Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12

• Pass Pre-employment Background Check and Subsequent Background Investigation for position designated.
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer.
• The position is open to all candidates eligible to work in the United States.  Proof of eligibility to work in U.S. is not required to apply.
• Applicants must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. 
• Fieldwork and aspects of curation may require moderate, to strenuous physical activities. Fieldwork frequently requires longer than eight-hour workdays and forty-hour workweeks. 
• Work is generally inside a typical research laboratory/office environment and requires the practice of standard health and safety procedures for such areas. Fieldwork imposes varying degrees of risk, depending on the nature of terrain, mode of transportation (whether on land or at sea), specific research activity, and quality of living conditions (e.g., climate and parasites). 
• Occasional Travel - 50% or Less

OVERVIEW

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Independently initiates, develops, and participates in an integrative, specimen- or collections-based scientific research program in crustacean evolution and biodiversity (exclusive of hexapods), with focus on one or more of the following: phylogenetics, genetics, anatomy, development, genomics, biogeography, conservation, informatics, or related fields. 
• Enhances and expands IZ crustacean collections. Through fieldwork and acquisition of specimens, maintains, develops, and improves the IZ crustacean collection and works with the IZ collection management team. Directs an active program of specimen/data exchange and cooperation with other museums, educational institutions, and scholars. Recommends approval or disapproval of requested loans from the Collection to other institutions. Prepares and oversees crustacean collections improvement projects. 
• Regularly publishes peer-review publications such as technical papers, synthetic works of descriptive, analytical, theoretical, and/or applied nature based on own fieldwork, study of collections in this and other institutions, and on existing scholarly publications. Publications are significant contributions of substantial scope and impact within their own field.
• Serves as consultant and expert advisor on professional matters in their area of expertise to colleagues, governmental agencies, other governments, institutions, foundations, organizations, and the general public; on Museum exhibitions, taxonomic identifications, and reports on items and collections submitted to the Museum; data management; strategic planning; reviewing research proposals, manuscripts, and published materials; answering public enquiries; and lecturing professional associations, educational institutions, civic group, clubs and other organizations.
• Secures external funds in support of research program.
•  Serves as supervisor or advisor to interns, students, fellows, short-term scholars, and to scientific institutions and museums.  Develops performance plans for supervisees and evaluates performance. Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge of and ability to conduct original, specimen- or collections-based scientific research on Crustacea (exclusive of hexapods), as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications. Highest ranked candidates will have a record of innovative, original, and independent research. 
• Knowledge of and experience with curation practices and procedures for museum collections in specialty area. 
• Requires thorough knowledge of collections management practices, gained through work experience in curation and research on crustacean/IZ collections, to develop and curate the IZ crustacean collection for which the incumbent is responsible through field work and the acquisition, maintenance, and management of collections. 
• Must be able to communicate orally and in writing to articulate their research program to administrators, the scientific community, funding agencies, and the general public.