Assistant Curator

Title: Assistant Curator Position Type: Student Search Type: External - minimum 7 days Department: 21R000

• Science, Tech, Engineering & Math Division: 2R0000
• Academic Affairs Position Location: Richmond Campus Driver Classification: Non-Driver FLSA: Non-Exempt Hours Per Week: 5 Contact Person: Robert.Pace@eku.edu Job Summary/Basic Functions Student assistance needed for mounting, digitizing, sorting and preparing duplicates for exchange, processing exchanged specimens, and filing of herbarium specimens. Students will gain experience working with curated specimens and understand the processes necessary to maintain and expand such collections. Students are specifically selected based on their interest working in the botanical world or with natural history collections. Currently the herbarium is maintained by a single curator and one graduate student who works a few hours a week in the herbarium.

Minimum Qualifications

Must be enrolled full time.

Preferred Qualifications

Job Duties: Funding Source: Institutional EEO Statement Eastern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity employer and educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age (40 and over), race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information in the admission to, or participation in, any educational program or activity (e.

g., athletics, academics and housing) which it conducts or any employment policy or practice. Background Check Statement Offers of employment are contingent upon a satisfactory background check.