Position Announcement Director of The Museum of Natural History College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University
The Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University invites applications for a tenured, 9-month faculty position as Director of the Museum of Natural History and Biodiversity Learning Center, beginning August 2011. The successful candidate is expected to coordinate completion of a new collections building (slated for Summer 2012), coordinate the outreach program, and interact with college and university development officers, as well as conduct an extramurally funded, internationally recognized research program in the collections-based sciences. A candidate whose research program complements or enhances the department's collections-based sciences will be given preference. The candidate will teach one course per year, possibly introductory evolution alternating with a graduate course in the area of specialization.
The Natural History Museum functions as a unique, interdisciplinary unit at Auburn University with significant collections of fishes, amphibians and reptiles, mammals, birds, plants, fossils, freshwater and marine invertebrates, and Native American artifacts. The Museum has an outstanding history of research, teaching and outreach accomplishments and enjoys extraordinary institutional support with a new central-campus building currently underway. We seek a visionary leader to fully realize this enormous potential, coordinate efforts, and guide us into a new phase of museum development.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences or a closely related discipline, plus relevant academic and administrative experience. Excellent communication skills are required. Desired qualifications include a strong record of publication, teaching and curatorial experience, and good interpersonal skills. The candidate selected must be able to meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States at the time appointment is to begin, and continue working legally for the proposed term of appointment. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Review of applications will begin January 24, 2010, and will continue until a suitable applicant is found. Applicants should submit electronically a curriculum vitae, a description of research interests, a statement of teaching, curatorial, and administrative philosophy and experience, and the names and contact information of at least three references to: Dr. Jonathan Armbruster, Biodiversity Learning Center Director Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, 331 Funchess, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5407. Email: armb...@auburn.edu. More information about the department and its programs is found
at: http://www.auburn.edu/cosam/departments/biology/index.htm Auburn University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
