Title: Student Worker - Herbarium Assistant bei Educational Institution (University)

Student Worker – Herbarium Assistant

Number of Openings: 3

Purpose/Objective of the Role: 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Research collections of plants are shared among botanists around the world as a way to explore and document biological diversity. 
• Key to this interchange is the organization, care, and documentation of dried samples of plants. 
• The herbarium intern will assist curators in upgrading the research collections, mounting and repairing specimens, and packing and sending specimens to other museums.

Qualifications/Skills: 

• Previous experience is not required, but the work requires attention to detail and care in handling fragile and sometimes irreplaceable research specimens.
• Useful skills and experience for this position: 
• Work with archival materials, library experience, activities involving careful record-keeping, biology course work. 
• Courses Completed: Completion of biology courses helpful, but not required.

Potential Future Career Benefit: 

• Organizational Skills
• Biology Graduate School 
• Museum Curator
• Biology Field Position

NOTE: Employment sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States

Application Instructions:

Complete the ADP application by selecting "Apply" button and answer all questions.

Supervisor: David Johnson

Commitment: Hours per week: 2-5 

Term: temporary – Fall 25 & Spring 26