Job announcement - closing date 6 February 2012

The Finnish Museum of Natural History (www.fmnh.helsinki.fi) is an independent institute of the University of Helsinki and the national museum in the field of natural history in Finland. The museum’s duties are to amass, maintain and display its collections, and to conduct related research, particularly in the field of species level biodiversity. The collections serve research, teaching and public education in biology, geology and biodiversity, and form part of the international network of natural history repositories. The Finnish Museum of Natural History, established in 1988, has four units: Zoology, Botany, Chronology, and General Services. The institution has a staff of c. 150, of which 50 work in the Zoology Unit.

The Zoology Unit of the Finnish Museum of Natural History is inviting applications for a permanent position of

Curator

specialising in systematics and biogeography of either vertebrates or invertebrates (exluding insects). The appointment will begin on 1 August 2012, or as specifically agreed.

The curator will be part of the Metazoa Team of the Zoology Unit. The duties of the curator will include independent research in systematics and zoogeography as well as managing and amassing the scientific collections together with the other team members. As an expert in the field, the curator will participate in the museum´s tasks related to societal interaction. The curator is expected to be active in obtaining external funding and supervising research students and junior colleagues. The duties include an annual average teaching load of two ECT credits.

The curator must hold a doctoral degree, and have an international publication record demonstrating competence in research in the field. Experience in working with scientific collections, participation in university teaching and supervision, proven success in obtaining external funding, experience of societal interaction, as well as knowledge of Finland´s nature and fauna and inclination to team work are considered further assets. The official languages of the University are Finnish and Swedish. Applicants of non-Finnish origin may be exempt from formal language requirements. Proficiency in English is essential.

The salary will be based on levels 5-7 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities (a senior position equivalent to University Lecturer). The salary includes a component based on personal work performance. Further information about the duties and salary can be obtained from Dr Aino Juslén, Director of the Zoology Unit, aino.juslen@helsinki.fi.

Applicants should enclose with their applications a CV in English and a list of publications, and optionally other documents that demonstrate their merits, or an academic portfolio containing the same information.

Applications should be addressed to the Director of the Finnish Museum of Natural History, and they must be submitted, together with the required enclosures, to the address:

Registrar of the University of Helsinki, P.O. BOX 33 (Yliopistonkatu 4), 00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, Finland,

or by e-mail to hy-kirjaamo@helsinki.fi.

The deadline for applications is 6 February 2012 at 15.45 local Helsinki time.

This is a free translation of the official announcement, published at the University recruitment page
http://www.helsinki.fi/rekrytointi/index.html?id=51215 (in Finnish).