Supervisory Museum Specialist (Natural Science)

The Supervisory Museum Specialist (Natural Science) will manage and direct the United States National Herbarium collections, ensures they are properly acquired, documented, prepared, and stored, and that adequate access is provided to all collections by both staff and visitors to the herbarium. In this position, you will: Supervise the work of Collections Management staff, and recruit oversee contractors, volunteers and interns on collections improvement projects. Manage and direct the United States National Herbarium collections, ensuring they are properly acquired, documented, prepared, and stored. Coordinate all transactions including all acquisitions, loans, exchanges, transfers, and disposals. Serve on the Department, Museum, and outside committees as required, provide lectures to outside groups on collections management and stewardship, and provide tours of the collections for donors, VIPs and others. Participate with scientific staff in planning the Department's exhibit/outreach