Location
Bronx, NY, United States
Posted
July 28, 2026
Job Description
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Herbarium Curatorial Assistant
Assistant Director of the Herbarium
Position Summary :
Assist in all basic functions of the Herbarium by carrying out a wide variety of daily herbarium tasks.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities :
+ Filing specimens into the Herbarium as well as maintenance and curation of the collection to reflect new determinations of specimens and taxonomic revisions.
+ Processing newly collected specimens to obtain determinations. Maintaining meticulous records about these specimens.
+ Digitizing specimens. Both imaging and data entry of specimen label information into our internal database.
+ Assisting visiting researchers to use the Herbarium. Updating/filing specimens the researchers have worked with.
+ Attending staff meetings.
+ Participating in outreach to the public.
Qua...
Title Reports t o
Herbarium Curatorial Assistant
Assistant Director of the Herbarium
Position Summary :
Assist in all basic functions of the Herbarium by carrying out a wide variety of daily herbarium tasks.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities :
+ Filing specimens into the Herbarium as well as maintenance and curation of the collection to reflect new determinations of specimens and taxonomic revisions.
+ Processing newly collected specimens to obtain determinations. Maintaining meticulous records about these specimens.
+ Digitizing specimens. Both imaging and data entry of specimen label information into our internal database.
+ Assisting visiting researchers to use the Herbarium. Updating/filing specimens the researchers have worked with.
+ Attending staff meetings.
+ Participating in outreach to the public.
Qua...