Jobs in Bloemfontein, South Africa

Job title: Museum Scientist: Botany (Plant Systematics)

Job Location: Free State, Bloemfontein

Deadline: March 06, 2025

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct research on the collection, such as diversity informatics and systematics of southern African plant taxa.
• Co-ordinate, with Collections Manager, the curation and care of the collection, including pest management, loans, specimen repairs, facility troubleshooting, and routine maintenance.
• Liaise with the international and national scientific community, responding to requests for information, hosting visitors, and facilitating use of specimens for research and education.
• Maintain and develop databases (including Brahms) and online portals for specimen images and data (including digitisation of collections).
• Assist in planning and policy development for the collection.
• Plan and conduct field work to expand the collection.
• Supervise Collections Manager, assistants, volunteers, interns, and students working on collections care.
• Participate in public education, museum programs, and serve on committees.
• Provide information for displays and exhibitions at the museum.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A minimum of three years’ experience in an accredited herbarium.
• Full competency using Brahms database software in a herbarium.
• At least four first-authored publications on plant systematics in accredited scientific journals.
• At least five years of experience in plant systematics research (laboratory work and analysis of data).
• A thorough understanding of plant taxonomy.
• Ability to independently plan and conduct field work.