This is an exciting time to join RBG Kew as we deliver our Science Strategy 2021-2025. Science has always been the heart of RBG Kew’s purpose. With over 500 members of staff and students, Kew Science has an extensive research programme. Our collections, our people and our partnerships enable us to make an invaluable and highly relevant contribution to some of the biggest issues facing the global population, such as biodiversity loss and climate change. We do this through research, conservation, training, and inspiring others about the importance of plant and fungal science.
Although this post is currently based at the Kew Gardens site in Richmond, London, Kew is currently planning to relocate the Herbarium collections to a new, purpose-built facility at the Thames Valley Science Park at Shinfield, outside Reading. This project is at an early stage and is still subject to negotiations on public funding. If the project is confirmed as funded, this post will be moving with the collections in 5-7 years’ time.
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Herbarium Curation team in Science Collections as a Senior Curator-Botanist (Americas). The successful candidate will curate the Herbarium collections to a high standard, which includes processing new acquisitions, processing specimens before mounting, incorporating specimens, performing or overseeing sampling of specimens and working with Kew's Integrated Collections Management System. In addition to thi...