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Apologies for cross posting. Vacancy reference: CW/NHM/CP Location: South Kensington Employment type: Permanent Area of business: Earth Sciences Closing date: 11/07/2016 Role description: The Natural History Museum is one of the world’s leading museums, internationally recognised for its dual role as a centre of excellence in scientific research and as a leader in the presentation of natural history through exhibitions, public programmes, publications and the web. The petrology collections curator is responsible for undertaking everyday curation, documentation, movements and preservation of the NHM collection including rock, Ocean Bottom Deposit and Building Stone collections. Curation support will include hosting visitors, processing loans, answering enquiries and registration of the backlog of new acquisitions. The post will feed into and contribute to long term collections management, research and collections development goals. The successful candidate will have a BSc in a geological subject or museum studies (or equivalent experience) and demonstrable knowledge of rock classification coupled with the ability to identify rock specimens (hand samples and under the microscope) without supervision. You will have experience in the registration of collections materials in a museum collections management system, preferably KE Emu. You will also have experience of carrying out or supporting small collections- based research projects and handling requests for destructive or invasive sampling. Salary: £28,865 per annum plus benefits Contract: Permanent appointment Closing date: 9am on Monday 11 July 2016 Role competences: BEFORE beginning your application - Please read the section below about the ‘Online Application Process’ carefully. If you wish to be considered for this role you will need to address each of the following competences in the ‘other information’ section of your online application: 1. BSc in a geological subject or museum studies 2. Experience of dealing with complex requests and enquiries from the public, scientific researchers and exhibition designers. 3. Experience of handling requests for destructive or invasive sampling. 4. Ability to deal with difficult and demanding visitors in a firm and polite manner. 5. Experience of registration of collections materials in a museum collections management system, preferably KE Emu. 6. Knowledge of relevant national and international data standards. 7. Experience of carrying out or supporting small collections- based research projects. 8. Experience of carrying out independent or participating in group fieldwork.. 9. Demonstrable knowledge of rock classification and ability to identify rock specimens (hand samples and under the microscope) without supervision. 10. Experience of giving talks, tours or demonstrations about collections to a wide variety of audiences. 11. Ability to recognise hazards and follow procedures to ensure risks are minimised in the workplace. 12. The ability to solve problems in a flexible and creative manner. Online application process: You are required to provide a response to ALL of the role competences listed above within the ‘Other Information’ section of the online application form (up to 140 words per competence). In order to demonstrate how you meet each competence fully, please provide specific examples from your achievements, knowledge, skills and/or experience. IMPORTANT: The ‘Other Information’ section will ‘timeout’ after 35 minutes and any information not saved during this time will be lost. Please therefore prepare your answers on a separate document before transferring and saving them to your application. Please also be aware that anything entered onto the form will not save unless text has been added to all mandatory fields. The ‘Additional Questions’ regarding right to work in the UK and age are mandatory questions and any applications received without these answers will not be considered. Please review your application fully before pressing ‘submit application’ as you will not be able to make any further amends after submitting, and any applications received which have not addressed ALL competences in full and/or the mandatory questions will be rejected. Please note that CVs will not be accepted outside of the online application process or as a substitute for completion of the competences. The attached ‘Role Specification’ provides further information on the role and how to apply. https://nhm.irecruittotal.com/CONFIG/NHM/StaticPages/CAC/SearchVacancy.aspx?EmploymentTypeID=0&Intranet=0 Emma Bernard Curator of Palaeobiology Department of Earth Sciences The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD T: +44(0)20 7942 5854 E: [log in to unmask] Twitter: @NHM_FossilFish Search our specimen database at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/collections/departmental-collections/palaeontology-collections/search/index.php?action=keyword