Supervisory Museum Specialist (Anthropology)

The Supervisory Museum Specialist (Anthropology) will oversee all aspects of the anthropology collections by developing and maintaining an overall vision for the care, management, and improvement of this vast/complex/diverse collection. In this position, you will: Supervise the work of Collections Management staff in the Department of Anthropology; oversee and evaluate the collections management activities of other department staff and visiting researchers. Recruits and oversees contractors, volunteers and interns on collections improvement projects. Independently manage and direct one of the world's leading anthropology collections, consisting of over 3.5 million objects and improvement projects for the archaeological, biological anthropology and ethnographic collections. Establishes processes for visitor access and procedures for the safe handling of collections, movement, and inventory control of objects being imaged. Trains and/or oversees department staff, contractors, volunteers,