[Taxacom] Job opportunities at Kew: eMonocot Content Team Posts

[David Simpson]

eMonocot - a major UK initiative to create a revolutionary on-line platform for organising and accessing plant diversity information
 
Content Team Posts (all based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew):
Content Team Leader
Content Team Member (2 posts)
 
JOB STATUS:  Fixed-term appointments (3 year duration)
 
SALARY PER ANNUM: 
Content Team Leader: £29999
Content Team Member: £25382
 
JOB DETAILS: 
These posts represent a unique opportunity to join a consortium project team to support the delivery of an exciting NERC-funded project, eMonocot, which aims to change the taxonomic process and the mechanisms by which biodiversity information is delivered. RBG Kew is the lead research organisation, Oxford University and The Natural History Museum in London are the other consortium members. The overarching objective of eMonocot is to produce a web-based treatment of all monocot plants, targeted at biodiversity and environmental scientists, but available to a range of users including volunteer biologists, the general public and schools. 
 
As part of the project team, you will work closely with monocot taxonomists at Kew and elsewhere, content developers and IT specialists at Kew, Oxford University and the Natural History Museum. You will also interact with a broad spectrum of other stakeholders, promoting communication, employing flexible thinking and taking responsibility for timely delivery of project targets.
 
Displaying a strong interest in biodiversity, conservation and taxonomy, you will have academic qualifications and IT skills appropriate to each post. For all positions a recognised qualification in a field related to biodiversity or the equivalent work-based experience is required. You will be expected to have proven experience in working with biodiversity data resources. Experience of or training in flowering plant (especially monocot) systematics and nomenclature and using museum/herbarium specimens and taxonomic literature will be advantageous.
 
In addition, you will be able to work effectively both as a team player and independently, and show initiative in solving complex problems with diligence and attention to detail. You will possess good interpersonal skills and be a confident communicator who is ready to help the eMonocot team to make a significant contribution to the exciting new discipline of biodiversity informatics.
 
In addition to your annual salary, all positions offer an exceptional work environment and a range of other benefits including a generous annual leave entitlement.
 
CLOSING DATE: 10 September 2010
 
For further information, including details of how to apply, please go to http://www.kew.org/about-kew/jobs/index.htm 


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David A Simpson PhD FLS | Assistant Keeper, Systematics; Head of Commelinid Monocots; Editor-in-Chief, Kew Bulletin | Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK | Tel: +44(0)20 8332 5260 | Fax: +44(0)20 8332 5278 | www.kew.org