Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Job title:
Quality Assurance Officer
Company
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Job description
Join us on our project to digitise RBG Kew’s 8.5 million plant and fungal specimens and create a complete catalogue of our internationally significant collections, making specimen records and images freely available online and accessible to researchers across the globe.
We are seeking to appoint an individual with high attention to detail and experience of transcribing and imaging Natural History or museum specimens to perform quality checks on the images and specimen records created. They will be responsible for reporting where digital outputs of Herbarium or Fungarium specimens do not meet agreed standards and will suggest improvements to current protocols and workflows.
Hours of work
Full time
Contract Type
Fixed Term (FTA)
Contract end date
March 2025 (with potential to extend until March 2026)
Salary
£30,200 per annum pro rata
Directorate
Science
Location
Kew Gardens, Richmond, Hybrid
Closing Date
03/03/2024
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Essential skills include the ability to check image and data quality against defined standards, a competent understanding of taxonomy, nomenclature and geography and excellent IT Skills.
You will be strongly self-motivated, a proactive communicator with a strong attention to detail and accuracy.
This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.
We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.
Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.
The salary will be £30,200 per annum pro rata.
Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”.
We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interviewing disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
No agencies please.
Expected salary
£30200 per year
Location
Kew, Greater London – Richmond, Greater London
Job date
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:17:50 GMT
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