EMPLOYMENT | POSITIONS AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

CURATORIAL ASSISTANT - INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County seeks a Curatorial Assistant for a full-time permanent position in the Department of Invertebrate Paleontology. Professional responsibilities include providing technical, curatorial, and clerical support for the curation and cataloging of our world-class fossil collections.

The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:

• A college degree in an appropriate discipline with specialization in invertebrate biology or paleontology.
• Expertise in the classification of mollusks and other invertebrates.
• At least 1 year of experience working with fossil invertebrate collections.
• Knowledge of the general principles of collections databases.
• Knowledge of specimen conservation techniques in museum collections.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

This is a full-time, regular, exempt position. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, Curriculum Vitae, and contact information for three references to jobs@nhm.org with the position title in the subject line.

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