Previous experience with collections of specimens, particularly herbaria.
• Well developed computer and database operating skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills, with experience of working as part of a small team.
• The ability to prioritise and work to deadlines. 

For further information contact Dr Leon Perrie: leonp@tepapa.govt.nz or (04) 381 7261

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

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Please send your application to recruitment@tepapa.govt.nz and quote reference TP1250.

 

Applications close at 5pm,  Wednesday 23 November 2011.