Database Supervisor Position Available at NYBG

[Barbara M. Thiers]

     Database Supervisor in Economic Botany

     The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is seeking an excellent
     candidate to fill the position of Database Supervisor in the
     Institute of Economic Botany (IEB).  This position is part of
     NYBG's planned initiative to move information about all collections
     at the Garden (herbarium, economic botany, laboratory, etc.) into
     a central database system being developed at NYBG (CASSIA).  The
     Database Supervisor position is for two years, and, in this initial
     two years of CASSIA development and implementation, the Database
     Supervisor will work closely with researchers and staff in the
     Institute of Economic Botany, the Computer Services Department, and
     the NYBG Herbarium.

      Duties will include maintaining economic botany authority files,
     overseeing new data entry from economic botany data files containing
     collection and sample information about economically useful plants,
     and working with the CASSIA development group.  The Database
     Supervisor will spend 1/4 of his/her time on economic botany research
     under the direction of Dr. Michael Balick.  The overall goal is to
     keep the Database Supervisor up-to-date on all research,
     data-gathering, and data presentation methods in the changing field of
     economic botany by hands-on participation in ongoing research
     endeavors in the IEB to which plant specimens are attached.

     Consideration of applications will begin immediately.  The
     successful candidate will have an M.S. or B.S. in Economic Botany,
     Anthropology, Ecology, Environmental Studies, or other field
     involving economic botany, and computer skills, especially database
     experience in economic botany.  Please submit a resume, cover
     letter and the names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of at
     least 3 references to:

          Human Resources Coordinator - DBS
          The New York Botanical Garden
          200th Street and Southern Boulevard
          Bronx, NY 10458-5126

          E-mail inquiries to lreyes at nybg.org

     The New York Botanical Garden is an Affirmative Action/Equal
     Opportunity Employer.