Curatorial Assistant - Herpetology

Manchester Museum’s Vivarium:

The Vivarium houses a collection of live amphibians and reptiles including many critically endangered species. It is unusual for a museum to care for live animals, but Manchester Museum has done so for 60 years, offering a unique opportunity to see rare and beautiful creatures and watch conservation in action.

The collection is focused in three key areas:

• Conservation, of some of the rarest species on the planet, working closely with partners and communities to support conservation interventions nationally and internationally
  
  
• Non-invasive research, to describe and document new species, behaviours and to develop tools to improve monitoring of species in the wild
  
  
• Education, to inspire and inform our visitors about subjects such as biodiversity, the ecological emergency and climate crisis

Overall purpose of the job:

To provide comprehensive support to the Curator of Herpetology and the curatorial team at Manchester Museum. This role involves assisting in the management, care, welfare and interpretation of the live herpetological collection.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Matthew O'Donnell, Curator of Herpetology

Email: matthew.odonnell@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.