| Listing for Job Number: 3907 Job: Seedbank Project Coordinator |
Date Submitted: | January 23, 2006 |
Title: | Seedbank Project Coordinator |
Category: | Various |
Name: | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Location: | Chapel Hill, NC |
Degree: | BS; MS preferred |
Other: | Qualifications: Knowledge of the Southeastern United States flora; experience collecting, processing, and storage of seeds; knowledge and experience with herbarium specimen vouchering and plant community classification; ability to conduct seed germination protocols; and willingness to participate in teaching, publication, professional and public service, and writing funding proposals. Master’s degree is preferred; Bachelor’s degree in biology, botany, horticulture or related field is required. |
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Type: | Permanent |
Documentation Needed: | To apply, send resume and the names and contact information for three references. |
Contact Address: | Andrew Bell,
North Carolina Botanical Garden,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Campus Box 3375,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3375 |
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Description: | The Seedbank Project Coordinator will serve to support a partnership between the North Carolina Botanical Garden and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Millennium Seed Bank Project. The Millennium Seed Bank Project is an international collaborative plant conservation initiative that aims to safeguard 24,000 plant species from around the globe against extinction. The role of the North Carolina Botanical Garden is to coordinate the collecting, processing, and storage of 250 native Southeastern United States plants. The Seedbank Project Coordinator will be based at the North Carolina Botanical Garden and will develop, implement, and manage this partnership.
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Deadline: | February 28, 2006 |
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